News4 s Derrick Ward reports live near the scene of a fatal crash early Sunday. Sources say two people have died.
Police haven’t released other information about the victims’ ages and identities. Maryland authorities warned of slippery conditions in the region, but the circumstances of this crash are still under investigation.
All lanes of Suitland Parkway were closed in both directions between Naylor and Silver Hill roads for hours but reopened before 7 a.m.
The fatal crash was one of several incidents reported in the D.C. area on Tuesday morning amid cold temperatures and potential icy spots on the roads.
A map of every intersection and dead-end inside the Beltway, color-coded by type. Image by the author.
Recently, Bloomberg Citylab featured my maps of intersections in US metro areas. Their article didn’t include maps of the Washington region, so here’s a comparison of intersections in different parts of our area.
Why intersection types matter
Street networks are an important part of urban form, both for pedestrians and for public transit. In traditionally gridded cities, like New York, a regular pattern of long, straight roads provides natural routes for buses and good connectivity for pedestrians to get where they’re going without taking indirect routes. When three-way intersections predominate, buses often have to follow winding, indirect routings to serve communities for example the A22 in Prince George’s County or many routes overlap on the small number of straight through streets, such as Rte 7 and US-1 in Northern Virginia.
Updated: 5:36 PM EST Feb 12, 2021 By Phil Yacuboski About half of the U.S. Park Police officers assigned to Washington live in Maryland, but they can t get a COVID-19 vaccine according to the president of their union.|| Coronavirus updates | Maryland s latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info ||The officers were eligible in mid-December to get the vaccine, but now, two months later, the officers are just getting vaccinated.About 200 U.S. Park Police officers are assigned to the nation s capital region. They patrol the federal highway system that reaches into Maryland, like Suitland Parkway and the Baltimore-Washington Parkway.More noticeably, they also patrol the national parks, including monuments, and have a strong presence at the White House, where they had a big role in protests in the summer.Maryland online vaccination site locatorVaccine Data DashboardMaryland vaccination plan FAQsEven though they are first responders, they ve had a tough time getting the co