Changes in place for York, Towson circle
Plans for pedestrian-friendly Towson begin to take shape uptown in June
Kiel McLaughlin
News | 3/23/08
Changes to the Towson Circle and traffic patterns on York Road will take shape this summer.
As part of the Urban Design Assistance Team's plans to make the town's commercial core more pedestrian friendly, the town seeks to slow the speed of automobiles in order to increase foot traffic.
Raymond Heil, a revitalization project manager with the Baltimore County office of community conservation, spoke to the Greater Towson Council of Community Associations last week to update neighborhood representatives on the program's progress that began in 2006.
Heil outlined dozens of prospective changes, such as transforming Chesapeake and Pennsylvania Avenues to two-way roads and adding parking spaces on Washington Avenue.
Despite the plethora of possible alterations, only two major changes have been confirmed.
Beginning in June, Heil said the County will convert York Road north of Bosley Avenue to two lanes, eliminating the outside travel lanes and creating metered street parking spaces. The travel lanes will also be narrowed to 11-feet wide in order to force drivers to slow their speed.
Since York Road already experiences high traffic during rush hours and the road alterations would exacerbate the current conditions, Heil said drivers would be encouraged to take Bosley Avenue when traveling northbound to reach Interstate-695.
"One study shows that 40 to 50 percent of traffic going up York Road is using it as a through road to 695," Heil said during his presentation to the GTCCA Thursday.
"We hope drivers will take Bosley to get to 695 and York Road near the core will be used only for local traffic."
In June, the County will also make alterations to the Towson Circle. During his presentation, Heil said the two sides of the roundabout are too straight and allow drivers to pick up speed when going around the corner.
"Drivers are supposed to go around 15 miles per hour there but we all know they get up to 30 sometimes," he said.
As part of the Urban Design Assistance Team's plans to make the town's commercial core more pedestrian friendly, the town seeks to slow the speed of automobiles in order to increase foot traffic.
Raymond Heil, a revitalization project manager with the Baltimore County office of community conservation, spoke to the Greater Towson Council of Community Associations last week to update neighborhood representatives on the program's progress that began in 2006.
Heil outlined dozens of prospective changes, such as transforming Chesapeake and Pennsylvania Avenues to two-way roads and adding parking spaces on Washington Avenue.
Despite the plethora of possible alterations, only two major changes have been confirmed.
Beginning in June, Heil said the County will convert York Road north of Bosley Avenue to two lanes, eliminating the outside travel lanes and creating metered street parking spaces. The travel lanes will also be narrowed to 11-feet wide in order to force drivers to slow their speed.
Since York Road already experiences high traffic during rush hours and the road alterations would exacerbate the current conditions, Heil said drivers would be encouraged to take Bosley Avenue when traveling northbound to reach Interstate-695.
"One study shows that 40 to 50 percent of traffic going up York Road is using it as a through road to 695," Heil said during his presentation to the GTCCA Thursday.
"We hope drivers will take Bosley to get to 695 and York Road near the core will be used only for local traffic."
In June, the County will also make alterations to the Towson Circle. During his presentation, Heil said the two sides of the roundabout are too straight and allow drivers to pick up speed when going around the corner.
"Drivers are supposed to go around 15 miles per hour there but we all know they get up to 30 sometimes," he said.
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