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There's no safe way to bike or walk or even take the bus along many sections of Route 193 (Greenbelt Road) in the Greenbelt/Glenn Dale area. The picture above shows the bus stop for the entrance to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center at ICEsat Road. To get to work, bus riders have to walk on a shoulder alongside a high-speed, highway-like road, and then through a high-speed deceleration lane.
Greenbelt Road ranges from stressful to inaccessible for walkers; it's terrifying for bike riders, and nearly impossible for people with disabilities. Imagine using that bus stop in a wheelchair or with a service dog?
The Greenbelt East Trail would provide much safer access to NASA and several schools, churches, neighborhoods and shopping centers along Greenbelt Road for people who can't (or don't wish to) take cars everywhere. We envision the trail as a shared use path, protected from traffic with heavy "curbstops" and flexposts. The trail would run from Greenbelt's Eleanor Roosevelt HS to the Glenn Dale Splash Park. Thus, it would effectively connect the WB&A Trail toward Baltimore and Annapolis with the Anacostia River Trail System toward DC, and would fill a critical missing link in the East Coast Greenway.
Scroll Down for the Latest News from Friends of the Greenbelt East Trail (www.greenbeltnasatrail.org). And please dig deep for the cause: Donate Here!
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