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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not only is no one suggesting a traffic calming device but the PP posted all commuter routes with one thing in common that Reno Rd. doesn't have-- multiple lanes in each direction. Reno is one lane in each direction all the time. It is also a strictly residential road without a single commercial building the entire length. Think of that. Zero commerce on it. Please don't compare it to any of the other roads. It is more akin to C Street NE but even that has parking and commercial buildings. [/quote]

Exactly. Reno is not a commuter street -- it is one-lane-per-direction commuter short cut through entirely residential neighborhoods with the pedestrian traffic of 10+ schools and nursery schools (and 6 major playgrounds) crossing it during rush hour. Multiple stretches of it have 15 mph school zone speed limits, school crossing guards, etc., no part of it exceeds 25 mph. Why anyone would use this as their "fast" road to work -- and complain that the safety of the neighborhood school children is ruining their commuting time -- is beyond reason.

Too many children have been hit by cars along this route. If you are in a hurry, choose another road.[/quote]

As someone who bikes or walks on Reno to Murch most school days it's amazing to see the number of drivers on their phones, disregarding pedestrians in crosswalks and "blocking the box" at Nebraska. In reference to the previous poster, bikes are allowed on sidewalks outside of the city center. There is no way I would allow my child to ride on the road with the drivers around here. Reno is way too narrow.

I for one think that there should be no on street parking on Wisconsin Avenue to allow for dedicated travel and cycle lanes and reduce the volume on the residential streets. It's astonishing to see a 4 lane road with on street parking. I grew up near Route 1 aka the Post Road in Connecticut and there was certainly no on street parking.

3 pedestrians have been struck on Wisconsin Avenue in less than 4 weeks with two fatalities- something needs to change.

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Frequent bad accidents on Reno/Nebraska and Reno/Military. Usually drivers running red lights[/quote]

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