Comments on just up the pike: georgia crossing: no style, but lots of potential ...

The parking is still an issue, but love the idea o...

2008-05-30T09:16:00.000-04:00

The parking is still an issue, but love the idea of the trees and outdoor dining.

Everyone knows that Georgia Avenue, all through th...

2008-05-29T22:36:00.000-04:00

Everyone knows that Georgia Avenue, all through the urbanized zones, is long overdue for being "freeway-ized". By this I refer to plans for a grade-separated crossing at various locations, such as the failed intersections at Georgia and Randolph, Georgia and Norbeck (MD-28), and it's getting pretty obvious that something will have to be done to take the majority of the traffic along Georgia and University in downtown Wheaton -- and Viers Mill as well -- onto their own "through traffic only" circuits.

Face it, what downtown Wheaton needs is an upper deck for traffic that amounts to a traffic circle, and a lower deck for traffic that amounts to a freeway overpass. But that may not much matter as the petroleum driven world starts to grind to a halt due to overpopulation and the modernization of "the developing-world nations".

Something like 90 percent of all traffic passing the "Wheaton Triangle", on any of the arterial roads, is through-traffic bound for points several miles or more outside of the Wheaton Central Business District. All of the non-local traffic needs a way to pass through without interfering with (or being interfered-with by) local traffic. And we need more and better ways for local traffic to access public transit that is of a more purely local nature.

A possibly bad example is to be seen at the District's Dupont Circle. Dupont Circle has a surface layer that is the intersection of four major streets, an east-west, a north-south, a northwest-southeast, and a northeast-southwest. One of those (Connecticut Avenue) goes under the surface deck, and beneath it all is a MetroRail station. Maybe it's time to do something like that in Wheaton.

It appears that there is still limited parking.
2008-05-29T09:30:00.000-04:00
It appears that there is still limited parking.

I am of the belief that many people are using public parking spaces for Metro parking.

Visit the Wheaton Triangle- there appears to me more cars than people shopping.

Public transportation is poorly conceived for the area-- take the Metro-- walk about 1/2 mile to Target or Giant and walk back to theMetro carrying bags of groceries or your Target purchases- it is not safe and it is a long walk when carrying something.Georgia Avenue Crosing- from the Metro to the new shops- a bit of a walk if you are handicapped in some form.

Improvement is a nice idea for Wheaton, but it is not commuter friendly. When Georgia Avenue Crossing is completed, it will only add to the traffic, as well the new condos that arebeing built at the Metro and further up near Blueridge Ave.

Someone saw profit and did not think beyond . Too much development and not enough attention to pedstrian friendly roads or driver roads.

One more failure of the long term effects of "Smart Growth"

Preserving trees -- right on! About the other shop...

2008-05-29T09:06:00.000-04:00

Preserving trees -- right on! About the other shops affected by that fire, are any of them moving to this new place? What about Ranger Surplus?