March 4th, 2010 | by Clay Gump | published in Purple Line
Check out this film from StreetFilms on Seattle’s newly opened Light Rail. Who says light rail can’t be completely awesome?
From The StreetFilm Post.
Right now, Seattle is making as serious a commitment to transit as any city in the nation. Recently, Streetfilms got to take a tour of the newest addition [...]
February 18th, 2010 | by David Daddio | published in General College Park, Transportation
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 [...]
February 4th, 2010 | by David Daddio | published in Purple Line, Transportation
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 [...]
December 18th, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in Bicycles, Transportation
RTCP reader “Froggie” posted a comment that the Paint branch crossing would be ideal for a HAWK signal.
This does seem like the perfect fit for the Paint Branch crossing. When I visit Santa this weekend this is what I am going to ask for.
HAWK stands for High-intensity Activated crossWalk.
When a pedestrian [...]
December 17th, 2009 | by David Daddio | published in Bicycles, Transportation
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 [...]
December 16th, 2009 | by David Daddio | published in Transportation
LA Metro: Promoting Mass Transit from EMBARQ Network on Vimeo.
Check out this great original video from EMBARQ – The World Resources Institute’s Center for Sustainable Transport. It outlines Los Angeles Metro’s Integrated Marketing Communications strategy that has boosted discretionary transit riders, those people who have the choice to commute by car or transit, on the [...]
November 20th, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in Bicycles, Transportation
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Sounds like the County official Andre’ Issayans, deputy director of the county Department of Public Works and Transportation, has decided to just blame the City for the safety problems with the Paint Branch Crossing. (The Diamondback)
November 6th, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in Bicycles
As pointed out in a previous post development close to campus could use more bicycle parking and less vehicle parking. I also like the bike “escalator” for getting in and out of the subway. That is a much better solution than having to use the elevators on Metro.
Maybe Japan has the ultimate solution!
It’s not [...]
