Four Corners Master Plan Highlights
Approved and Adopted (December 1996)
Theme 2 - Transportation Network
Vision
This Master Plan balances the transportation needs of regional through traffic and local traffic by recommending a road improvement at the main intersection, neighborhood protection from cut-through traffic, and an enhanced system of sidewalks and bikeways to create an environment that is more conducive to walking, biking, and transit use.
Highlights
This Plan recognizes the challenge and burden that Four Corners faces in trying to accommodate large volumes of regional through-traffic while striving to preserve and enhance the character and integrity of this community of neighborhoods. Pedestrian safety and community character are jeopardized when non-local traffic cuts through residential streets. This Plan recommends that measures continue to be taken to protect neighborhoods from these intrusive impacts. This Plan recognizes the regional function of the major roadways and supports the State Highway Administration (SHA) intersection improvements for Colesville Road and University Boulevard. This Plan also recognizes that streets and their amenities contribute significantly to the character of a community and strongly supports the pedestrian and streetscape improvements planned as part of the SHA intersection project.
Recommendations
- Supports the improvements planned for the intersection of Colesville Road and University Boulevard, including the pedestrian and streetscape amenities, and encourages continued cooperative implementation of the project and coordination with merchants and residents before and during the roadway construction.
- Recommends traffic management plans be developed cooperatively between the County and the neighborhoods to reduce cut-through traffic on local streets.
- Recommends enhanced pedestrian circulation by constructing sidewalks that will connect Four Corners neighborhoods to shops, parks, schools, community facilities, and transit stops.
- Expands the existing bikeway network to support the local and regional systems and to enhance its value as an alternative means of travel.
- Encourages increased use of transit as an alternative to the car with bus service that connects Four Corners with Metro stations at Silver Spring and Forest Glen.
Date of last page update: November 27, 2007
