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 [...]
September 3rd, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in Purple Line, Transportation
Full disclosure: this is really just an excuse to see if the new Flickr Video plug-in works.
This is a video from the web site www.purplelinemd.com
August 28th, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in Purple Line
In the recent Purple line post reader Cornelius Davies writes..
As a graduate of the University of Maryland, I am upset to see the Purple Rail routed through the heart of the campus. It will destroy the nature of campus life. It will be ugly. It may be good for the developers but bad for the [...]
August 5th, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in Politics, Purple Line, Transportation
Big news on the purple line front. Gov. Martin O’Malley yesterday endorsed what is known as the “Locally Preferred Alternative” for the purple line. What is the LPA you ask? Here is a quote from the MTA site.
May 20th, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in Purple Line, Transportation
The Post is reporting today that other road projects are taking a back seat to the Purple Line. Money that would have been used to widen other roads will instead be allocated to the Purple Line.
Maryland officials laid out their Purple Line plans — particularly how they intend to pay for the line — as [...]
May 15th, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in Purple Line
This is a great little film from StreetFilms detailing Seattle’s South Lake Union Streetcar. Since there really is not anything new to report on the Purple Line front take a peek at this movie and just picture what it could mean for College Park.
This system surpassed ridership projections in its first year. I’m sure [...]
April 20th, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in Purple Line
I laughed, I cried, It was much better than Cats.
The struggles of a few loyal riders on a Purple Line platform in 2014 is the setting for a new play called “Tracks” by Paul Stregevsky from Poolsville Maryland. Stregevsky hopes that by winning a contest he can secure a one day spot at the Strathmore [...]
January 13th, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in Purple Line
The Following reports were sent to Campus Members regarding the EMI concerns of the Purple Line.
I have yet to even open them. So Enjoy!
These are all PDF files.
08-1006-umd-final-text-r3
20081014-umd-ambients-final
20081209-umdpredictions-1
