Takoma Park holds public consultation on FY2027 sidewalk and traffic‑calming requests; officials outline scoring, jurisdiction and next steps

Takoma Park staff convened a public consultation to gather resident input on sidewalk and traffic‑calming requests submitted for fiscal year 2027, laying out how proposals will be scored, which items are being forwarded to other agencies, and how planned traffic studies will feed into the city’s budget process.

"We're here to hear comments about requests for sidewalks and traffic calming," said Devin McNally, director of the city’s Housing and Community Development Department, who opened the meeting and walked through the intake and scoring process. Staff said five technical metrics will be used — equity, safety, trip generators, roadway characteristics and population impact — and that feasibility (right‑of‑way, utilities, topography) is the only factor that can rule a request out.

The city organized requests by ward and displayed maps of proposed sidewalks (lines) and traffic‑calming features (dots). McNally said some submissions that fall on state highways are forwarded to the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) and that items on Sligo Creek Parkway are transmitted to the regional parks planning…