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I remember reading a number of years ago that Silver Spring had one of the highest pedestrian fatality rates in the country. That was before "Silver Sprung" when traffic was not nearly as bad.

Never mind issues surrounding construction - Silver Spring is simply a horribly pedestrian-unfriendly place. Colesville Road? 8 lanes. Georgia Avenue? Six lanes.

It seems their only solution to the problem is to put those annoying beepers on the walk signals. Great - so now the blind population is on the same playing field with everyone else: odds heavily stacked against you.

Every intersection with Georgia and Colesville in the downtown areas needs dedicated pedestrian crossing cycles when cars have a red arrow. I see near-misses from bad drivers failing to yield at turns. And from idiotic pedestrians trying to play frogger with 8 lanes of traffic, too.

They need to accept that this is no longer a place where tumbleweed is seen more often than foot traffic. But about the only thing that's changed in the traffic control situation in twenty years is a lighted crosswalk in front of the Discovery building.

by Jamie on Feb 18, 2011 1:09 pm • link • report