Vision Zero Makes Progress with Improvements and Public Meetings 

Virtual Meeting April 30 to Discuss Bike Facilities 

Vision Zero planning and projects are making progress as Rockville continues creating safer travel routes for all. 

A virtual public meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 30 for staff to share three proposed alternatives to add bicycle facilities along East Jefferson Street between Rollins Avenue and Congressional Lane and along Halpine Road between East Jefferson Street and Rockville Pike (MD 355). Staff will also solicit comments and suggestions from the public and will answer questions. Find details with the April 30 calendar listing at www.rockvillemd.gov/calendar. Comments can be submitted at any time to bbwoods@rockvillemd.gov. 

The city installed a temporary pedestrian safety improvement at Mannakee Street and Smallwood Road in March by adding flex posts separating the travel lane from a marked no-parking zone. A concrete pedestrian refuge island providing a place for pedestrians to wait while crossing Mannakee Street will be installed as a permanent improvement when the street is resurfaced this summer. Another concrete pedestrian refuge median will be constructed to ease pedestrian crossings and slow vehicle traffic on Twinbrook Parkway at Meadow Hall Drive when Twinbrook Parkway is resurfaced later this year. 

City staff was scheduled to host a public meeting to discuss the Congressional Lane Complete Streets study on Thursday, March 27, after the publication deadline for “Rockville Reports.” Last year, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments awarded Rockville $80,000 to assess roadway conditions and evaluate potential improvements along Congressional Lane between Rollins Avenue and Rockville Pike (MD 355).

Learn about this and other projects that are part of the city’s Vision Zero Action Plan to eliminate traffic-related deaths and serious injuries at www.rockvillemd.gov/visionzeroprojects.