November 27th, 2007 | by David Daddio | published in Commerce Bank, Housing, Route 1, Starview Plaza
The Commerce Bank project (just across from Plato’s Dinner) was rejected unanimously by the City Council almost a year ago and not approved until it removed a drive thru window from its plans. Now, we are getting news that the bank pulled out and now the developer is walking away…
‘Starview Plaza’ (located just north of [...]
November 19th, 2007 | by David Daddio | published in Route 1, The Jefferson
Just when we were about to post another scathing criticism of County Councilman Tom Dernoga (this time about his hold up of the JPI West project), he let JPI West (aka “The Jefferson”) go forward. After an 11th hour skimming of 20 units off the approved 220 units yesterday, Dernoga let the project proceed relatively [...]
November 18th, 2007 | by Rob Goodspeed | published in Site Announcements
Regular visitors may have noticed the website running slowly or erratically over the past two weeks. We’ve been experiencing intermittent yet persistent hosting problems without provider, Yahoo Small Business Web Hosting. Despite dozens of messages to their technical support they have insisted the problems are with our web connections and not their servers. We’re running [...]
November 17th, 2007 | by David Daddio | published in Purple Line, Transportation
A broadcast e-mail was sent out by Terrapin Club Executive Director Greg Enloe on Thursday urging Club members to oppose the Campus Drive alignment recommended by MTA. Here is the email text (scroll all the way down for analysis):
Dear Terrapin Club [...]
November 16th, 2007 | by Rob Goodspeed | published in Purple Line, Transportation
The UMD Graduate Student Government has voted unanimously (with three additional co-sponsors) to approve a resolution supporting the Campus Drive alignment for the Purple Line through campus.
> A Resolution in Support of the Campus Drive Alignment of the Purple Line (PDF)
November 16th, 2007 | by Rob Goodspeed | published in Purple Line, Transportation
The University Administration have argued the Purple Line should not go on Campus Drive for a variety of reasons. They worry it won’t be pedestrian friendly, and have implied it would be loud or cause vibrations. Fortunately, in today’s age we can easily find video of similar systems elsewhere in the country. Let’s see if [...]
November 15th, 2007 | by Matt Johnson | published in Purple Line, Transportation
With all the recent discussion about the Purple Line, it seems pertinent to explore the reasons that light rail transit (LRT) is being considered for the UM Campus and the larger Washington region.
Before 1972, the term light rail did not exist. It was coined by the Urban Mass Transit Administration (now the Federal Transit Administration) [...]
November 15th, 2007 | by Rob Goodspeed | published in East Campus
The last next East Campus Community Review Steering Committee has been rescheduled for December 10th. Here is the announcement from the university:
*There will be no meeting this Monday, November 19. The upcoming scheduled meeting to review guiding principles for East Campus has been postponed. Some members of the committee expressed concern with the draft principles [...]
