by washcycle<\/p>\n
\nWhen a new bike\/ped sidepath was added along Travilah Road, some neighborhoods lost school bus service<\/a>.<\/p>\n \nMontgomery County public school officials have told parents that their \nBecause of the completion of a bike path along Travilah Road, the school Residents who live along Natia Manor Drive, which creates a horse \nThe 8-foot-wide, shared-use path for pedestrians and cyclists was \nResidents said they are concerned that the path is on the same level as The school will add patrols to monitor children as they walk to school<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n While a mile seems like a long walk for a five year old (am I wrong parents?) I doubt this is unsafe, and I think it’s a good idea.<\/p>\n\n
\nchildren no longer will receive bus service because a new bike path
\nleading to the school provides an adequate walking route.\n<\/p>\n
\n system is suspending bus service to students who live within a mile of
\nthe school, leaving parents to wonder why the bus cannot make a last
\nstop for the safety of their children. <\/p>\n
\nshoe-shaped loop off Travilah Road, say the path is too far and too
\ndangerous for children to walk alone. They cite the 2004 hit-and-run
\ndeath of Solomon King<\/a>,
\n a Thomas S. Wootton High School junior, who was struck at Travilah Road
\n and Noland Drive, about one mile east of the neighborhood and roughly
\ntwo miles from the school. No other fatal pedestrian collisions have
\noccurred along that stretch of Travilah Road, said Capt. Paul Starks, a
\nMontgomery police spokesman, but five vehicle collisions have occurred
\nthere from 2004 to 2008. <\/p>\n
\ncompleted in June of last year, said Bruce Johnston, a division chief
\nwith the county Department of Transportation. The path, which runs
\nbetween Darnestown and Dufief Mill roads, cost $11 million and was built
\n in response to complaints that Travilah Road was narrow and had no
\nshoulder, he said.\n<\/p>\n
\nthe busy street, with no barrier for children who might wander or
\nvehicles that might swerve. Lewis said he has seen motorists drive on
\nthe path. <\/p>\n