Planners and transit geeks have been waiting for months for USDOT’s announcement of TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) Competitive Grant recipients – a $1.5 billion slice of the stimulus package designed to invest in innovative, multi-modal and multi-jurisdictional transportation projects related to the nation’s road, bridge, rail, port, transit and intermodal facilities [...]
“Dan cut to the meat and found out what needed to be done, and if that meant ruffling up some feathers, that would be done, as well,” Lieu said. “He has definite feelings on how things should be done. Dan would pick a path and stick with it until it gets done. ~ former Mote [...]
The Journalism School’s $30 million Knight Hall, having originally been announced in 2006, is now complete. According to the school’s press release, a few spaces in the building won’t be quite complete later this semester but we’re happy to see UMD’s planned west mall (to take the place of lot 1) starting to take shape. [...]
The following was written by Dr. Ralph Bennett, Professor Emeritus, School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and will appear in the March 2010 edition of the Faculty Voice. Dr. Bennett has been a tireless advocate of sane campus development for well over a decade and continues to serve the campus community in several capacities… including [...]
If you have been following the site for awhile, you probably have noticed that we’ve implemented a new theme over the last couple weeks. We’re very excited to bring all our old content and great new content onto a more modern blogging platform. Please bear with us as we work out some of the kinks [...]
Of the seven active construction projects (listed on our area projects by number page) in College Park right now, five of them are student housing. The other two are University-led office buildings in M-Square. Indeed, there is an unprecedented amount of dirt moving on Route 1 right now; proving that while the national economy may [...]
As always, we’re strategizing ways to attract and retain new writers for this site. Check out this new document we put together! It will be permanently located on our “contribute” page. Click HERE to view a larger version.
RTCP New Writer’s Guide
We’ve done a number of posts outlining the safety situation where the College Park Trolley Trail crosses Paint Branch Parkway. Since the City and County spearheaded initial “improvements” to the crossing, there have been three serious accidents. The City Council stepped in this October demanding that further improvements be made and Councilmember Stephanie Stullich in [...]
