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#TakomaPark monthly check: city-installed cylindrical bus information displays still show Washington @AdventistHC Hospital; it was abandoned in 2019.

@AdventistHC #TakomaPark monthly check: sign on Philadelphia at Cedar still misdirects Takoma-Metro-Station-bound cyclists ahead to Maple rather than right to Cedar bike lane.

(Sign was reinstalled rotated 90° after utility work.)

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@AdventistHC #TakomaPark monthly check: still a damaged street sign at Prince Georges and N H M H.

@AdventistHC #TakomaPark monthly check: sign at Carroll and Lee still misdirects community-center-bound cyclists right down Lee Avenue rather than ahead to the Grant Avenue bike lane.

(The sign predates the bike lane.)

@AdventistHC #TakomaPark monthly check: still a damaged street sign at Ethan Alle l and Jackso l.

(I'm fine with simply removing the Jackso l sign.)

@AdventistHC #TakomaPark monthly check: still a damaged street sign at KENTLAND and HOPEWFLL.

@AdventistHC #TakomaPark monthly check: still an abandoned "road work ahead" sign across from the @Pepcoconnect substation on New Hampshire Avenue.

(Presumably a remnant of Pepco's Takoma to Sligo Underground Line Project.)

@AdventistHC @PepcoConnect #TakomaPark monthly check: still a downed "speed limit 35" sign on New Hampshire Avenue south of East-West Highway.

@MDOTNews

#TakomaPark monthly check: still a downed pedestrian crossing sign at New Hampshire and University.

@MDOTNews

#TakomaPark monthly check: @MontgomeryCoMD still ashamed of Our Fair City; no "welcome to the county" signs on state routes at borders with Prince George's County.

@MCDOTNow
@Marc_Elrich @CmHucker @tomhucker

#TakomaPark monthly check: still a city "equity walk" that uses QR codes; only folks with smart phones can walk the walk; it's inherently inequitable.

Hard fix: replace instructions and QR codes on yard signs with the content the codes lead to.

Easy fix: remove the equity walk.

#TakomaPark monthly check: still detour signs around the northbound, closed-to-traffic lane of Laurel Avenue.

The lane has been permanently closed, so this is no longer a detour.

Fix: change "detour" to "thru traffic."

#TakomaPark monthly check: bikeshare-station-bound cyclists at Eastern and Laurel still directed down Laurel; cyclists can't use it since it has been converted to a street eatery.

#TakomaPark monthly check: park sign still not replaced at Carroll Avenue entrance to Opal A. Daniels Park.

@MNCPPC

google.com/maps/@38.98069…

#TakomaPark monthly check: still "drug-free school zone" signs at site of the closed Washington-McLaughlin School.

(Prince George's County hyphenates "drug-free" while Montgomery County does not; these signs presumably predate the city's unification in Montgomery.)

@MCDOTNow

#TakomaPark monthly check: still no "firehouse ahead" sign on westbound East-West Highway.

(There are signs on eastbound East-West Highway and on northbound and southbound Carroll Avenue.)

@MDOTNews

#TakomaPark monthly check: still no "local traffic only" sign on Winding Hill Way alley to Flower.

Per public works head, an "unenforcable" sign will not be placed, despite the city's agreement to do so (last page of document linked to below).

documents.takomaparkmd.gov/government/cit…

#TakomaPark Monthly check: still a "no thru traffic" sign at the foot of Winding Hill Way.

The city having made a $17,000 payoff to allow through traffic, this sign really ought to go.

Removing the sign might help avoid right-of-way challenges in the future.

#TakomaPark monthly check: still replacement street signs with missing block numbers at New Hampshire and Conway, Maple and Sligo Creek (twice), and Manor Circle and Carroll.

#TakomaPark monthly check: still a missing street type abbreviation on a replacement street sign at Anne and Kennewick.

#TakomaPark monthly check: Flower Avenue street signs at Kennebec still swapped. (The county-style "8100>" sign is on the city side of the street; the city-style "8100 Blk" sign is on the county side of the street.)

#TakomaPark monthly check: still a Republican low in the Republican Voters Garden opposite 7500 Maple Avenue.

#TakomaPark monthly check: "historic district" sign still not replaced after rehab of Carroll Avenue bridge over Sligo Creek; the rehab was completed in 2017.