Safe Streets For Biking and Walking – Latest Happenings

MDOT FY 25-FY 30 Consolidated Transportation Program (Prince George’s, Comments)

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Overall, we want to commend the MDOT’s priorities in a difficult budget year. We applaud the state’s leadership on meeting the obligation for WMATA funding.
Event Materials: "Complete Streets" Policy Update (Prince George's)

Event Materials: “Complete Streets” Policy Update (Prince George’s)

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People walking to transit, stores, schools, and elsewhere are often at risk as they traverse wide, high-speed roads. With Prince George’s leading the region in traffic and pedestrian deaths, we’ve been asking how we can make roads safer for people walking or biking to their destinations.
Event materials: Walk Audit of Central Ave debrief (Prince George's County)

Event materials: Walk Audit of Central Ave debrief (Prince George’s County)

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Event materials from the debrief on the CSG/WABA/RISE Prince George's-organized Central High School community walk audit to examine the safety and access of this area with the Central High School community.

TAKE ACTION: Help secure funding for good transit, walk, bike & safe streets projects in Northern Virginia

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The Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) is deciding among a range of projects competing for its six-year program of regional funding. Please comment to support good projects – and oppose using limited public funds on wasteful oversized road projects.
Engineers discussion a road diet for Central Av./MD 414. Photo by Cheryl Cort

Event Materials: Complete Streets Training for Prince George’s County

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Toole Design expert trainers, Jeremy Chrzan and Cipriana Patterson conducted a four-hour, in-person training covering key elements of NACTO’s Urban Street Design Guide, Prince George’s County’s Urban Street Design Standards, as well as practical content from the US Access Board’s Accessibility Guidelines for Pedestrian Facilities in the Public Right of Way (PROWAG) and the forthcoming AASHTO Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities (Bike Guide). The training explained the practical relevance of complete streets guidance to address safety and comfort for people walking, biking, and taking transit.