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List of Commenters ATTACHMENT A: Public Testimony List of Commenters Comments from Agencies .................................................................................................................... 3 Montgomery County Department of Transportation ................................................................................... 4 Maryland State Highway Administration .................................................................................................... 15 Comments from Municipalities .......................................................................................................... 18 City of Rockville ........................................................................................................................................... 19 City of Rockville ........................................................................................................................................... 21 City of Takoma Park .................................................................................................................................... 26 Section 5 of the Village of Chevy Chase ...................................................................................................... 31 Town of Chevy Chase .................................................................................................................................. 32 Town of Washington Grove ........................................................................................................................ 34 Village of Friendship Heights ...................................................................................................................... 38 Comments from County Committees ................................................................................................. 40 Pedestrian Bicycle Traffic Safety Advisory Committee ............................................................................... 41 Rustic Roads Advisory Committee .............................................................................................................. 43 Shady Grove Advisory Committee .............................................................................................................. 45 Comments from Organizations ........................................................................................................... 47 American Heart Association ........................................................................................................................ 48 Fenton Village Inc ........................................................................................................................................ 50 Fenton Village Inc ........................................................................................................................................ 52 Greater Colesville Citizens Association ....................................................................................................... 55 MoBike ........................................................................................................................................................ 60 Sierra Club of Montgomery County ............................................................................................................ 62 Somerset House Condominium Community .............................................................................................. 77 Washington Area Bicyclists Association ...................................................................................................... 80 Washington Area Bicyclists Association ...................................................................................................... 83 1 List of Commenters Comments from Individuals ............................................................................................................... 84 Joan Barron ...................................................... 85 Don Malec ...................................................... 163 Paul Basken ...................................................... 86 Joe McClane ................................................... 164 Jacquelyn Bokow .............................................. 87 John McNamara ............................................. 165 Ulla Buchholz.................................................... 88 Paul Meyer ..................................................... 166 Wayne Crist ...................................................... 89 Alan Midgall ................................................... 167 Paul Daisey ....................................................... 91 Deborah Neipris Hendler ............................... 169 Robert Dalrymple ............................................. 92 John Nellis ...................................................... 170 George Deegan .............................................. 103 Alain Norman ................................................. 172 Jenny Sue Dunner .......................................... 104 Jay Nuckols ............................................. 173-174 James Everhart ............................................... 105 Dave Nuttycombe .......................................... 175 Ross Filice ....................................................... 107 Meg Pease-Fye ............................................... 176 Jonathan Genn ............................................... 108 Robert Peters ................................................. 179 Rita Gerharz ................................................... 109 Barbara Raimondo ......................................... 181 Suzanne Gilmore ............................................ 110 Ira Raskin ....................................................... 182 Robert Goodill ................................................ 112 Martin Reed ................................................... 183 Richard Hall .................................................... 115 Efrain Rueda................................................... 184 David Helms ................................................... 116 John Smith ..................................................... 185 Jamie Herr ...................................................... 136 Andy Smith ..................................................... 186 Robert Hoffer ................................................. 139 Janice Snee .................................................... 188 Mary Jane Cullen ............................................ 140 Lee Sobel ........................................................ 191 Joan Johnson .................................................. 141 J Steiner ......................................................... 192 Melanie Keltz ................................................. 142 Barbara Tauben ............................................. 193 Scott Knudson ................................................ 143 Chris Wade ..................................................... 195 Maya Larson ................................................... 145 Steve Warner ................................................. 196 Daniel Leggett ................................................ 146 Marc-Henri Winter ........................................ 197 Stevan Lieberman .......................................... 147 Naomi Yount .................................................. 198 Paul Loebach .................................................. 162 General Support .............................................................................................................................. 200 2 Comments from Agencies 3 4 5 0 Agency Division Team Commenter PDF Page Comment Where distances are used (such as 2 miles from a rail station, or 2 miles from a school) consider including a 1 MCDOT DO Policy AB General footnote, endnote, reference, etc (perhaps defining it somewhere apparent) as to whether such distance is measured in a straight line (as the crow flies) or along a navigable path (as a user travels). Consider including a line somewhere stating that ROW being considered for abandonment should evaluate 2 MCDOT DO Devel Rvw RT General needs and intent in the Bicycle Master Plan. While it is likely that this would already be done, anyway, it feels like it may help reinforce this to include it in this plan. Consider including some additional reference points in the Table of Contents, particularly the Breezeway 3 MCDOT DO Policy AB General Network starting on p66. Objective 1.1 - To reiterate our Working Draft comment: Consider what other data sources might be available if the American Community Survey were to be eliminated or reduced to such a degree as to be unusable for this purpose. Consider reaching out to TPB staff to see if Household Travel Surveys may provide adequate data. 4 * MCDOT AB, JT 21 Noting the response to our working draft comment: Consider including a reference to a potential County-led data collection effort, to occur if it is found that the ACS falls short on meeting data needs. Such an effort would be included in the fiscal estimate with the same stipulation that it would only be applicable if needed. 5 MCDOT DTE Engr JT 24-28 Consider discussing the level of investment needed for each objective to be met. 2.2 - As written, the extremes at each end -- high-density urban and low-density rural -- may throw off the intended information from this metric. High-Density Urban While we recognize that bike facilities within a walkshed are important to those beyond it, in areas with a very high ratio of walkshed DUs versue
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