Posts tagged Sha
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Pedestrians still ignored at Silver Spring intersection
Back in February, we showed you a Silver Spring sidewalk closure that violated SHA’s own policies. Three months later, the intersection remains virtually unchanged, and pedestrians are still forced to choose between backtracking nearly 1,000 feet or dashing across a busy highway. In an email last week to both officials and state and county transportation staff,… Keep reading…
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Silver Spring construction shuts sidewalks, violating policy
Ongoing residential construction on three projects in Silver Spring needlessly closed sidewalks, forcing pedestrians to either navigate confusing, circuitous detours or to walk in the roadway. For neighbors, it’s been an ongoing nightmare. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Spotlight on roads
PG residents want brighter roads; SHA trying darker roads; Bad bills and bad Senators who support them; Money’s for roads, but he wants control of Metro; Maryland needs new crosswalk strategy; Gray, Brown ride $2,000/month SUVs; Talking transit, taxes and election tactics; National Harbor to add gas station; And…. Keep reading…
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Maryland road safety head, Post’s Halsey blame pedestrians and even Michelle Obama for fatalities
Pedestrian fatalities stopped declining in early 2010. Unfortunately, a safety nonprofit and its chairman, Maryland’s highway safety head, chose to blame pedestrians for getting killed while downplaying other, equally important causes. According to the report from the Governors Highway Safety Association, an association of the safety departments of the various… Keep reading…
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MDOT improving pedestrian safety in the wake of tragedy
After a recent tragedy where two young men were killed crossing Rockville Pike by the White Flint Metro, a friend of one of the families reached out to Maryland Delegate Jeff Waldstreicher (D-18) to create something positive come out of the terrible circumstances. The tragedy is a profound argument in favor of properly funding the smart growth-oriented White Flint Sector Plan. … Keep reading…
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TPB staples $3 billion 270 widening into plan, ignores MARC
With little notice and virtually no public input, the staff of the Metropolitan Washington Transportation Planning Board have slipped the controversial, $3.4 billion I-270 widening into the region’s long-term plan while ignoring other alternatives and more pressing transportation needs, like MARC. The TPB is the official Metropolitan Plannning Organization… Keep reading…
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Gaithersburg police target people in the way of cars
“Gaithersburg police declare pedestrian safety is top issue along 355,” a recent Gazette headline announced. But “Gaithersburg police target people on foot who get in the way of people in cars” would have been more like it. According to the Gazette, Gaithersburg police used a grant from the Maryland State Highway Administration to issue more than… Keep reading…
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Maryland on priority corridors: Great! Montgomery: Nah!
The Maryland State Highway Administration responded with positive and encouraging language to the WMATA Riders’ Advisory Council’s recent letter encouraging jurisdictions to work with WMATA on bus priority corridors. Montgomery County, meanwhile, sent a dismissive response to a similar letter from the Action Committee for Transit. State Highway Administrator… Keep reading…
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Jurisdictions should contribute in dollars or bus priorities
Peter Benjamin, one of the WMATA Board members from Maryland, declared his strong opposition to a budget balanced primarily through service cuts and fare increases. He feels that Metro must find more restructuring of operations and cuts in administration. Many other Board members expressed a belief that there are more savings to be wrung out of Metro and found in various line… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Changing before our eyes
Two approaches to downtown; Two more crashes, two fewer people; Pedestrians? We’ll take a quick look when we widen; Don’t forget education; Turbo building. Keep reading…