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 [...]
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 wishes [...]
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 [...]
November 20th, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in Bicycles, Transportation
[flickr]4009442320[/flickr] 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 [...]
October 19th, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in Bicycles, Transportation
This video from Street Films explains several of the new bike lane options that are being deployed in New York City. The Campus Bicycle Study discusses several of the same options shown in the film. At 3:22 they discuss Shared Lanes and the use of “Sharrows” which was a recommendation for portions of Knox Road. [...]
October 15th, 2009 | by David Daddio | published in Bicycles, Transportation
View Larger Map The saga of the Trolley Trail crossing at Paint Branch Parkway continues. The Diamondback reports that in a City Council meeting earlier this month, local officials intend to install “speed-monitoring” cameras at the wildly dangerous crossing. This is just one more step in an attempt to make the crossing safer after several [...]
