Alexandria Citizens Petition

The "solution" that T&ES has proposed is simply ludicrous, since it maintains four lanes from Quaker to St Stephens (as I understood it due to feedback from INOVA Alexandria Hospital) but then goes down to 1 eastbound lane from St Stepehens for the exclusive purpose of installing a sidewalk to fill the "gap" on the Seminary side of the street, which will almost certainly be used by almost no one. Then the street goes back to four lanes from ICOH to Quaker. *This creates unnecessary merging for both bikes and cars, *The estimated $1.5M estimate is probably low for this project and funds have not been secured for it, so that is more of wish at this point, and the project manager for this did not have any estimate of usage for this sidewalk but did assure us it was #9 on the list. *T&ES spoke to the Hospital, but apparently not to the Fire Department about what they need, which I find curious. *Creating a Right hand turn lane with a No Turn on Red defeats much of the value of a right hand turn lane. I would be curious how many times those cross walks signals are used and this is already a safe stretch of roadway. The truth of the matter is that Seminary Road is an arterial roadway with a hospital, fire station, and highway on/off ramps. The amount of traffic that the road carries and the needs of residents & non residents to move about in a timely manner, far outweigh a sidewalk to nowhere...

I live close to the intersection of Howard Street and Seminary Road and frequently use the stretch of Seminary from Howard down to Quaker Lane and beyond. I strongly support 4 traffic lanes on Seminary Road, Howard to Quaker Lane. No drop lane east of St. Stephens to Zabriskie. Keep the existing traffic signal and configuration at Seminary and Quaker. To further restrict the flow of traffic in this stretch would create monumental congestion for those of us who depend on this stretch of Seminary road to get to doctor's appointments, grocery store, etc.

I particularly oppose the lane and signal changes for the intersection with Quaker Lane.

Leave Seminary Road with 4 traffic lanes! Don't do to Seminary Rd what you have done to King Street!

Leave seminary road 4 lanes!!!

Leave seminary road 4 lanes as it is!! I have lived here for 47 years ! It is & always has been safe road! Ambulances can travel seminary road to get to Alexandria hospital without delay!! YOU are making a problem where there is NO problem!! Use our money to fix real problems!!!! This is absolutely absurd!!!!!!! Bunny Chapman

I support 4 traffic lanes on Seminary Road, Howard to Quaker Lane. No drop lane east of St. Stephens to Zabriskie. Keep the existing traffic signal and configuration at Seminary and Quaker. The proposed change would increase cut through traffic off Janneys Lane. Use passively activated pedestrian lighting at new crosswalks and eliminate pedestrian islands. They potentially introduce a traffic hazard, e.g. near Fort Williams. Bus stops should be on parallel sides of Seminary Road. Eliminate narrow temporary sidewalk on northside of Seminary Road and the proposed bollards ostensibly included to protect pedestrians and bikers.

I am strongly opposed to the plan to reduce lanes on Seminary Road.

This will have disastrous consequences on traffic flow and pressure on side streets.

Totally not in favor of reducing lanes on Seminary. Quaker and Seminary already a bottleneck at rush hour. Such changes would further negatively impact neighborhoods, with drivers looking for still more cut-through streets. Thanks.

I live near Seminary Road and travel on it frequently. I strongly oppose reducing the number of lanes on Seminary Road and altering the signal pattern at the intersection with Quaker Lane.

Do not change traffic patterns on Seminary Road

This will create a problem instead of solving a non-existing problem.

As a cyclist, I agree that this does not seem like the best plan given the density of traffic. With Amazon coming traffic will only be getting worse. There are alternate routes for bicycles and plenty of paths.

The proposed plan will worsen the situation by far.

There is already enough traffic and congestion on Seminary Road. This isn’t downtown DC, this is a suburban area that is highly dependent on vehicular transportation, not bicyclers.

It defies common sense when at a time when density is increasing in Alexandria and surrounding jurisdictions --and more cars attendant to that density are added to already stressed roadways -- that the city would reduce travel lanes. Who is behind this idea?

I live on N. Howard and drive into DC every day. Almost without fail, the WORST part of my evening commute is Seminary Road just east of 395. Traffic on Seminary backs up at Library Lane and continues past the school and firehouse. Often it backs up to the point that traffic is blocked to cars exiting 395 (coming from the north) at the exit. We need to ease traffic, not restrict it.

Reducing the lanes will be more traffic and slower commutes.

Need should not pass this for 1% of the time it is used. We need to keep a good traffic flow & not increase t down to 2 lanes.