Share your ideas for new parks, amenities and improvements for Montgomery Parks.
Thank you for the opportunity to comment with these ideas. I support funding for Montgomery Parks focused on:
1. More and better bicycle parking at all parks, trails, fields, and other facilities;
2. A widening of the Sligo Creek Trail so that bicyclists and pedestrians can comfortably co-exist in each direction on the trail; and
3. Extension and connectivity of Long Branch Trail to other park trails.
**(1) More and better bicycle parking at all parks, trails, fields, and other facilities**
I support respondent Alison Gillespie’s submitted idea for additional and better bicycle parking at park facilities.
**(2) A widening of the Sligo Creek Trail so that bicyclists and pedestrians can comfortably co-exist in each direction on the trail**
As a family bicyclist, riding on Sligo Creek Parkway on the weekend is wonderful for those roads that are closed to vehicular traffic. Riding on the roads that are open to vehicles is not comfortable for young families and forces us onto the wonderful trail. The trail on most weekend days is frequently used by both pedestrians and bicyclists such that riding a bicycle together with pedestrians can become challenging. Montgomery County’s Bicycle Facility Design Toolkit recommends “The minimum width to enable side-by-side travel and passing is 11 feet.” (https://montgomeryplanning.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Bicycle-Facility-Design-Toolkit-May-2018.pdf) It would be wonderful if the trail could take a *minimum* 11-foot width approach and aim for wider path, as land permits.
**(3) Extension and connectivity of Long Branch Trail to other park trails**
Montgomery Parks is already considering a short extension of Long Branch Trail’s southern most terminus to Carroll Ave. I would like to see Long Branch extended to Sligo Creek Trail on the southern end and extended to Fire Engine Park on the northern terminus, with safe, bicycle-friendly connectivity to the YMCA, Blair High School, and the Four Corners.
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Share your ideas for new parks, amenities and improvements for Montgomery Parks.
Thank you for the opportunity to comment with these ideas. I support funding for Montgomery Parks focused on:
1. More and better bicycle parking at all parks, trails, fields, and other facilities;
2. A widening of the Sligo Creek Trail so that bicyclists and pedestrians can comfortably co-exist in each direction on the trail; and
3. Extension and connectivity of Long Branch Trail to other park trails.
**(1) More and better bicycle parking at all parks, trails, fields, and other facilities**
I support respondent Alison Gillespie’s submitted idea for additional and better bicycle parking at park facilities.
**(2) A widening of the Sligo Creek Trail so that bicyclists and pedestrians can comfortably co-exist in each direction on the trail**
As a family bicyclist, riding on Sligo Creek Parkway on the weekend is wonderful for those roads that are closed to vehicular traffic. Riding on the roads that are open to vehicles is not comfortable for young families and forces us onto the wonderful trail. The trail on most weekend days is frequently used by both pedestrians and bicyclists such that riding a bicycle together with pedestrians can become challenging. Montgomery County’s Bicycle Facility Design Toolkit recommends “The minimum width to enable side-by-side travel and passing is 11 feet.” (https://montgomeryplanning.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Bicycle-Facility-Design-Toolkit-May-2018.pdf) It would be wonderful if the trail could take a *minimum* 11-foot width approach and aim for wider path, as land permits.
**(3) Extension and connectivity of Long Branch Trail to other park trails**
Montgomery Parks is already considering a short extension of Long Branch Trail’s southern most terminus to Carroll Ave. I would like to see Long Branch extended to Sligo Creek Trail on the southern end and extended to Fire Engine Park on the northern terminus, with safe, bicycle-friendly connectivity to the YMCA, Blair High School, and the Four Corners.