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Traffic Engineers Propose Two-Way Streets and Bike Lanes to Slow Down Fredericksburg Drivers

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This meeting was at the new visitors center on Caroline Street. [Photo: Mike Salmon]
Speeding in downtown Fredericksburg is a significant factor for traffic engineers presenting the “Fredericksburg Downtown Traffic Engineering Study” to a packed house in the new visitor center on Caroline Street.

“We have gotten concerns about the speed,” said Thomas Ruff, a traffic engineer with Timmons Group, working with city officials to look at the one-way streets in neighborhoods right outside the business district.

The study intended to evaluate the feasibility and potential impacts of converting select one-way streets to two-way streets in a downtown area, as described in their description. Bike lanes, traffic calming measures intended to slow drivers, and proposed pedestrian improvements were part of the discussion.

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