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Monday, July 2, 2012

Beware: Monday Commuting Nightmare Predicted

Nearly 70 traffic lights remain dark or in flashing mode, while Metro must detour around downed power lines.

With hundreds of traffic signals still out and downed tree limbs blocking Metro routes, Monday's commute is shaping up to be especially bad as the Washington, DC region struggled to recover from Friday's powerful storms. The Maryland State Highway Administration is urging commuters to take public transportation as they head into work Monday, while Metro warned of rail and bus delays. According Prince George's County officials, a dozen traffic lights are non-operational on county roads, while 54 lights remain dark on roads managed by the SHA. (A list of intersections can be found at the bottom of this post.) SHA is warning commuters who need to drive to leave early and expect delays. “This is a very serious situation and drivers need to be …

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Sunday, June 12, 2011

Red Lights Await Paint Branch Crosswalk

Department of Public Works says traffic signal, activated by pedestrians, will replace the current flashing yellow warning lights in place.

In about two weeks’ time, drivers will likely see red lights over a crosswalk along Paint Branch Parkway that has long drawn questions of safety—and necessity—in the past. “We’re installing a traffic signal,” said Susan Hubbard, an information officer with the county’s Department of Public Works. “It’s been in the pipeline for well over a year now.” Already aided by speed cameras, the crosswalk in question was fitted with flashing warning lights and rumble strips in 2009. Part of that was in response to cases of pedestrians—one on foot, the other a bicyclist—being struck by cars there. Like the warning lights, which Hubbard said would eventually be removed, the traffic lights will go from green to yellow to red by pushing a button located …

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4:15 pm on Monday, June 13, 2011

And yet, there are no lights what so ever for the northern end of the trolly trail at Greenbelt Rd. that has just as much if not more pedestrian and bicycle traffic.   more ›

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