Comments on: UMD, PG County Prove Transit Doesn’t Automatically Translate to Smart Growth http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/474/ Helping imagine a great college town for a great university Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:30:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Bigger Picture – Life and Death of MD Smart Growth « Lines in the Sand http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/474/comment-page-1/#comment-190828 The Bigger Picture – Life and Death of MD Smart Growth « Lines in the Sand Sun, 25 Sep 2011 06:21:49 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/474/#comment-190828 [...] of the green line, Prince George’s county has yet to develop most of its Metro stations. See this post on Metro developments and info about why there’s no dense development at the West Hyattsville [...] [...] of the green line, Prince George’s county has yet to develop most of its Metro stations. See this post on Metro developments and info about why there’s no dense development at the West Hyattsville [...]

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]]> By: joe dexter http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/474/comment-page-1/#comment-46346 joe dexter Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:51:06 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/474/#comment-46346 Great article with much truth. There are many who can share the blame however. In addition to the nymbies (referenced by Councilmember Catlin, obliquely, there is WMATA's notoriously bad land development group. Great article with much truth. There are many who can share the blame however. In addition to the nymbies (referenced by Councilmember Catlin, obliquely, there is WMATA’s notoriously bad land development group.

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]]> By: Robert Catlin http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/474/comment-page-1/#comment-45233 Robert Catlin Sat, 22 Sep 2007 13:03:34 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/474/#comment-45233 The land around the College Park Metro Station (east of the tracks) was rezoned to be little more than a suburban office park in the mid 1990s, for a variety of reasons. Fear of apartments, severe height limitations on buildings because of the proximity of the airport, and traffic impact issues quickly come to mind. Now that the land has been assembled by the University (since the rezoning), it appears that the future of that area is to serve as the location for future federal government office buildings. Since new federal ofice buildings require significant security perimeters, perhaps something that would be most appropriate for an industrial park, it appears that the rezoning sucessfully anticipated the bleak future use to which that site would be used for. The land around the College Park Metro Station (east of the tracks) was rezoned to be little more than a suburban office park in the mid 1990s, for a variety of reasons. Fear of apartments, severe height limitations on buildings because of the proximity of the airport, and traffic impact issues quickly come to mind.

Now that the land has been assembled by the University (since the rezoning), it appears that the future of that area is to serve as the location for future federal government office buildings. Since new federal ofice buildings require significant security perimeters, perhaps something that would be most appropriate for an industrial park, it appears that the rezoning sucessfully anticipated the bleak future use to which that site would be used for.

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