DC Traffic Calming?

[Anonymous]

We'd love to get traffic calming in McLean Gardens. Cathedral Commons brought more traffic from the south end. Next we'll get slammed with Wegmans on the north end. Bring on the speed bumps and the diverters. Our neighborhood is not a short cut!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:re: driving over the pylons …. I always make it a point to cut through the Village of Chevy Chase by driving the wrong way on a one-way for 1/2 block, in order to get from Western to Wisconsin. I do it as often as I can, actually.

I figure, these particular residents of 20815 have tried to shut off their streets from cut-thru traffic, but, *they* cut through -my- DC residential neighborhood immediately south of them every single day (to get to private schools, whole foods, Rodmans …). I'm just returning the favor! and I save about 7 minutes by not suffering thru the cluster%#$ that is Friendship Heights.

I encourage all of my 20015 neighbors to do the same and wave to our Maryland neighbors as we do it. Hi, guys!

Awesome. Simply awesome.

Go ahead and do this. Remember that Chevy Chase Village is its own town with its own police force. As the local cops don't have to deal with violent crime very much, most of their time is spent catching vehicle driver violations. They will be very happy to ticket you, which is revenue that goes right to the Village's bottom line.

Thank you, I will remember. They've never been able to catch me in 15 years.

And just a request for you as you make your way down to St. Albans and then barre class: Remember that Chevy Chase DC residents have their own kids on bikes, dogs and joggers — just like you do in your Village idyll. It's really not appropriate for you to drive 41 mph down our residential streets in your Mercedes GLS. I'm sure that's relatable, if you look up from your phone long enough to think about it.

My GLS costs me $900/month you pleb!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:re: driving over the pylons …. I always make it a point to cut through the Village of Chevy Chase by driving the wrong way on a one-way for 1/2 block, in order to get from Western to Wisconsin. I do it as often as I can, actually.

I figure, these particular residents of 20815 have tried to shut off their streets from cut-thru traffic, but, *they* cut through -my- DC residential neighborhood immediately south of them every single day (to get to private schools, whole foods, Rodmans …). I'm just returning the favor! and I save about 7 minutes by not suffering thru the cluster%#$ that is Friendship Heights.

I encourage all of my 20015 neighbors to do the same and wave to our Maryland neighbors as we do it. Hi, guys!

Awesome. Simply awesome.

Go ahead and do this. Remember that Chevy Chase Village is its own town with its own police force. As the local cops don't have to deal with violent crime very much, most of their time is spent catching vehicle driver violations. They will be very happy to ticket you, which is revenue that goes right to the Village's bottom line.

Thank you, I will remember. They've never been able to catch me in 15 years.

And just a request for you as you make your way down to St. Albans and then barre class: Remember that Chevy Chase DC residents have their own kids on bikes, dogs and joggers — just like you do in your Village idyll. It's really not appropriate for you to drive 41 mph down our residential streets in your Mercedes GLS. I'm sure that's relatable, if you look up from your phone long enough to think about it.

That's why Cleveland Park is proud to have some of DC's highest speed humps, and we aim to get more!

Okay - I was with you until this. I ABSOLUTELY HATE speed bumps - especially high ones. Ones that let you go the speed limit are fine but you shouldn't have to slow down to drive a car. I love the red light on Porter that only turns red if you speed - that is genius. But speed bumps are just as elitist as all the closed off streets in Bethesda. Don't drive on our street - go drive on our neighbors.

I also dislike intensely the one way/cut off streets between Broad Branch and Military. I want to be able to take 32nd all the way up. Or come back from Upper Chevy Chase straight down Broad Branch. We get tons of commuters on our cross park street. What works to slow them down is everyone parking on the street and when the cops come and set up stings at the stop sign. Running stop signs without looking is my pet peeve.

Now, I'm ready to rant about the lack of sidewalks...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:re: driving over the pylons …. I always make it a point to cut through the Village of Chevy Chase by driving the wrong way on a one-way for 1/2 block, in order to get from Western to Wisconsin. I do it as often as I can, actually.

I figure, these particular residents of 20815 have tried to shut off their streets from cut-thru traffic, but, *they* cut through -my- DC residential neighborhood immediately south of them every single day (to get to private schools, whole foods, Rodmans …). I'm just returning the favor! and I save about 7 minutes by not suffering thru the cluster%#$ that is Friendship Heights.

I encourage all of my 20015 neighbors to do the same and wave to our Maryland neighbors as we do it. Hi, guys!

Awesome. Simply awesome.

Go ahead and do this. Remember that Chevy Chase Village is its own town with its own police force. As the local cops don't have to deal with violent crime very much, most of their time is spent catching vehicle driver violations. They will be very happy to ticket you, which is revenue that goes right to the Village's bottom line.

Thank you, I will remember. They've never been able to catch me in 15 years.

And just a request for you as you make your way down to St. Albans and then barre class: Remember that Chevy Chase DC residents have their own kids on bikes, dogs and joggers — just like you do in your Village idyll. It's really not appropriate for you to drive 41 mph down our residential streets in your Mercedes GLS. I'm sure that's relatable, if you look up from your phone long enough to think about it.

Thank you - it really is the height of hypocrisy and arrogance that it is essentially impossible to drive through most of the annoying Chevy Chase communities yet those same folks happily drive through our open grid neighborhoods in an aggressive and unsafe manner. In some cases because of turn restrictions out of their own neighborhood people in these communities have to drive on DC streets and cannot directly reach arterials like Wisconsin Avenue.

I've actually reached out to DDOT to see if they'd help trap these people in their own neighborhoods by severely limiting green time on the DC owned traffic lights on Western Avenue but as the one DDOT Traffic Engineer who came to meet with me said "why would I do that? I live in MD!"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:re: driving over the pylons …. I always make it a point to cut through the Village of Chevy Chase by driving the wrong way on a one-way for 1/2 block, in order to get from Western to Wisconsin. I do it as often as I can, actually.

I figure, these particular residents of 20815 have tried to shut off their streets from cut-thru traffic, but, *they* cut through -my- DC residential neighborhood immediately south of them every single day (to get to private schools, whole foods, Rodmans …). I'm just returning the favor! and I save about 7 minutes by not suffering thru the cluster%#$ that is Friendship Heights.

I encourage all of my 20015 neighbors to do the same and wave to our Maryland neighbors as we do it. Hi, guys!

Awesome. Simply awesome.

Go ahead and do this. Remember that Chevy Chase Village is its own town with its own police force. As the local cops don't have to deal with violent crime very much, most of their time is spent catching vehicle driver violations. They will be very happy to ticket you, which is revenue that goes right to the Village's bottom line.

Thank you, I will remember. They've never been able to catch me in 15 years.

And just a request for you as you make your way down to St. Albans and then barre class: Remember that Chevy Chase DC residents have their own kids on bikes, dogs and joggers — just like you do in your Village idyll. It's really not appropriate for you to drive 41 mph down our residential streets in your Mercedes GLS. I'm sure that's relatable, if you look up from your phone long enough to think about it.

Thank you - it really is the height of hypocrisy and arrogance that it is essentially impossible to drive through most of the annoying Chevy Chase communities yet those same folks happily drive through our open grid neighborhoods in an aggressive and unsafe manner. In some cases because of turn restrictions out of their own neighborhood people in these communities have to drive on DC streets and cannot directly reach arterials like Wisconsin Avenue.

I've actually reached out to DDOT to see if they'd help trap these people in their own neighborhoods by severely limiting green time on the DC owned traffic lights on Western Avenue but as the one DDOT Traffic Engineer who came to meet with me said "why would I do that? I live in MD!"

You also assume that DDOT actually knows how to time and synchronize lights. News flash: They don't. What NYC started doing in the Eighties, DDOT still hasn't figured out. That's why, on Wisconsin Ave., for example, even in light traffic, there are stretches where drivers seem to have to stop. for. every. single. signal. One can be stopped at the red light, with a green light a short block away. The red turns to green and then the next green turns to red. Is it any wonder why drivers divert to residential side streets or seek parallel residential streets like 37th St. or 42nd St. NW as bypasses to the major arterial. DDOT needs to figure out how to move the traffic on the major arteries (with synchronized signals for pedestrians, etc.), to discourage cut-through traffic on streets where significant through traffic shouldn't be.