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Committee backs ambitious 4 Corners pedestrian improvements but asks for buffer refinements
Summary
After debate over transit throughput and pedestrian safety, the committee agreed on the public‑hearing‑draft approach for 4 Corners—wider sidewalks and buffers—while asking staff and MCDOT to refine design so minimum pedestrian buffers are not reduced to 2 feet and transit operations are protected.
The committee's discussion on transportation focused on the high‑volume 4 Corners area on University Boulevard, where many students and transit riders cross and board. Planning staff presented three approaches: a Planning Board two‑phase option (bus lanes then ROW widening), a modest‑improvement option that preserves existing travel lanes, and the public‑hearing‑draft option that repurposes a travel lane to create wider sidewalks, 7–8 foot planted buffers, and 10‑foot sidepaths where feasible.
Planning staff and multimodal transportation planners argued that very narrow buffers (2 feet in some…
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