Friday, September 14, 2012
When it comes to requesting a pedestrian-activated crossing signal across Connecticut Avenue in Chevy Chase Village, the Village Board and traffic committee aren't deterred by the state highway administration's answer of "no."
Chevy Chase Village may be a small municipality, but it's not about to let the Maryland State Highway Administration walk all over its relatively tiny footprint. Many know Chevy Chase Village for its speed cameras installed on either side of Connecticut Avenue outside Chevy Chase Village Hall just a few blocks north of Chevy Chase Circle and the Maryland-Washington, DC, line. Get daily and breaking news email updates from Chevy Chase Patch by signing up for newsletters here. For many, Connecticut Avenue through Chevy Chase Village is a way to get out of the city—at 30 mph, of course, to avoid speeding fines. For others, Connecticut Avenue in Chevy Chase Village is a six-lane state highway that is frightening to cross. The Chevy Chase …
Monday, March 19, 2012
Chevy Chase Village resident Jan Acton has put in many hours of research to develop recommendations for a pedestrian-activated light across Connecticut Avenue at Lenox Street.
Crossing busy Connecticut Avenue—a six-lane state highway—on foot near the Chevy Chase Village Hall can be risky and dangerous, but thanks to Chevy Chase Village resident Jan Acton that could change in the near future. In the 3,200-foot stretch of Connecticut Avenue between the pedestrian crossing lights at Chevy Chase Circle and Bradley Lane, there are seven bus stops, but no marked crosswalks or crossing lights, making it dangerous for people to get to or from a bus stop, as Patch reported earlier this month. It’s also dangerous for people who live on the east side of Connecticut Avenue to cross the street to get to the Chevy Chase Village Hall, which houses the local post office and hosts many meetings and events throughout the year. …
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Crossing Connecticut Avenue near the Chevy Chase Village Hall would be a lot easier with a crosswalk, residents say.
Connecticut Avenue isn’t just a headache for commuters. It’s also a nightmare for pedestrians trying to cross its six lanes to get to and from Chevy Chase Village Hall, which houses the local post office, the Chevy Chase Village Police and meeting rooms for over 100 events a year. Busy Connecticut Avenue, which is likely to get busier with developments at Chevy Chase Lake, bisects a residential community—Chevy Chase Village—into two parts. The avenue also separates Chevy Chase Village Hall from the Village of Martin’s Additions and from Chevy Chase Village Sections Three and Five. Residents from these other municipalities use the Chevy Chase Village Hall to visit the post office (at which over 30,000 transactions are completed per year, …
Laura L Thornton
10:46 am on Friday, September 14, 2012
Hi Gideon, I don't have that statistic; I'll have to request that, probably from the police. But, I do know that a traffic light and crosswalk were installed at Bradley Lane and Connecticut Avenue in the 1980s after a child was hit by a car, Chevy Chase Village Director of Municipal Operations Michael Younes mentioned at a traffic committee meeting earlier this year. more ›