Comments on: Where is Truxton Circle?

By: MDC

MDC — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:10:35 +0000

Bring back the circle. To me, it will do a lot for the safety of that intersection. I’d imagine those driving in toward the Capitol on N. Cap would have to stop above the circle before negotiating it. Existing N/S Bus stops would remain just north of the circle or past Florida Avenue around the Subway shop to meet transferring needs to E/W Florida Avenue Bus Routes.

Traffic would be forced to slow down when approaching the intersection making it a bit safer when crossing any of the crosswalks at N. Cap & Florida. I’ve witnessed too many cars building speed to run the yellow/red light on N Cap as it Crosses FL. It could also assist the street car route on Florida (when built) with the proposed stop at N. Capitol and Florida at the triangle median. Furthermore, it reduces the chance of a rail car being t-boned. However with the downsizing of that median/park, the loitering would move from there to the grassy area of the traffic circle if built to the original scale with nice grassy areas.

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By: KMc

KMc — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:00:09 +0000

I am a new resident to the Bloomingdale neighborhood, and just came across this site. I agree with the comments of ChrisOnU. I love this neighborhood and in my search for a home here I have been paying close attention to its walk ability and aesthetic. I think that a smart restoration of the circle will definitely make strides towards further reclaiming the residential nature of that area in addition to helping our neighbor Eckington become more integrated with the other surrounding communities. So, I would be very much in support of re-addressing the feasibility of this with the DDOT. Although it seems they didn’t want to deal with it in 2003, perhaps persistence will pay off. If there are any movements to re-evaluate this circle these 8 years later, I would very much like to be involved and will keep an eye out.

By: Rynecki

Rynecki — Thu, 20 May 2010 18:58:50 +0000

reference to the study is located here: http://ddot.washingtondc.gov/ddot/cwp/view,a,1408,q,640027,ddotNav_GID,1750,ddotNav,%7C34162%7C.asp

The actual study can be requested from DDOT.

By: Rynecki

Rynecki — Thu, 20 May 2010 18:52:49 +0000

I’ve been living near this intersection for about 10 years now. Our civic association lobbied the city to re-evaluate the feasibility of returning the circle to the intersection. The consultants charged the city some $300K to say it wasn’t feasible because of the hardship it would put on the neighborhood in terms of traffic patterns. I think it was merely an expensive tactic for the city to move us along. We could have done a lot of good with that $300K and a simple “no can do” statement from DDOT. This was around 2003.

By: Douglas Willinger

Douglas Willinger — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:01:10 +0000

Has anyone proposed covering the NCS underpasses beneath RIA and NYA?

IIRC there was a recent DC proposal for a NCS tunnel beneath a restored Truxton Circle.

By: Jerry A. McCoy

Jerry A. McCoy — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:09:22 +0000

I own three circa 1910 real-photo postcards views of Truxton Circle. The photogrgaphs were taken by Willard R. Ross (1860-1948) who lived at 39 Que Street, NE.

If you contact me I’ll email the images to you for posting on this bolg entry.

Jerry

By: ChrisOnU

ChrisOnU — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:52:44 +0000

It seems that the traffic on Florida would navigate the circle quite nicely. I would be more concerned with N. Capitol. Perhaps an underpass like that at Dupont Cir? I do not hink the underpass at Dupont is too obtrusive, although the topography is different. Not an ideal solution to traffic but perhaps necessary. In turn, the underpasses at Rhode Island and New York Aves should be eliminated. Caveat: New York Ave’s underpass if the re-routing of I-395 away from the central area of downtown occurs. The one at Rhode Island to badly divides the neighborhood, whereas Bus stops could be moved to safer and new carve outs up/down N. Cap and Florida. In the very least, from a historical standpoint and in acknowledgment of the history of the area and of the contribution of Admiral Truxton (arguablly as significant as Admiral Dupont), the Circle deserves to be re-stationed. Why should Northwest get all the Le’Enfant-style circles?

By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:04:28 +0000

I think it would be lovely to replace the circle. I grew up on a parkway in Buffalo, NY with 2 traffic circles and it works well and creates a great neighborhood feeling rather than a highway.