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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A person was hit by a car in downtown Bethesda this morning, while crossing Bradley Blvd at the marked crosswalk with flashing lights at Strathmore Rd near the pet store. Life-threatening injuries.

I'm posting this for the information of the drive-to-Metro PP from the off-topic thread, who stated that there aren't any big roads in downtown Bethesda and that Bethesda is safe and comfortable for walking.[/quote]

Things like that have happened in the Dupont Circle area I lived in before moving to Bethesda.  Accidents happen.  I walk all the time in Bethesda.  It's not as safe as downtown DC for walking, but it's generally fine (except for all that construction near metro now).[/quote]

As someone who walks in downtown and Bethesda a lot, I am not sure I find Bethesda less safe than dc.  [/quote]

Downtown DC also has a lot of parking garage entrances across sidewalks.  [/quote]

This is true.  But 1) the parking garages in DC are all private and 2) the sidewalks in DC are a minimum of 30 feet wide and on some of the avenues are 40 feet wide.

Also the parking garages in DC are largely used for all day parking while the subsidized Bethesda garages are oriented towards short term parking which means a lot more vehicle movements throughout the day.[/quote]

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