Gosnell Road: Waiting for An 'Inevitable Accident'

If you're a resident of Tysons Corner now, odds are you're running an errand or catching a bus by foot or bike.

Making a trip mid-day — during a lunch hour, perhaps — is a breeze.

Making that same trip at 6:45 a.m., in the dark, during rush hour, is more or less taking your life into your own hands.

And whose fault is that?

We've debated that very question on Patch tirelessly. But this week, TheTysonsCorner.com ventures cyclists aren't to blame — and neither are pedestrians, nor motorists.

Poor planning and a lack of action by the Board of Supervisors is what really drives pedestrian danger in Tysons at the moment, the site purports. And with the opening of the Silver Line, TheTysonsCorner.com says, it could get worse — not only because there will be more people in the area, but also because they'll be looking for shortcuts.

Of particular concern is Gosnell Road, which buffers residents from Leesburg Pike and future Metro stations.

"None of these residents will turn their quarter mile walk into a half mile walk in order to walk all the way to Leesburg Pike, only to cross Gosnell and then walk south along Route 7 when they could simply cross Gosnell and head through the far quicker strip mall parking lot to the pedestrian bridge," thetysonscorner.com wrote.

So what's the solution? Among those suggested by TheTysonsCorner: more crosswalks, better lighting and another signal or two.

Read the full analysis here.

Do you try to cross Gosnell or other roads in Tysons? What are your issues now? What are your concerns about the Silver Line? 

Tell us in the comments, weigh in on TheTysonsCorner, or both.