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WMATA has provided us with a comprehensive list of the crimes committed in and around the Forest Glen metro station. Note that complete lack of crime in the pedestrian tunnel. 2007 Crime (Jan - Dec) | Aggravated Assaults | 0 | | Simple Assaults | 1 | | Arson | 0 | | Auto Thefts | 1 | | Burglary | 0 | | Destruction of Property | 2 | | Disorderly Conduct | 0 | | Homicide | 0 | | Intoxicated in Public | 0 | | Grand Larceny | 0 | | Petite larceny | 3 | | Narcotics (All Drug Offenses) | 0 | | Rape | 0 | | Robbery | 0 | | Sex Offenses (less Rape) | 0 | | Trespass | 1 | | Throw Missiles (i.e. rocks at Buses) | 0 | | Weapon Offenses | 0 | | Alcohol (less intoxicated) | 0 | | *Other (lessor offenses) | 0 | *Other lessor offenses include Fare Evasion, Urinating in Public, Vending Without License, Eating, Drinking, and Smoking on the Train, Spitting, etc.
Notes:
(1) The assault in 2007 was reported on the station stairs.
(2) The auto theft was from the parking lot.
(3) The two destruction of properties were incidents in the parking lot consisting of broken auto windows.
(4) The three larcenies were actually ‘Petite’ larceny and all were stolen bicycles from the bike racks. (Previously reported as Grand Larceny).
(5) The trespass was an arrest for someone walking on the track bed. |
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For years, we have been telling anyone who would listen that Forest Glen Road and Georgia Avenue, while seemingly innocuous compared to some of the big name intersections in our county, is actually the most dangerous near a Metro stop. Now that Montgomery County is making its police information available online, via CrimeReports.com, we finally have the evidence to back up our claims. Our research on traffic accidents on CrimeReports.com has uncovered some truly remarkable data: Traffic Incidents within a 1-block radius of a Metro stop: (11/07-1/08)
| Rank | Metro Stop
| # of traffic incidents
| | 1 | Forest Glen
| 45
| | 2 | Wheaton | 27 | | 3 | Glenmont | 26 | | 4 | White Flint
| 23 | | 5 | Silver Spring
| 16 | | 6 | Medical Center
| 15 | | 7 | Bethesda | 11 | | 7 | Shady Grove
| 11 | | 7 | Twinbrook | 11 | | 10 | Grosvenor | 9 | | 11 | Rockville | 7 |
On average, we are talking about an accident every other day at this intersection. The other dangerous intersections near Metro have pedestrian overpasses or tunnels. Forest Glen does not. So WMATA asks its Forest Glen/Holy Cross hospital customers to walk through the most dangerous intersection near a Metro stop, without the pedestrian safety measures that other Metro stops are afforded. Seems backwards to us... |
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When MDOT announced its new capital budget, the agency included a development and evaluation plan for Georgia Avenue between 16th Street and the Beltway. But MDOT did not include the Georgia-Forest Glen intersection or the new Forest Glen Metro entrance in this plan, thereby ignoring the interests of Metro station pedestrians who have to cross the infamous Intersection of Death.
Senator Rich Madaleno and the District 18 delegation protested the decision in a letter to Maryland Transportation Secretary John Porcari (below). MDOT responded by expanding the Georgia Avenue study to include the Forest Glen intersection and also announced a separate concept study on the new Metro entrance. See this article in the Gazette for the whole story. This represents a substantial victory for Senator Madaleno, his District 18 delegation, and thousands of District 18 residents. We thank our state legislators as well as County Council Transportation & Environment Chair Nancy Floreen, who offered us invaluable support in our time of need.
Below is the letter that turned everything around in our favor:
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Want to see what this intersection is like, day in, day out? View the Crossing Georgia video by clicking one of the links below. You'll see how illegal left turns and gridlocked traffic are an everyday occurrence at Georgia Avenue. And you will see how it takes a normal healthy person the full amount of time to cross the intersection, leaving the elderly, mothers with strollers, and pregnant women to have to scramble for their lives. Considering this intersection is the closest major artery to Holy Cross Hospital, this point cannot be overstated. What is most amazing is that it took us only two 10-minute sessions to record all of the footage used in this video (except for the bus scene). It's all we needed to chronicle the constant problems at this intersection.
View the video (Small) : Windows Media or Quicktime View the video (Large) : Windows Media or Quicktime |
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