Tuesday, February 5, 2013
The new route would likely extend only as north as Columbia Heights in Washington, DC.
A new bus route running along the south end of the busy 16th Street corridor may be the key for easing congestion on existing lines. BeyondDC reports that Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) officials met with bus riders in Washington, DC, to discuss a new S line that would go only as far north as Columbia Heights. Currently, 16th Street is serviced by four S line buses, three of which terminate at the Silver Spring Metro station to the north. BeyondDC speculates that, according to Metro's naming convention, the new line would be called S3. It would service Columbia Heights to downtown. Here's more: Last Monday community members met with WMATA bus planners, and devised a potential solution: add a new route to the S-…
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Representatives from DC and Montgomery County are urging Maryland's State Highway Administration to move faster on a traffic signal in downtown Silver Spring.
The traffic pattern at 16th Street and Colesville Road, leading drivers south to Washington, DC and north to Silver Spring, is traffic-prone, representatives on both sides of the Maryland-DC line agree. Councilmembers have written a letter to the respective jurisdictions seeking action on placement of a traffic signal at 16th Street and Colesville Road—a signal that was approved by Maryland four years ago but has been stalled. Councilmember Valerie Ervin, a Democrat who represents Silver Spring in the Montgomery County Council, and Councilmember Muriel Bowser, the council representative for Shepherd Park in DC, sent a joint letter to Maryland's State Highway Administration, and departments of transportation for both the county and the …
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
A Silver Spring woman is asking the state to take a look at pedestrian safety on 16th Street.
Think back to the last time you crossed 16th Street at Spring Street on foot—did oncoming cars see you coming? Linda Suzuki, a Silver Spring resident who's lived in Falkland Chase apartments for 10 years, told the Gazette that the most southern crosswalk at that intersection is unsafe for pedestrians, particularly ones who have dogs in tow. She's contacted the State Highway Administration, the owners of 16th Street, to see about improving the crosswalk, the newspaper reports. “Instead of watching for pedestrians, [drivers] are looking all the way across to turn left, looking in the complete opposite direction of the pedestrians," Suzuki said. Read more at the Gazette website. What do you think: Is 16th and Spring a dangerous …
Syd
2:18 pm on Tuesday, February 5, 2013
I take the S sometimes. I'm not sure if it would help alleviate crowding for those of us coming from Silver Spring, because my bus is usually pretty full before it gets down to Columbia Heights. I think it's a good idea for people living downtown, though. They will have more options and maybe THEIR bus won't be so crowded. more ›