I'm late to the party here, but I'd propose adding Quintana St. to the list of small, narrow streets receiving very heavy cut-through traffic. This tiny street between Queens Chapel and East-West Hwy is a (infamously) popular cut-through for people trying to avoid the Belcrest/Queens Chapel intersection light debacle. AND it's DANGEROUS, not just inconvenient, for those of who live on the street because the street's curve makes visibility very poor. It's a mess.

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Showing results for: (1)The idea to make Farragut Street from 42nd Avenue eastbound to Route 1 has been tried before and found to be unsafe. Visibility to turn north from Farragut to 42nd is very poor and there is parking on both sides of Farragut between 42nd Avenue and 43rd Avenue and not enough space for both eastbound and westbound traffic. This was tried before a number of years ago and after a short period of time the two-way traffic was restored to eastbound only. There might be City staff still around who remember this earlier experiment. (2) I wholeheartedly support the proposal to install a traffic light at the intersection of Armentrout and alternate Route 1. Present visibility from Armentrout to alternate Route 1 southbound is very poor.

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The amount of parking on some streets make them unsafe for driving -- especially at night. Consider only allowing parking on one side of the street or with residential permits only. Improving lighting, sidewalks, and biking would be outstanding. On a related note, I'm not sure why access to the College Park shuttle is so onerous for residents. Instead of an annual card that has to be renewed in person, consider mailing a card to all residents or simply providing a sticker that is placed on a driver's license or something more permanent that residents can reliably use until the ID expires.

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Create a bike boulevard on Queensbury Road, which would improve the bicycle network in the City and the region. A bike boulevard on Queensbury Road would improve the City's bicycle network by connecting the proposed bicycle lanes on Belcrest Road (which in the final plan's map end at Queens Chapel Road) with the proposed bicycle boulevard on 40th Ave, and create a key east-west route through the northern part of the city. A Queensbury Road bike boulevard would also significantly improve the bicycle network regionally by connecting the proposed bike lanes near PG Plaza (Belcrest Road, Adelphi Road, and Toledo Terrace) with the bicycle sharing lanes installed on Queensbury and Riverdale Roads in Riverdale Park (http://riverdale-park.org/pipermail/towntalk/2018-March/021712.html), which would give Hyattsville residents an improved route to the Trolley Trail (e.g., Riverdale Station, College Park), the Riverdale MARC Station, the Anacostia Tributary Trail where it intersects at Riverdale Road, and the future Purple Line stations. It would also directly connect several of the proposed Capital Bikeshare stations to be installed in the area.