Potential New Roadway Connections TRANSPORTATION ISSUE: Roadway Connections and Capacity 1.1 Potential Roadway Connections Policy 1: Create a more connected roadway network. Potential Capacity Enhancement 1.1 Study potential benefits and impacts of connecting Pleasant Drive to Planned Roadway in Adopted Plan Pleasant Road. FREDERICK RD Potential Intersection Project 1.2 Study connecting Piccard Drive south across Gude Drive to the Senior Center, with a potential connection to Aster Boulevard. SHADY GROVE RD 1.3 Study potential benefits and impacts of connecting Yale Place to West Gude Drive. 115 355 1.4 Study potential benefits and impacts of extending Rutgers Street south to connect to North Campus Drive. 1.3 E. GUDE RD INTERSTATE 3.2 1.5 Study the potential to connect North Street to N. Washington Street. 270 RUTGERS ST 1.6 Study realigning Edmonston Drive at Veirs Mill Road to form a traditional YALE PL four-way intersection. 1.2 3.1 1.4 1.7 Study potential benefits and impacts of connecting Scandia Way to Tower Oak Boulevard. N CAMPUS DR 1.8 Study extending Cabin John Way to Wootton Parkway. RESEARCH BLVD 1.9 Study connecting Milboro Drive to Wootton Parkway. MANNAKEE ST 1.10 Study connecting Stratton Drive to Oakenshield Drive. MARTINS LN 1.11 Study extending Lewis Avenue south of Halpine Road into the 1.5 NORBECK RD Twinbrook Metro station area and connecting with the planned ‘Street B’ to NORTH ST be renamed as Fishers Lane or Parklawn Drive 28 28 3.3 Policy 2: Develop creative solutions to capacity issues on major W. MONTGOMERY AVE arterials and highways. N VAN BUREN ST 2.1 3.4 2.1 Study potential design approaches to peak hour congestion on MD 28 from I-270 interchange to Great Falls Road. FIRST ST 3.5 2.2 Study potential design approaches to congestion on Wootton Parkway, 1.6 including smaller scale projects such as additional turn lanes where needed. VEIRS MILL RD S WASHINGTON ST MARYLAND AVE Policy 3: Advocate to the State Highway Administration (SHA) for 586 capacity and intersection improvements. 2.2 3.1 Advocate to SHA for a study of an interchange at I-270 and Gude 3.6 Drive. WOOTTON PKWY 1.7 3.2 Advocate to SHA for capacity improvements at the intersection of Gude 1.8 ROCKVILLE PIKE Drive and MD 355, including grade separation. 1.9 3.3 Advocate to SHA to investigate allowing a left turn movement from East 189 Middle Lane onto northbound MD 355. 1.10 1.11 3.4 Work with SHA to investigate the impact of allowing a northbound movement from South Washington to North Washington Street. 3.5 Advocate with SHA to investigate allowing a left turn from eastbound MD 28 onto northbound MD 355 as part of any SHA project to improve that intersection. 3.6 Advocate with SHA to investigate allowing a left turn movement from 3.7 eastbound Edmonston Drive onto northbound MD 355. MONTROSE RD 355 3.7 Advocate with SHA to investigate allowing a left turn movement from westbound Twinbrook Parkway onto southbound MD 355, and from Rollins Avenue to northbound MD 355. Planned Bus Rapid Transit System TRANSPORTATION 115 D NE Shady Grove R EDW ISSUE: Bus Transit Service and Facilities D OOD RD N 370 A Existing WMATA Metrorail (Red Line) Metro Station L MU FR D N E E CA D R ST 270 E ER R MI IC LL Policy 4: Plan and implement Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) lines in Rockville. K Planned Montgomery County Flash BRT Route RD R D REDLAND BOULVARD AT 4.1 Support implementation of the Corridor Cities Transitway. SHADY GROVE STATION SOMERVILLE ROAD Planned MTA Corridor Cities Transitway D R E V 4.2 Support implementation of MD 586/Veirs Mill Road BRT with station locations that best serve O G R A Montgomery County / MTA Potential Station Location Rockville. F G I IELD T S RD Y H D E R KING WATKINS POND / A H R 4.3 Conduct station area planning for BRT stations, including pedestrian and bicycle access S D FARM INDIANOLA DRIVE City of Rockville Proposed / Alternate Station Location planning. A V E SHADY R 355 Y GROVE PICCARD 4.4 Continue to work with Montgomery County on MD 355 BRT, including identification of station R locations. ROAD D R KEY WEST D 4.5 Work with Montgomery College to identify the best location for a BRT station, including an AV E E D U GUDE DRIVE G evaluation based on long term land use and economic development plans. W R E S E Policy 5: Improve all bus stops in Rockville, in collaboration with Montgomery County and A R Y E WMATA. C W H K G P U B E D L G E V LE D D L R Policy 6: Study local bus service improvements including a potential Rockville bus O C circulator. 28 MONTGOMERY COLLEGE ISSUE: Commuter Rail and Freight Rail W M D O Policy 7: Advocate to MTA to expand MARC commuter rail service with midday and reverse ARN N EST TG OW O T commute service, and off peak and Saturday service at Rockville Station. N RD M S E E NORTH R E Y K A A WASHINGTON V N Policy 8: Mitigate the impacts of railroad infrastructure and operations in Rockville. E N NORBECK RD A STREET M Rockville 28 8.1 Consider the impacts of railroad noise and operations when making land use and development Metro decisions. D E R Station E AV R Y O E IM 8.2 Seek cost effective means for connecting over or under the CSX railroad corridor. L MIDDLE T R L U A H LANE B 270 FIRST D (MD355) R STREET EDMONSTON S L ISSUE: Rockville Station: Our Multimodal Hub L DRIVE GLEN MILL RD (MD 28) A F (VEIRS RD) T A BROADWOOD Policy 9: Redesign and reconstruct Rockville Station as a 21st century multimodal transit E R DRIVE G MARYLAND AVE hub. 586 ATLANTIC VE R IRS AVENUE 9.1 Initiate a planning and redesign effort for Rockville Station to ensure that the project receives D MIL D L R O D attention in the near future. O W D A EDMONSTON O R B 9.2 Bring all agency partners including WMATA, CSX, MTA, and Montgomery County DOT, FTA, and W 355 OO DRIVE (MD355) TWINBROOK TTO FRA to the table with the best transit center design talent. N P KWY W ED PARKWAY MONSTON DR 9.3 Add capacity at the new Rockville Station transit center to accommodate the dozens of WOODMONT LEWIS AVE additional bus rapid transit buses per hour and ensure seamless transfers between bus and rail 189 R O modes. C K V D IL R L E H L E IN A P 9.4 Provide direct access to the Red Line platform from the pedestrian bridge level. LP L E P A P I N IK H E 9.5 Improve pedestrian facilities in the Rockville Station area, including full crosswalks, smaller D R Twinbrook turning radii, pedestrian warning signals, and other measures to ensure safe access. S T O K C W HALPINE Metro O E Policy 10: Improve Twinbrook Metro Station as an asset for the community. L R ROAD O Station AK S B L 10.1 Study potential design approaches to enhancing the aesthetics and circulation at Twinbrook SEVEN V D D R T Station. S S L L FA M N ONTR O O S SE RD R E F F HUBBARD RANDOLPH RD E J E DRIVE MON 0 0.25 0.5 1 Miles TROSE PKWY Pedestrian and Bicycle System TRANSPORTATION ISSUE: Pedestrian and Bicycle Facilities Policy 11: Improve Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety. Shady Grove Ë )"115 N Metro EED Crosstown Routes WOOD RD 370 ¦¨§ Station MU 11.1 Develop and implement a Vision Zero Plan for Rockville. N CA D ST 270 R MD 355 ER ¨§ D MIL ¦ N L A RD DL E C D R R R A Research Corridor to Montrose E V B O B 11.2 Continue to implement the Complete Streets Policy and review public capital as well as R S G B Y R D Upper Rock to Potomac Woods A A N private development projects for opportunities to construct pedestrian and bicycle facilities on H G S A C FIEL IT H DS H RD W E King Farm to Tower Oaks R A new roadways. R Y D Ë A LincolnV Park to Twinbrook Metro 355 E )" R Y F 11.3 Promote and designate safe pedestrian routes to schools, community and government centers, RE East TwinbrookR D D E R IC and other key pedestrian destinations. R KEY WEST D K AV E Fallsgrove to Rock Creek E D R U D G W R E Rock Creek to Rockshire S E A 11.4 Study reduction of corner radii, turning movement conflicts and crossing distances at R Y E C W H K G P U B E D L G E V intersections in high pedestrian areas, starting with the Town Center and Twinbrook Metro station LE D D L R O C areas. H U Ë N )" G 28 E T R S F E O E K R A D 11.5 Facilitate consolidation and width reduction of curb cuts and driveways to minimize impacts W N N M DR DA O A R N M NE T ST G OW O on pedestrians and cyclists.