May 28th, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in General College Park
With Help from Chris Warren we’ve put together a nice table showing all the local projects. We will be updating this table to add links to map locations and other goodies as time allows. In the meantime here is a sample. [table id=8 /] You can get to the full table from the latest entry [...]
May 21st, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in Transportation
I caught a fascinating show on PBS last night called Blueprint America: Road to the Future. The show detailed the attempts by some cities to rethink transit options from the car centric culture toward more sustainable options. The entire episode (and others) are available for viewing online and well worth checking out. In the recent [...]
May 20th, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in Bicycles, On Campus Development, Transportation
Yeah that is great. What is a Bike Box? The newly released campus bike plan calls for the installation of several “Bike Boxes” at busy intersections such as Campus Drive and Preinkert Drive. Well the folks at Street Films have a great little video to fill you in on the details. See below the fold [...]
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 — [...]
May 18th, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in General College Park
Here are the updated items from the Economic Development Updates from Christopher Warren at the City of College Park.
May 15th, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in Bicycles
The recent UMD Bike Study sets fo goal of 9% bike commuters. a 4% increase. Is this a large numbers? The study mentions Davis CA as a model.
May 15th, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in Bicycles, On Campus Development
Since it is Bike To Work day it might be a great time to download and read The Campus Bike Study we posted about a few weeks ago. The Department of Transportation Services and the University of Maryland Bicycle Advisory Group solicited the study from the Toole Design Group, LLC based out of Hyattsville.
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 [...]
