We also have 4 voting adults in our home who want Seminary Road to remain 4 lanes. Traffic congestion is bad enough as is. Furthermore, the original speed limit should be restored, 25 mph is too slow.
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Rebecca Snyder
7 years ago
I work two jobs and my parents with late-stage Alzheimer's and moderate dementia live with me. The LAST thing I need is more time in traffic. I regularly travel roads that the city has added bike lanes to. I have NEVER seen bikes use those lanes. Yet I sometimes have to wait through three lights to make a left onto Braddock from Van Dorn. You have also added no right turn signs at intersections for no reason and blocks off soft-right lanes with curbs. Stop making the quality of life go down by making traffic worse.
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melanie weiser
7 years ago
My vote would be to keep Seminary Road as is with 4 lanes and using the funds toward road paving and upkeep. The roads are in horrid condition and this should be the focus of the City, not adding to traffic and congestion for a phantom issue of bike lanes, cross-walks, and curb width. Also, I would add an increase in speed back to the original; 25 is far too slow for such a heavily traveled stretch of road. Finally, I would recommend trying to remedy the traffic nightmares which include the merges to, and from, 95 onto Seminary Road at, and from, Kenmore Ave - if we would like to talk about safety then these are twos areas which should certainly be addressed, after fixing the road conditions of course. Thank you in advance!
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ROBERT MCLAUGHLIN
7 years ago
I have not seen any commentary about the impact of bus stops on traffic movement should any plan except simply repaving plan be approved. Busses travel on Seminary Road, and agile, alert motorists can switch lanes, from curb to center when busses make their stops and the traffic continues to flow. A single lane plan will have cars backed up in both directions, especially in peak periods.
The bicycle lane option is simply bogus. We moved to St Stephens Road in 1988. We have yet to see any real bicycle traffic. Youngsters living in Seminary Ridge simply cross Seminary Road and continue through the seminary and Episcopal High School grounds to either head to the Bradlee shopping center or other destinations in that area. Cycling to school is not an option employed by students in this development who attend either of the nearby schools. Putting in bicycle lanes will only impede auto and bus traffic flows on this busy 4 lane road and create safety problems for motorists and any bicyclist (singular for emphasis) alike; but it is doubtful that any new two-wheeled traffic would actually be created by dedicated bike lanes.
Just repave the existing 4 lanes and be done. Save the taxpayers' dollars. use the savings on the real and pressing needs in our city, like debt service.
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Ian D Pfaff
7 years ago
I am getting really tired of the city consistently making life more difficult for the West End. We are the most populated section of the city and receive the least amount of services and consideration.
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Linda and Steve App
7 years ago
We have 3 voting adults in this household who want to keep Seminary 4 lanes. Seminary Road is one of the three well-established major east-west thoroughfares for Alexandria, and that cannot change without extraordinary and necessary justification, which does not exist except in the minds of narrow special interest groups: hard-core cyclists; bike/scooter rental companies; and the Zero Vision car-haters. Seminary Road (Howard to Quaker) is not at all dangerous with respect to its 4-lane design—especially since the speed limit is now 25 mph, and there is no valid cause to consider reducing the number of lanes. Vision Zero’s analysis identifying the road as ‘high risk’ is not supported by the historical data – collected when speed limits were higher (35 mph). In fact, it is now an even safer stretch of road, especially considering the high volume of traffic (16,000 cars per day).
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David J DiQuollo
7 years ago
and please restore the old speed limits on Seminary and Quaker. 25 MPH is ridiculously slow. As someone who lives on N Quaker Lane, I now have even more difficulty getting in and out of my driveway due to the increased bunching up of traffic.
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PAUL JUDGE
7 years ago
I go further (1) maintain 4 lanes at current width (2) do not test bike lanes of any kind on this one mile (3) do not add cross walks (4) avoid unnecessary costs and focus the investments on actual safety issues in the city (5) do not lawyer up behind a dated complete streets document that didn't have citizen approval to begin width (6) wait for other key decisions from metro, DASH and Transurban before doing anymore than a simple repave
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Kathleen Foster
7 years ago
As a senior citizen I am quite dependent on my car to get to far flung MD appointments etc. Please reconsider this plan
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Mary Atkinson
7 years ago
After attending the meeting at SSSAS, I was shocked to hear how little the city understood how the citizens of the city currently use the road. It appeared they wanted to present solutions, to a problem that didn't exist. The road clearly needs paved. I don't know that the city should be resdesigning the traffic flows without driving the stretch of road at peak traffic hours.
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AILEEN PUGH
7 years ago
I went to the meeting at SSSAS on this matter and I found it appalling how little city personnel cared about the feedback the community provided that night.
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ross simons
7 years ago
This is an extremely ill advised move. You should also redo King Street back to original configuration and speed.
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Arthur impastato
7 years ago
Making changes that reduce the free flow of car traffic along major streets like Seminary, Duke or Van Dorn is ill advised. Car traffic increases with new development which is coming in droves to the West End. The proposal for Seminary is obviously flawed and should be rejected.
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Andrea Brotherton
7 years ago
Leave Seminary Road as it is!
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Joseph Braddock
7 years ago
Narrowing Seminary Road is a dangerous idea. It is now one of the safest roads and should remain so
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Bertha BRADDOCK
7 years ago
As a major traffic artery Seminary Road should remain as it is; a four-lane road.
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Louise Welch
7 years ago
More Alexandria road project design proposals that accommodate few, but negatively impact many!
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Mary Newhouse
7 years ago
I strongly oppose the recommended changes to Seminary Rd.
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Stacey Johnson
7 years ago
Seminary Rd is already very congested with traffic, as it is a major artery. Reducing the number of vehicle lanes will only make it worse-- I don't believe it will entice drivers to take public transportation.
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Brian Coupe
7 years ago
If you want to add bike lanes, then WIDEN Seminary Road! Do not punish drivers of cars, and the increasingly trapped residents in the area, by reducing lanes for hundreds of cars to add bike lanes for a handful of bikes!
We also have 4 voting adults in our home who want Seminary Road to remain 4 lanes. Traffic congestion is bad enough as is. Furthermore, the original speed limit should be restored, 25 mph is too slow.
I work two jobs and my parents with late-stage Alzheimer's and moderate dementia live with me. The LAST thing I need is more time in traffic. I regularly travel roads that the city has added bike lanes to. I have NEVER seen bikes use those lanes. Yet I sometimes have to wait through three lights to make a left onto Braddock from Van Dorn. You have also added no right turn signs at intersections for no reason and blocks off soft-right lanes with curbs. Stop making the quality of life go down by making traffic worse.
My vote would be to keep Seminary Road as is with 4 lanes and using the funds toward road paving and upkeep. The roads are in horrid condition and this should be the focus of the City, not adding to traffic and congestion for a phantom issue of bike lanes, cross-walks, and curb width. Also, I would add an increase in speed back to the original; 25 is far too slow for such a heavily traveled stretch of road. Finally, I would recommend trying to remedy the traffic nightmares which include the merges to, and from, 95 onto Seminary Road at, and from, Kenmore Ave - if we would like to talk about safety then these are twos areas which should certainly be addressed, after fixing the road conditions of course. Thank you in advance!
I have not seen any commentary about the impact of bus stops on traffic movement should any plan except simply repaving plan be approved. Busses travel on Seminary Road, and agile, alert motorists can switch lanes, from curb to center when busses make their stops and the traffic continues to flow. A single lane plan will have cars backed up in both directions, especially in peak periods. The bicycle lane option is simply bogus. We moved to St Stephens Road in 1988. We have yet to see any real bicycle traffic. Youngsters living in Seminary Ridge simply cross Seminary Road and continue through the seminary and Episcopal High School grounds to either head to the Bradlee shopping center or other destinations in that area. Cycling to school is not an option employed by students in this development who attend either of the nearby schools. Putting in bicycle lanes will only impede auto and bus traffic flows on this busy 4 lane road and create safety problems for motorists and any bicyclist (singular for emphasis) alike; but it is doubtful that any new two-wheeled traffic would actually be created by dedicated bike lanes. Just repave the existing 4 lanes and be done. Save the taxpayers' dollars. use the savings on the real and pressing needs in our city, like debt service.
I am getting really tired of the city consistently making life more difficult for the West End. We are the most populated section of the city and receive the least amount of services and consideration.
We have 3 voting adults in this household who want to keep Seminary 4 lanes. Seminary Road is one of the three well-established major east-west thoroughfares for Alexandria, and that cannot change without extraordinary and necessary justification, which does not exist except in the minds of narrow special interest groups: hard-core cyclists; bike/scooter rental companies; and the Zero Vision car-haters. Seminary Road (Howard to Quaker) is not at all dangerous with respect to its 4-lane design—especially since the speed limit is now 25 mph, and there is no valid cause to consider reducing the number of lanes. Vision Zero’s analysis identifying the road as ‘high risk’ is not supported by the historical data – collected when speed limits were higher (35 mph). In fact, it is now an even safer stretch of road, especially considering the high volume of traffic (16,000 cars per day).
and please restore the old speed limits on Seminary and Quaker. 25 MPH is ridiculously slow. As someone who lives on N Quaker Lane, I now have even more difficulty getting in and out of my driveway due to the increased bunching up of traffic.
I go further (1) maintain 4 lanes at current width (2) do not test bike lanes of any kind on this one mile (3) do not add cross walks (4) avoid unnecessary costs and focus the investments on actual safety issues in the city (5) do not lawyer up behind a dated complete streets document that didn't have citizen approval to begin width (6) wait for other key decisions from metro, DASH and Transurban before doing anymore than a simple repave
As a senior citizen I am quite dependent on my car to get to far flung MD appointments etc. Please reconsider this plan
After attending the meeting at SSSAS, I was shocked to hear how little the city understood how the citizens of the city currently use the road. It appeared they wanted to present solutions, to a problem that didn't exist. The road clearly needs paved. I don't know that the city should be resdesigning the traffic flows without driving the stretch of road at peak traffic hours.
I went to the meeting at SSSAS on this matter and I found it appalling how little city personnel cared about the feedback the community provided that night.
This is an extremely ill advised move. You should also redo King Street back to original configuration and speed.
Making changes that reduce the free flow of car traffic along major streets like Seminary, Duke or Van Dorn is ill advised. Car traffic increases with new development which is coming in droves to the West End. The proposal for Seminary is obviously flawed and should be rejected.
Leave Seminary Road as it is!
Narrowing Seminary Road is a dangerous idea. It is now one of the safest roads and should remain so
As a major traffic artery Seminary Road should remain as it is; a four-lane road.
More Alexandria road project design proposals that accommodate few, but negatively impact many!
I strongly oppose the recommended changes to Seminary Rd.
Seminary Rd is already very congested with traffic, as it is a major artery. Reducing the number of vehicle lanes will only make it worse-- I don't believe it will entice drivers to take public transportation.
If you want to add bike lanes, then WIDEN Seminary Road! Do not punish drivers of cars, and the increasingly trapped residents in the area, by reducing lanes for hundreds of cars to add bike lanes for a handful of bikes!