August 25th, 2010 | by David Daddio | published in Bicycles, Transportation
Back in June, we speculated that UMD and the City of College Park would reapply with Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG) to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s TIGER competitive grant program. Back in February, we noted that the MWCOG did not win the $10 million for bikeshare expansion that it had applied for through a federal stimulus [...]
August 25th, 2010 | by David Daddio | published in On Campus Development, Transportation
After a “half victory” with Campus Drive this summer, here is our chance to speak out as part of the University’s public involvement process and make it known that students, staff, faculty, and visitors do not support plans to restrict Shuttle UM and Metro Bus (and in the future, the Purple Line) access to Campus Drive.
If you were on campus at [...]
August 1st, 2010 | by Marcus Afzali | published in Bicycles, Businesses, Housing, Mazza Grandmarc, Projects, Transportation
The long awaited opening of the Mazza Grandmarc took place today as the first graduate students were allowed to move in. The primary move in date for non graduate students will be August 22nd. I spoke with the on site manager who told me the Mazza is now around 45% full (it was under 10% [...]
June 10th, 2010 | by David Daddio | published in Bicycles, Transportation
A few weeks back, the DC Department of Transportation and Arlington County announced plans to replace DC’s SmartBike bikesharing program that it instituted in 2008. They announced that they’ll expand the program this fall from 100 bikes at 10 stations to 1,100 bikes at 114 stations. 14 of new stations will be in Arlington. They christened [...]
June 3rd, 2010 | by Clay Gump | published in Transportation
The folks at StreetFilms have a great video from New York City transportation alternatives director Paul Steely White on the need to change our development methods away from car-centric designs. What goes wrong when we cater to the automobile and how does that effect our daily lives?
May 31st, 2010 | by Clay Gump | published in Transportation
Here are a few articles that might be of interest that were recommended by a few Rethink readers.
Shaping The City by Roger K. Lewis from the Washington Post writes a thought provocative column that espouses the notion of walkable cities.
The term “transit-oriented development” (TOD) paints an incomplete picture of state-of-the-art planning and urban design. The terminology [...]
May 28th, 2010 | by Matt Johnson | published in Other College Towns, Purple Line, Transportation
The University of Maryland and the Maryland Transit Administration remain at odds over the Purple Line. One argument that UMD loves to trot out is that the light rail line will turn campus into a maze of tall fences.
While MTA fiercely denies that they are planning to install fences, the University of Maryland claims evidence [...]
May 27th, 2010 | by Clay Gump | published in Purple Line
“I’m not going to kill the campus to get the Purple Line.” ~ Dr. CD Mote, UMD President
That latest push from the UMD Administration for a tunnel will add $51 million to the Purple Line project will effectively kill the federal funding for the Purple Line. This proposal presents exactly the same tunnel problems [...]
