Even though they have a green light and right of way, drivers going northbound on 16th street through circle risk getting hit by cars approaching on the left, that fail to stop at intersection crossing to get to US29/Colesville Road
I try never, never to use that circle if I can help it. It's too dangerous. 16th St is a major artery between Silver Spring and Downtown, which makes the circle an area with a high volume of traffic. People using the circle are aggressive because they're in a hurry to get downtown or back to Silver Spring.
There are some short term improvements that could be made to this area to help reduce accidents. For example, on the DC side, there is so much brush and many bushes that limit visibility. DC DOT could trim these tomorrow and help reduce traffic accidents and maybe even save lives.
Long term, there needs to be a complete re-design of the intersection, with one or more of the access roads into the circle closed or re-directed. This is a very dangerous intersection.
I live right at the corner of this intersection and I agree that it's pretty bad. I think a roundabout could make more sense. The main issues include 1)westbound colesville drivers cutting off northbound and southbound drivers on 16th, 2) an awkward turn southbound from 16th onto eastern which can block traffic and 3) a traffic light on northbound eastern that's only green for 3 seconds.
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Takoma Parker (客人)
I try never, never to use that circle if I can help it. It's too dangerous. 16th St is a major artery between Silver Spring and Downtown, which makes the circle an area with a high volume of traffic. People using the circle are aggressive because they're in a hurry to get downtown or back to Silver Spring.
It needs to be reconfigured.
HMC (注册用户)
There are some short term improvements that could be made to this area to help reduce accidents. For example, on the DC side, there is so much brush and many bushes that limit visibility. DC DOT could trim these tomorrow and help reduce traffic accidents and maybe even save lives.
Long term, there needs to be a complete re-design of the intersection, with one or more of the access roads into the circle closed or re-directed. This is a very dangerous intersection.
Y. Dalal (客人)
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Jesse (注册用户)