Access
to Residential and Commercial Areas
"Klingle Road is listed as a collector road for vehicular traffic
on the District of Columbia's Functional Classification Map. Collectors
provide direct access to major traffic generators such as a Metro
station or a large complex of apartments. They may connect a
neighborhood to a major arterial roadway." Berger, 3.12.1
"Existing traffic
operational analyses confirmed severe traffic congestion on
east-west cross town roadways, which have received the majority of
diverted traffic resulting from the closure of Klingle Road in
1990." Berger, EA study.
"... the road network
surrounding Klingle Road is currently experiencing excessive delays and
poor level of service, especially along roads parallel to Klingle
Road. The reopening of Klingle Road is one of the options
evaluated to improve the east-west cross-town traffic conditions, which
provide access to the National Cathedral, American University, upper
Georgetown, and the MacArthur Boulevard area as well as many other
schools, places of worship, and recreational areas..."
"Beneficial impacts associated
with [rebuild of Klingle Road to its Original Alignment] may include a
delay reduction at Porter Street and Connecticut Avenue and the
potential for a reduction in the number of accidents on neighboring
intersections. In addition, opening the roadway to east-west
traffic would provide another thoroughfare for cross-town access to
schools, places of worship, commercial areas, and public buildings."
To not open Klingle Road:
"Long-term adverse impacts to traffic patterns would be expected to
include a worsening of traffic congestion on east-west cross-town
roadways."
Berger study, 3.12.1
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