Webinar Series: Highlights of the District Annual Meeting

Join your fellow Mid-Colonial District colleagues for this special webinar showcasing some of the outstanding presentations that attendees were buzzing about at the 2026 MCDITE Annual Meeting! This 1.5-hour session features three hand-picked standout presentations based on attendee feedback:

• 12:00 – 12:05PM – Welcome/District Announcements
• 12:05 – 12:30PM – A Bridge Too Narrow (Or Is It?) – Connecting Rosslyn to Arlington National Cemetery – Jon Crisafi, P.E., PTOE | Kittleson & Associates
• 12:30 – 12:55PM – You Need to Calm Down: Traffic Calming in Lancaster – Ben Hogan and Emma Hamme, AICP | City of Lancaster
• 12:00 – 1:25PM – Small MPO, Big Impact – Focus on Central Delaware – Marilyn Smith, MPA, SPHR | Dover Kent MPO
• 1:25 – 1:30PM – Final Business Announcements/Adjourn

Cost: $15 Members | $30 Non-members | $5 Retired | $0 Student/Agency

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About the Presentations

A Bridge Too Narrow (Or Is It?) – Connecting Rosslyn to Arlington National Cemetery

Jon Crisafi, P.E., PTOE | Kittleson & Associates

Arlington County has been exploring better ways to connect walkers and bicyclists the dense urban neighborhood of Rosslyn to Arlington National Cemetery via the N Meade Street bridge. To that end, a study was conducted (and documented in a VDOT-submitted Interchange Access Report, or “IAR”) to examine proposed design concepts to improve safety and operations to the partial cloverleaf interchange at the N Meade Street bridge and U.S. Route 50; challenged by both complicated, heavy traffic demand and limited right-of-way. The project evaluated multiple design phases and future years using microsimulation models, detailed origin–destination development, and safety analysis consistent with VDOT standards.

The existing roadway connections exhibit recurring rear-end and angle crashes at the unsignalized ramp terminals due to limited sight distance, unconventional geometry, and high-speed turning movements. The proposed design concept converts stop-controlled intersections to signalized control, removing free-flow right turns, realign approaches, and provides continuous connection and protection for pedestrian and bicycle crossings. These changes all required funneling these multimodal demands onto and across the existing N Meade Street bridge structure.

Future design scenarios incorporate major network changes such as converting Fort Myer Drive to two-way traffic and removing the Wilson Boulevard overpass to strengthen multimodal connectivity and urban access. Collectively, these phased strategies are projected to reduce crashes, mitigate ramp spillback, and balance competing operational priorities.

This presentation covers the complicated traffic pattern challenges, prioritization of non-motorized users, unique traffic signal sequencing, safety analysis, and performance metrics used to determine “success” for this complicated transportation arena.

You Need to Calm Down: Traffic Calming in Lancaster

Ben Hogan and Emma Hamme, AICP | City of Lancaster

Lancaster City is a compact, walkable & bikeable city – our residents regularly identify these qualities as the best parts of city living. But we’ve also experienced significant and unnecessary loss on our streets due to speeding, aggressive driving, and other unsafe behaviors. To guide our efforts to become a place where no one is seriously hurt or killed on our streets, the City adopted an Active Transportation Plan in 2019 and a Vision Zero plan in 2020.

Since then, the City has aggressively implemented a variety of interventions and proven safety countermeasures designed to calm traffic and improve roadway safety for all users, especially the most vulnerable. Improvements have included installation of 17 miles of bicycle infrastructure, leading pedestrian intervals (LPIs) at 56% of traffic signals, citywide signal retiming for lower travel speeds, intersection daylighting at 84 locations, rectangular rapid flashing beacons (RRFBs) at 6 intersections, and systematic installation of high-visibility crosswalks at all pedestrian crossings. This work has come with a variety of challenges, including funding, maintenance, public opinion, political will, multi-jurisdictional cooperation, and arcane regulatory frameworks – but has begun to make a meaningful difference in our city. And, there’s more to come.

Small MPO, Big Impact – Focus on Central Delaware

Marilyn Smith, MPA, SPHR | Dover Kent MPO

Dover Kent MPO serves the whole of Kent County in central Delaware. That includes three small urban areas as well as a dozen rural towns. Our planning work is guided by the following vision statement: “The future transportation system in the MPO region is safe, resilient and sustainable, supports economic development, allows easy access and mobility for all people and goods to reach their destination, and serves desired growth in a manner that is fair and just to all people and respectful of community character and our natural environment.” This presentation will look at recent, current and upcoming projects that advance this mission for the residents of Kent County.