February 21st, 2011 | by Fazlul Kabir | published in Bicycles
After at least two failed attempts to roll out bikes on city streets, the city of College Park is trying once again to secure funds for bikesharing—this time, on a much smaller scale. The city is planning to apply for the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority grant program, which is due on March 4, 2011. City staff [...]
January 27th, 2011 | by Mark Noll | published in Bicycles, Downtown, Route 1, Transportation
Last night, I crossed Route 1 at Hartwick Road. Once again, I risked my life just to cross a street. We all know that Route 1 is an unpleasant experience for drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians. But the line between unpleasant and unacceptable is crossed at this intersection. The intersection lies along College Park’s main retail [...]
December 13th, 2010 | by Mark Noll | published in Bicycles, Transportation
Progress on the incomplete sections of the Trolley Trail are slowly moving forward, but some major roadblocks could significantly delay the day that we see a complete trail extending from the Berwyn neighborhood to the Northwest Branch Trail near Route 1 in Hyattsville. Because the trail runs through portions of College Park, Riverdale Park, and [...]
November 29th, 2010 | by Fazlul Kabir | published in Bicycles, Transportation
Though a lack of funding recently prevented our city from riding on a local bike sharing program, there is a good news to celebrate elsewhere. Last month, a team of recent UMD graduates presented their class project in a manner that would likely earn them an A: they launched their first revenue-generating service of weBike, [...]
November 23rd, 2010 | by Krystle Okafor | published in Bicycles, Transportation
The League of American Bicyclists, the nation’s premier cycling advocacy organization, recently released its list of Bicycle Friendly Communities, recognizing municipalities and states that have shown an across-the-board commitment to making their communities bikeable. In the Washington Metropolitan Area, many communities are dedicated to making cycling a viable form of transportation—the state of Maryland was [...]
October 20th, 2010 | by Mark Noll | published in Bicycles, Downtown, General College Park, Route 1, Transportation
Few people will deny that Route 1 is well overdue for major improvements. Motorists are fed up with traffic, bicyclists despise its lack of bike lanes and high speed traffic, and pedestrians loath the poor condition of sidewalks. Traffic speeds, up to seven travel lanes (none safe for bicyclists), and long light cycles make this [...]
September 21st, 2010 | by Fazlul Kabir | published in Bicycles, Transportation
D.C. commuters have been sharing bikes in their streets for some time, but starting yesterday that program is expanding to include Arlington. Funded by the U.S. DOT (Department of Transportation) the program, called Capital Bikeshare , is the largest such program in the country. According to officials, 49 stations are operational and about five are [...]
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 [...]
