As the Takoma Park Street Festival has grown in popularity over the past 25 years, traffic and parking congestion has increased. Encourage friends to use public transportation to join the festivities on Sunday Oct. 1. Parking in the adjacent areas is extremely limited and walking to events is highly recommended.
Carroll Avenue will be closed from the intersection with Eastern Avenue and Willow Street in the District of Columbia to Philadelphia Avenue (in front of the Fire Station). The street will be closed, with access available only to vendors, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. (depending on when the street is cleared by vendors).
Street Closures
Some streets leading to Carroll Avenue will be blocked to allow residents’ access to their homes but to limit general traffic towards the blocked area of Carroll. These included Tulip Avenue after Spruce, Park Avenue after Holt Place, and Westmoreland after Walnut.
Police personnel will be stationed at Carroll and Tulip to allow emergency vehicle access to Carroll Avenue if needed.
Emergency No Parking
Maple Avenue from the D.C. border to Philadelphia Avenue (west side).
Tulip Avenue from Maple Avenue to Carroll Avenue
Officers will attempt to locate owners so vehicles can be moved but ticketing and towing is authorized. To improve traffic flow, residential side streets will be patrolled to aggressively enforce parking restrictions, such as parking too close to intersections.
Limited handicapped parking will be available in the bank parking lot at Willow and Carroll. Parking behind the stage at Willow and Carroll will be short-term-only for the performing bands, their staff and equipment.
Posted by Police at September 27, 2006 07:39 PM