This has always been a nice street to walk down, but it has become dangerous as traffic has increased. A sidewalk would be a welcome addition.
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Edison Fritz
6 years ago
There should be sidewalks installed, but not speed humps. Slowing down certain roads with speed humps will continue to cause drivers to speed on other roads (Marshall St is next), or simply speed between humps and stop signs (as on Summerfield Rd) - putting the true speed for a law abiding driver at 15-18mph vs 35mph for anyone in a hurry (a lot of people). The 85th percentile speed appears to be 40mph on Rosemary, so in accordance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, the speed limit shouldn’t be less than 35mph. It could be fine to justify slowing these residential streets lined with houses down to 25mph (such as this one) - if they hadn’t already slowed the parallel, adjacent, *non-residential* Graham Rd down to that speed! Other solutions are preferable to the perennial, fruitless effort of “traffic calming” every street in the area with speed humps - as if drivers didn’t just displace where they could speed (or just sped in between the humps and obvious points of measurement / VADOT / police). Example solutions are sidewalks protected with bollards and fencing, elevated skywalks, and the like for pedestrians (and school zones) as permanent solutions. You don’t give a classroom of rowdy children (the cars) opiates to calm them (speed humps) so they don’t run into the toddlers (pedestrians) - you naturally separate them at their points of potential friction. Speeding up Graham Rd to its proper 85th (or 80th!) percentile limit (by using bollards / fences / skywalks for the school zone), and installing sidewalks on residential streets, will permanently mitigate these issues instead of temporarily displacing them.
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Patricia Frustace
6 years ago
Strongly support this measure to increase the safety of our kids as they walk to school.
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Heather Galloni
6 years ago
Frequent visitors of friends on Rosemary Ln. The speed and amount of cut through traffic on this street makes it incredibly unsafe to even walk with children.
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Ana Mosquera
6 years ago
Sidewalks for Safety!
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Glen Fisher
6 years ago
Sidewalks = Safety
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Anonymous
6 years ago
Sidewalks please!
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Doortje LeGrand
6 years ago
I agree . . . we should work for speed bumps first before considering sidewalks. It would require that trees are cut down, and Rosemary is known for it beautiful lining of tall trees.
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Anonymous
6 years ago
Paving over the ditches will require removal of even more trees and sending more toxicChemicals into Four-mile Run. I would be in favor of speed bumps. There is no snow-clearing rule in Fairfax Co., so as in in rest of the area, sidewalks will likely be covered with ice after snows.
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Paul Derby
6 years ago
Definitely need the sidewalk on Rosemary Ln completed. The small section near the Terry Ln end is a small start. Hopefully the street improvements on the north end development include a sidewalk.
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Sean M Graham
6 years ago
I regularly run and walk my dog on Rosemary lane and have been astounded by the speed and number of vehicles that travel it lately. I fully support any traffic calming/speed reducing actions as well as a sidewalk construction for the safety of all neighborhood residents in the area.
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Wendy Mayer
6 years ago
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I've been a Rosemary Lane resident for more than 20 years. Since the popularity of GPS, it has become a frequent pass-through for traffic traveling well above the speed limit and creating a danger for children and those walking. With no sidewalks and decaying edges of the street, some type of protection is imperative.
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Anonymous
6 years ago
I support this. However Graham Road also needs traffic calming measures, including additional crosswalks and all crosswalks to have lighted signs when people are crossing that is prominent on new crosswalks in Arlington as well as additional posted speed limit signs that also displays the current speed of the car. Cars regularly go in excess of 40pmh while Graham Rd is only 25mph. This is not safe for a neighborhood, nor is it safe for a road with an elementary school.
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Rosalie Smith
6 years ago
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People think Rosemary Lane is Graham Rd and speed up and down. It is very dangerous at times as they do not slow down when they see you walking a dog or just walking. I have to jump our in front of them to make them slow down and sometimes that doesn't work as they just go around me.
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Wei Li Fang
6 years ago
People speed all the time through our neighborhood. People rarely come to a full stop at stop signs.
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Peter Beckman
6 years ago
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I regularly walk on Rosemary Lane. As there is no sidewalk and no traffic calming, I often see drivers not paying attention and driving above the speed limit. I fully support Traffic Calming and sidewalks on Rosemary Lane to improve the walkability of children and residents to walk from Jefferson Village and Greenway Downs to get to Graham Road School, the shopping center and safely to transit points.
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Amanda E Bennett
6 years ago
I'm in full support of any and all traffic calming changes that can be made to Rosemary Lane. The road is too narrow for pedestrians to safely travel, especially at night.
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Meghan French
6 years ago
Soooo important!
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Ryan Beauchemin
6 years ago
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I live on Rosemary Lane and have two small children. We often walk on the road and have come close to being hit on numerous occasions.
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Will McMurtray
6 years ago
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My children live on the same block as Graham Road Elementary School and we have to make 7 crossings over 6 streets to stay on the sidewalk if we walk them to school. (Terry LN, Graham RD, Tyler AVE, Rice ST, Quincy AVE, Oakland AVE, & Graham RD again) It's ridiculous.
With a sidewalk on Rosemary LN, we could walk them to school with 0 road crossings. Rosemary Lane needs a sidewalk.
This has always been a nice street to walk down, but it has become dangerous as traffic has increased. A sidewalk would be a welcome addition.
There should be sidewalks installed, but not speed humps. Slowing down certain roads with speed humps will continue to cause drivers to speed on other roads (Marshall St is next), or simply speed between humps and stop signs (as on Summerfield Rd) - putting the true speed for a law abiding driver at 15-18mph vs 35mph for anyone in a hurry (a lot of people). The 85th percentile speed appears to be 40mph on Rosemary, so in accordance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, the speed limit shouldn’t be less than 35mph. It could be fine to justify slowing these residential streets lined with houses down to 25mph (such as this one) - if they hadn’t already slowed the parallel, adjacent, *non-residential* Graham Rd down to that speed! Other solutions are preferable to the perennial, fruitless effort of “traffic calming” every street in the area with speed humps - as if drivers didn’t just displace where they could speed (or just sped in between the humps and obvious points of measurement / VADOT / police). Example solutions are sidewalks protected with bollards and fencing, elevated skywalks, and the like for pedestrians (and school zones) as permanent solutions. You don’t give a classroom of rowdy children (the cars) opiates to calm them (speed humps) so they don’t run into the toddlers (pedestrians) - you naturally separate them at their points of potential friction. Speeding up Graham Rd to its proper 85th (or 80th!) percentile limit (by using bollards / fences / skywalks for the school zone), and installing sidewalks on residential streets, will permanently mitigate these issues instead of temporarily displacing them.
Strongly support this measure to increase the safety of our kids as they walk to school.
Frequent visitors of friends on Rosemary Ln. The speed and amount of cut through traffic on this street makes it incredibly unsafe to even walk with children.
Sidewalks for Safety!
Sidewalks = Safety
Sidewalks please!
I agree . . . we should work for speed bumps first before considering sidewalks. It would require that trees are cut down, and Rosemary is known for it beautiful lining of tall trees.
Paving over the ditches will require removal of even more trees and sending more toxicChemicals into Four-mile Run. I would be in favor of speed bumps. There is no snow-clearing rule in Fairfax Co., so as in in rest of the area, sidewalks will likely be covered with ice after snows.
Definitely need the sidewalk on Rosemary Ln completed. The small section near the Terry Ln end is a small start. Hopefully the street improvements on the north end development include a sidewalk.
I regularly run and walk my dog on Rosemary lane and have been astounded by the speed and number of vehicles that travel it lately. I fully support any traffic calming/speed reducing actions as well as a sidewalk construction for the safety of all neighborhood residents in the area.
I've been a Rosemary Lane resident for more than 20 years. Since the popularity of GPS, it has become a frequent pass-through for traffic traveling well above the speed limit and creating a danger for children and those walking. With no sidewalks and decaying edges of the street, some type of protection is imperative.
I support this. However Graham Road also needs traffic calming measures, including additional crosswalks and all crosswalks to have lighted signs when people are crossing that is prominent on new crosswalks in Arlington as well as additional posted speed limit signs that also displays the current speed of the car. Cars regularly go in excess of 40pmh while Graham Rd is only 25mph. This is not safe for a neighborhood, nor is it safe for a road with an elementary school.
People think Rosemary Lane is Graham Rd and speed up and down. It is very dangerous at times as they do not slow down when they see you walking a dog or just walking. I have to jump our in front of them to make them slow down and sometimes that doesn't work as they just go around me.
People speed all the time through our neighborhood. People rarely come to a full stop at stop signs.
I regularly walk on Rosemary Lane. As there is no sidewalk and no traffic calming, I often see drivers not paying attention and driving above the speed limit. I fully support Traffic Calming and sidewalks on Rosemary Lane to improve the walkability of children and residents to walk from Jefferson Village and Greenway Downs to get to Graham Road School, the shopping center and safely to transit points.
I'm in full support of any and all traffic calming changes that can be made to Rosemary Lane. The road is too narrow for pedestrians to safely travel, especially at night.
Soooo important!
I live on Rosemary Lane and have two small children. We often walk on the road and have come close to being hit on numerous occasions.
My children live on the same block as Graham Road Elementary School and we have to make 7 crossings over 6 streets to stay on the sidewalk if we walk them to school. (Terry LN, Graham RD, Tyler AVE, Rice ST, Quincy AVE, Oakland AVE, & Graham RD again) It's ridiculous. With a sidewalk on Rosemary LN, we could walk them to school with 0 road crossings. Rosemary Lane needs a sidewalk.