You'll get there faster if you walk: New speed limits in Mo County

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s for pedestrian safety.

Most pedestrian deaths in MoCo are people running across huge streets in the middle of a block, often wearing dark clothes at night.

You're right. We need even lower speed limits.

Disagree. We need fewer stupid people.

Yep!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's about Vision zero, and pedestrian safety.

And Casey Anderson, Planning Board Chair, wanting everyone to bike or take public transit, and not use their cars (County Council too). The plan is to make driving so bad, everyone either leaves, uses an alternative means of transportation.

I think the most ridiculous part is the three quarters of a mile that they shrunk Old Georgetown Road from three lanes to two. That's already bad, going to be a disaster when everyone heads back to the office.

Regarding that stretch of Old Georgetown Road, when the bike lane turns solid green (close to intersections), does that mean it is okay for a car to pull into the bike lane in order to make a right turn (assuming, OF COURSE, that one has first checked the bike lane to make sure it is clear).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s for pedestrian safety.

Most pedestrian deaths in MoCo are people running across huge streets in the middle of a block, often wearing dark clothes at night.

This has got to be the main source of most deaths anywhere of pedestrians. When we used to live in MoCo there were cortina areas where people were ALWAYS jay walking. It was nerve wracking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s for pedestrian safety.

Most pedestrian deaths in MoCo are people running across huge streets in the middle of a block, often wearing dark clothes at night.

This has got to be the main source of most deaths anywhere of pedestrians. When we used to live in MoCo there were cortina areas where people were ALWAYS jay walking. It was nerve wracking.

It's awful on Georgia Ave.lots of pedestrians that dgaf

[Anonymous]

I am all for this. I wish more people would think twice about driving somewhere.

[Anonymous]

GA avenue in Wheaton is 25 mph, 25!! That's slower than the speed limit in my residential, neighborhood street 30 MPH. The worst part about it is that the lights are not even timed for 25. At least get the timing right.

[Anonymous]

Wait-- so are the limits decreasing to encourage people to stop driving?

[Anonymous]

It’s been 35 on river road for a couple of years now, since the accident near Pyle middle school. Connecticut also, has been 35 for quite a while now. The speed is reasonable given the density around both roads.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s for pedestrian safety.

Most pedestrian deaths in MoCo are people running across huge streets in the middle of a block, often wearing dark clothes at night.

You're right. We need even lower speed limits.

No. We need fewer dumbasses running across busy roads in the dark wearing dark clothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s for pedestrian safety.

Most pedestrian deaths in MoCo are people running across huge streets in the middle of a block, often wearing dark clothes at night.

You're right. We need even lower speed limits.

No. We need fewer dumbasses running across busy roads in the dark wearing dark clothing.

My local neighborhood wants lower speed limits so it is safer to walk in the street.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s been 35 on river road for a couple of years now, since the accident near Pyle middle school. Connecticut also, has been 35 for quite a while now. The speed is reasonable given the density around both roads.

No, there is a section of Connecticut, near the Kensington Fire Department that just lowered recently. The speed limit signs state "new" and are in yellow.

[Anonymous]

I am curious as to what determines speed limits. Seeing how it's 30 in my residential neighborhood road and 25 on GA in Wheaton. I would expect the reverse, 25 in a neighborhood and 35 on a major road.

[Anonymous]

But they are wearing masks in their cars so they are saving lives

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I am curious as to what determines speed limits. Seeing how it's 30 in my residential neighborhood road and 25 on GA in Wheaton. I would expect the reverse, 25 in a neighborhood and 35 on a major road.

Reluctance to fix anything.

Thanks to GPS, people have discovered that you can cut through neighborhoods to save time. Because no one (apparently) wants to make the main roads more passable by increasing speed limits or increasing the sizes, people prefer these routes. So local neighborhoods ask for traffic calming measures. Which forces more people back onto the main roads making the roads more dangerous with increased traffic. To make the main roads safer, we lower the speeds but don't make the road wider. So now it has less capacity. So people route through local neighborhoods. Repeat.

[Anonymous]

I think we need a lot more restrictions. Bethesda is still a deathtrap for cyclists and pedestrians. At the type of density we are now at, it does not make sense for everything to be built for cars rather than people.