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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

School board denies bus route appeal in Germantown

...Hoffpauir was particularly concerned that the intersection of Kingsview and Clopper roads, near the school, still requires pedestrians to cross while left-turning traffic is directed through the crosswalk. But school staff argued at the March hearing that the intersection is clearly marked and equipped with a countdown-timer that shows how long pedestrians have left to cross.
 http://www.gazette.net/article/20130423/NEWS/130429827/1022/school-board-denies-bus-route-appeal-in-germantown&template=gazette
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4 comments:

  1. Paula BienenfeldApril 24, 2013 at 10:20 AM

    Montgomery County pedestrian signalization still does not comply with the over-20-year old ADA law. ADA has 3-1/2 ft. per second; in Montgomery County, it is still 3 ft. per second.

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  2. AnonymousApril 25, 2013 at 9:25 PM

    Is that how many feet someone is assumed to travel per second when timing the lights for pedestrian crossings?

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  3. Paula BienenfeldApril 26, 2013 at 12:44 PM

    Yes. Here is some text at http://guide.saferoutesinfo.org/engineering/traffic_signals.cfm#clear under 'Increase Pedestrian Clearance Intervals:' "The pedestrian clearance interval is the time remaining for pedestrians to cross the street once the flashing red hand indication is displayed on a pedestrian signal. The 2009 MUTCD requires this interval to be calculated based on a minimum walking speed of 3.5 feet per second."

    MoCo still has 4 feet per second.

    Here is another good link: http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/intersection/resources/fhwasa10005/brief_11.cfm

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  4. AnonymousApril 27, 2013 at 6:54 AM

    MCDOT has been retiming pedestrian signals. Are you certain that they have not retimed this one?

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