Traffic & Pedestrian Safety Committee
transportation@greaterfarmland.org, Jason Smith, Chair
Whether you like to move around by foot, bike, car, bus, train, or plane, we welcome you to help us address transportation-related concerns in and around the community.
Our committee has been active in arranging the sidewalk along Farmland Drive, getting MDOT to paint crosswalk lines, and having stop signs installed to slow through traffic near Farmland Elementary School. Ongoing efforts to improve safety and movement around our community could use your ideas, input, and efforts.
The documents below are relevant to the current safety discussions surrounding pedestrian safety and the installation of sidewalks on Farmland Drive from 2019-2020. Board minutes from Sept. 29, 2021 include the approved motion to instruct an expanded committee to evaluate these current issues and report back to the board in early 2022.
Whether you like to move around by foot, bike, car, bus, train, or plane, we welcome you to help us address transportation-related concerns in and around the community.
Our committee has been active in arranging the sidewalk along Farmland Drive, getting MDOT to paint crosswalk lines, and having stop signs installed to slow through traffic near Farmland Elementary School. Ongoing efforts to improve safety and movement around our community could use your ideas, input, and efforts.
The documents below are relevant to the current safety discussions surrounding pedestrian safety and the installation of sidewalks on Farmland Drive from 2019-2020. Board minutes from Sept. 29, 2021 include the approved motion to instruct an expanded committee to evaluate these current issues and report back to the board in early 2022.
On September 14, 2022, the community zoom meeting focused on traffic and safety, and included a report by the committee as to its progress.
Here is Diana Keohane's summary:
Thank you to everyone who participated in such a wonderful meeting Wednesday night. With a focus on Safety for the meeting, we were joined by both the Farmland Elementary and Tilden Middle School principals and heard an update from the Traffic and Safety Committee.
Mrs. Hopkins, from Tilden MS, advised that she has been conducting walking tours of the neighborhood to understand the issues facing middle school students walking and biking to school. Since her appointment she has taking several steps to improve safety including having MCPS remove a large shrub that was obscuring an entrance to the school creating an unsafe situation, meeting with MCDOT and Luxmanor Citizens Association to discuss traffic issues around the school, and added two staff at dismissal to monitor the mid-block crosswalk which has been the site of several incidents.
Ms Longest, from Farmland ES, started by sharing that she appreciates recent additions including the sidewalk along Farmland Drive which has increased pedestrian safety. The school has had several challenges including parents coming to the school blocking driveways and making prohibited U-turns in front of the school. She attempts to educate parents on appropriate behavior. In the past there have been concerns with overgrown tree branches on Old Gate, and the current state of the road is not good. She would appreciate community support to address these issues.
We then heard a thorough presentation from Jason Smith, Chair of the Traffic and Safety committee. Jason noted that the committee has been meeting since being tasked with studying the Hitching Post Lane situation in September 2021. Their mandate was to look at concerns regarding pedestrian safety by gathering data and identifying and evaluating potential solutions. Jason introduced committee member Karen Freed. He noted that there are 11 members on the committee who represent a diversity of views. I am attaching the materials that were presented as reference. Jason received a number of questions and suggestions. We welcome the continued feedback from the community as the committee engages with the County for these improvements.
Here is Diana Keohane's summary:
Thank you to everyone who participated in such a wonderful meeting Wednesday night. With a focus on Safety for the meeting, we were joined by both the Farmland Elementary and Tilden Middle School principals and heard an update from the Traffic and Safety Committee.
Mrs. Hopkins, from Tilden MS, advised that she has been conducting walking tours of the neighborhood to understand the issues facing middle school students walking and biking to school. Since her appointment she has taking several steps to improve safety including having MCPS remove a large shrub that was obscuring an entrance to the school creating an unsafe situation, meeting with MCDOT and Luxmanor Citizens Association to discuss traffic issues around the school, and added two staff at dismissal to monitor the mid-block crosswalk which has been the site of several incidents.
Ms Longest, from Farmland ES, started by sharing that she appreciates recent additions including the sidewalk along Farmland Drive which has increased pedestrian safety. The school has had several challenges including parents coming to the school blocking driveways and making prohibited U-turns in front of the school. She attempts to educate parents on appropriate behavior. In the past there have been concerns with overgrown tree branches on Old Gate, and the current state of the road is not good. She would appreciate community support to address these issues.
We then heard a thorough presentation from Jason Smith, Chair of the Traffic and Safety committee. Jason noted that the committee has been meeting since being tasked with studying the Hitching Post Lane situation in September 2021. Their mandate was to look at concerns regarding pedestrian safety by gathering data and identifying and evaluating potential solutions. Jason introduced committee member Karen Freed. He noted that there are 11 members on the committee who represent a diversity of views. I am attaching the materials that were presented as reference. Jason received a number of questions and suggestions. We welcome the continued feedback from the community as the committee engages with the County for these improvements.
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