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The following letter was written by the Forest Estates Community Association and co-signed by Crossing Georgia to express concerns with the planned expansion of the Sligo Creek Golf Course. |
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Crossing Georgia has learned of a three-car, hit-and-run accident near the county's most notorious intersection. On 6/18/07 at 2:44 PM, two cars passed under the Beltway headed north on Georgia Avenue. A car in the middle lane swerved left and collided with a car in the left lane. The car in the left lane lost control, spun into the southbound lanes and collided with another car headed south. The car that caused the accident sped away through the Georgia-Forest Glen intersection and was not apprehended. The two other cars were towed. We do not know if any Georgia-Forest Glen pedestrians were crossing at the time the hit-and-run driver escaped the scene. |
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A Forest Estates resident told Crossing Georgia the following story: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 - This evening at about 5:20pm, a group of four
pedestrians was crossing the north side of Georgia Avenue at Forest Glen.
It was a bright sunny afternoon, not too hot, so many cars had their
windows open. The four of us started in a group, crossing in the crosswalk
with the pedestrian walk signal. After crossing the southbound lands, two
of us were ahead of the others as we crossed the northbound lanes. As we
crossed the last lane before the curb, the driver of a compact car making a
right turn from Forest Glen to head north on Georgia Avenue started to yell
at us of his window to hurry. It looked like he was going to try to drive
between the two of us crossing a little faster and those crossing a little
slower. We weren't that far apart - maybe ten feet. When it became obvious
to the driver he wasn't going to be able to cut between us, he honked his
horn and swore at us, and sped through his turn as soon as the lane closest
to the median was clear. I understand drivers' frustration with the heavy
traffic through the intersection. However, it was scary to be in that
exposed and threatened position as a pedestrian. |
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The State Highway Administration and WMATA arestudying whether to close the row of bushes on the south side of Forest Glen Road near the entrance to the Metro station. The stated goal is to reduce jaywalking, but since people jaywalk in order to stay alive in a dangerous intersection, this plan deserves more scrutiny. The following is a letter written by Crossing Georgia chairman Adam Pagnucco and FECA president Paul Gordon to SHA and WMATA: |
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Councilmember Valerie Ervin writes about pedestrian safety at our intersection on her website: "Forest Glen Pedestrian Safety
As the Council representative to the Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee, I am very concerned about the serious pedestrian safety issues surrounding the Forest Glen Metro Station and the intersection of Georgia Avenue and Forest Glen Road. I worked on these issues with my colleagues on the Council's Transportation and Environment Committee and the full Council agreed to rank the east side entrance to the Forest Glen Metro station as the number two priority among transit projects that should be funded by the State of Maryland. Furthermore, the Council and Executive have ranked the reconstruction of Georgia Avenue between 16th Street and Forest Glen Road as the top priority for detailed study. For additional information about this issue visit the Crossing Georgia web site at www.crossinggeorgia.com." Read more at http://valerieervin.org/cc-ervin-edition-06-07.html |
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This document lays out the Maryland State Highway Administration's plans and options for what it intends to do at and near the intersection. Special thanks to SHA's Stephanie Yanovitz for sharing it with us. Download the SHA Presentation |
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