The only hesitation I would offer residents of Walker Avenue about
bilaterial parking is our experience over here on Maryland. We currently
have parking on both sides and a double yellow line. We (the residents)
have also lost several mirrors and have had body damage to vehicles parked
on the street. So our comfort level with parking in the street is pretty
low.
The removal of the double yellow may be helpful as it no longer provides a
"path" for vehicles to take down the road and, thereby, drivers may reduce
their speed.
I guess we shall see....
kim
>From: Patrick.R.Beautz@MSDM.com
>To: cathy@drzyzgula.org, gaithersburg-list@eskimo.com
>Subject: RE: Visiting Little Quarry Rd.
>Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 08:57:54 -0400
>
>I agree with you on giving bilateral parking a try. I see the idea on
>making Walker one-way having at least two scenarios:
>
>1. One way, bilateral parking, sidewalks stay the same. I am not sure if
>this has been discussed. One fear might be if drivers are not intimidated
>by oncoming cars, they may go faster.
>2. One way, single side parking, sidewalks get additional space by
>shrinking
>street size. I think the city is reluctant to make the street smaller.
>3. Others?
>
>I also think that it is a great idea for Walker to have at lease one
>crosswalk. Especially due to the length of our street.
>
>Pat...
>
> -----Original Message-----
>From: Cathy Drzyzgula [mailto:cathy@drzyzgula.org]
>Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 9:22 PM
>To: gaithersburg-list@eskimo.com
>Subject: Visiting Little Quarry Rd.
>
> << File: Card for Cathy Drzyzgula >>
>I drove over to Little Quarry Rd (goes S off of Quince Orchard between
>Kentlands Blvd. and Route 28) to see the parking patterns which are
>similar to what is proposed for Walker Ave. It was interesting because
>as you come off of Quince Orchard the road is marked the same as Walker
>Ave. is now, with parking on one side and a double yellow line. Further
>on the yellow line starts to disappear and a block later there is no
>line or marked parking spaces. Very few cars were parked along most of
>the road (3 pm) but one block had about 1/3 of the curb parked full. It
>wasn't hard to get down this part, but one clearly had to think about
>where to drive, rather than just following the line or a lane marking.
>I have often felt that the existing 9.5' lane width with the double
>yellow line makes a driver feel like they are between 2 big trucks, my
>reaction to that situation is to speed up to get out of the 'tunnel'.
>The randomness of the parking also gave the road a casual feel. I
>personally think this is worth trying on Walker and that the proposals
>for the other streets are pretty good. One of my neighbors mentioned
>adding a mid-block crosswalk on Walker, that makes sense to me to give
>the children a place to cross without running out from between parked
>cars all the time.
>
>Does anyone else have opinions on the plans so far? Is everyone worried
>about speaking by name to an unknown audience?
>
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