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
November 10th, 2008 | by Clay Gump | published in Purple Line, Transportation
After attending the Rally to Improve Route 1 Wednesday morning you might as well head over to campus at lunch for a Purple Line event held by Maryland Secretary of Transportation, John Porcari and other campus leaders. This will be an overview of the project and a chance to make your voice heard. The presentation [...]
October 17th, 2008 | by Matt Johnson | published in Purple Line, Transportation
The Maryland Mass Transit Administration has released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Purple Line. The document, sprawling across 251 pages offers a comprehensive look at the alternatives proposed for the transitway.
Running approximately 16 miles from Bethesda in Montgomery County to New Carrollton in Prince George’s County, the line will be either Bus Rapid [...]
October 3rd, 2008 | by Matt Johnson | published in Events, Purple Line, Transportation
Maryland’s Mass Transit Administration, the agency in charge of building the Purple Line project will be holding a series of public meetings next month. Make sure you come out to voice your support for this transportation project.
Meetings are scheduled for:
College Park
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
5-9PM
UMD Ritchie Coliseum
Rossborough Lane & Route 1
Chevy Chase
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
5-9PM
National [...]
September 29th, 2008 | by Matt Johnson | published in Purple Line, Transportation
I would think that a fairly obvious aspect of transportation planning is that as convenience increases, so does use. Unfortunately, this lesson is one that apparently needs to be added to the syllabus. As I said last week, the University of Maryland has been fighting the Purple Line for a while. Other universities are making [...]
September 23rd, 2008 | by Matt Johnson | published in Purple Line, Transportation
The Purple Line has sparked much debate across the region, but perhaps the most contentious debate has come from College Park, where the proposed routing would traverse the University of Maryland on Campus Drive. Rethink College Park has weighed in on the issue many many times, and has long supported the Campus Drive alignment preferred [...]
September 11th, 2008 | by Chris Ellepola | published in Purple Line, Route 1, Transportation
Articles in today’s Diamondback and Washington Post report on yesterday’s announced state transportation budget cuts. The cuts occur after the state received less transportation revenue than expected, attributed to the current economic recession. Local projects affected by the cuts:
Route 1 Corridor Improvements [bus slips, sidewalks, bike lanes] $7.1 million over next four years, now deferred
Purple [...]
May 6th, 2008 | by Rob Goodspeed | published in Purple Line, Transportation
The MTA has released a schedule of public meetings this month: “These meetings will include updated information from the Open Houses held this past winter and will be the last round of large public meetings before the Alternatives Analysis/Draft Environmental Impact Statement (AA/DEIS) is released this fall.”
The College Park meeting is this Thursday, May 8th [...]
