November 13, 2007 meeting: Forum Part 2
White Flint Advisory Group Summary
NOTE: Please refer to the summary of the November 6 meeting for details on forum 1.
Presentations:
- Suzanne Hudson, resident: White Flint Park/Garrett Park Estates * (pdf, 25KB)
- Karl Girshman, resident: The Wisconsin
- Karja Hansen, business owner: Potomac Paddlesports, Maple Avenue* (pdf, 12KB)
Advisory Group Discussions:
- Pedestrian access at Georgetown to Mid-Pike Plaza and the north entrance to LCOR.
- If you can design a street and design intersections, why is this not being done?
- The group like that Old Georgetown goes through it.
- How does Old Georgetown work with Montrose interchange?
- Would like to see State Highway’s plan for pedestrian access along MD 355.
- Staff should coordinate with City of Rockville to better connect trails. The Bethesda Trolley, Capital Crescent, and Montrose trails should be tied together.
- Be careful not to confuse trails with parks.
- We should consider back-in parking, parking districts, and removing surface parking
- Encourage trip reduction and mitigation.
- Maybe 355 does not want to be tamed and we should not
- We need to construct wider, cleaner sidewalks and we should consider bricks or other alternative materials for the crosswalks.
- Higher height in the core and tapering down to existing neighborhoods.
- The overall FAR should between 2.5 and 3.0 FAR. More density should be located along MD 355 and less density should be placed adjacent to existing neighborhoods.
- Why not increase the density at the Metro?
- Higher density, more than 2.5 FAR, produces a better town.
- Is White Flint a village or a town?
- We should maximize the transportation grid.
- We need to provide services such as libraries and schools.
- We need to maximize public transportation (east/west).
- We need more nightlife.
- Rockville Pike should be a boulevard (tree lined, crosswalks).
- Consider making Rockville Pike a two-way road that has less impact on existing residential areas
- Traffic signal lights should be reduced.
- The number of left turns on MD 355 should be limited.
- The use of roundabout should be carefully considered.
- More time needs to be given to cross MD 355.
- Create a better north/south street system to divert local traffic from MD 355.
- Stop and go traffic needs to be eliminated.
- Encourage and enhance transit.
- Why not consider having a trolley?
- A shuttle circulator should run on the edge of the planning area.
- Single-family homes should be included.
- Provide connectivity over the CSX tracks.
- The Montrose Parkway intersection with 355 is a disaster.
- Developers say the money may be there to do a more complex transporation grid.
- East/West flow cannot be impeded.
- There should be less reporting out and more brainstorming.
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Date of last update: May 9, 2008