Rockville Reports, Transportation and Mobility

Summer Successes for Vision Zero Improvements 

City Completes Summer Projects, Prepares New Plans to Improve Safety

Rockville is wrapping up summer construction on Vision Zero improvements to Mannakee Street and Twinbrook Parkway. 

Meanwhile, presentations to the Mayor and Council are planned for Monday, Sept. 8 on the Vision Zero Action Plan, and Monday, Sept. 29 on the annual report of the city’s Transportation and Mobility Commission. Vision Zero is the city’s initiative to eliminate traffic-related deaths and serious injuries. 

The Vision Zero presentation will share a new map showing areas where a disproportionately high number of crashes causing fatalities or severe injuries occur, and will highlight ongoing and upcoming projects, including bike facilities, sidewalks, traffic-calming projects and the upcoming Complete Streets study for Rollins Avenue. 

Summer construction projects nearing completion include, on Mannakee Street: 

• Restoration of a speed hump at 508 Mannakee St. to slow traffic. 
• A pedestrian median at Henderson Circle. 
• A raised crosswalk at the intersection with Carr Lane. 
• A concrete refuge island to provide a place for pedestrians to wait while crossing at the intersection with Smallwood Road. 

Other summer improvements included installation of a concrete refuge island on Twinbrook Parkway at Meadow Hall Drive and repaving of Mannakee Street and Twinbrook Parkway. 

Learn about these and other Vision Zero projects at rockvillemd.gov/visionzeroprojects. 

Find more details about the presentations to the Mayor and Council when agendas are posted at rockvillemd.gov/AgendaCenter. Mayor and Council meetings are broadcast on channel 11 on county cable and livestreamed at rockvillemd.gov/rockville11.