Comments on: More updates 7/16 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2008/575/ Helping imagine a great college town for a great university Fri, 25 Jan 2013 04:03:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Daniel Kessler http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2008/575/comment-page-1/#comment-127547 Daniel Kessler Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:58:41 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2008/575/#comment-127547 Yeah, the last thing the University and the surrounding area needs is more cars. I wonder how large of an impact the purple line would have on the percentage of University commuters driving. Obviously, it would be significant. I think an interesting situation might arise, however, if the Purple Line is able to decrease traffic on the Beltway significantly -- particularly during rush hour. A negative response might result, wherein the number of cars using the Beltway would jump back up in response to less traffic. This response should still result in significantly fewer cars using the Beltway compared to the present, but I think it's something to consider when making projections on traffic. Yeah, the last thing the University and the surrounding area needs is more cars.

I wonder how large of an impact the purple line would have on the percentage of University commuters driving. Obviously, it would be significant.

I think an interesting situation might arise, however, if the Purple Line is able to decrease traffic on the Beltway significantly — particularly during rush hour. A negative response might result, wherein the number of cars using the Beltway would jump back up in response to less traffic. This response should still result in significantly fewer cars using the Beltway compared to the present, but I think it’s something to consider when making projections on traffic.

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]]> By: Kevin Fallon http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2008/575/comment-page-1/#comment-127467 Kevin Fallon Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:39:28 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2008/575/#comment-127467 “Less than 50 percent of commuters drive to campus.” He reports the campus having “2,000 fewer parkers in the last five years.” wow - now there is a good trend “Less than 50 percent of commuters drive to campus.” He reports the campus having “2,000 fewer parkers in the last five years.”

wow – now there is a good trend

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