November 23rd, 2010 |
by Krystle Okafor |
published in
Bicycles, Transportation
The League of American Bicyclists, the nation’s premier cycling advocacy organization, recently released its list of Bicycle Friendly Communities, recognizing municipalities and states that have shown an across-the-board commitment to making their communities bikeable. In the Washington Metropolitan Area, many communities are dedicated to making cycling a viable form of transportation—the state of Maryland was [...]
October 20th, 2010 |
by Mark Noll |
published in
Bicycles, Downtown, General College Park, Route 1, Transportation
Few people will deny that Route 1 is well overdue for major improvements. Motorists are fed up with traffic, bicyclists despise its lack of bike lanes and high speed traffic, and pedestrians loath the poor condition of sidewalks. Traffic speeds, up to seven travel lanes (none safe for bicyclists), and long light cycles make this [...]
September 21st, 2010 |
by Fazlul Kabir |
published in
Bicycles, Transportation
D.C. commuters have been sharing bikes in their streets for some time, but starting yesterday that program is expanding to include Arlington. Funded by the U.S. DOT (Department of Transportation) the program, called Capital Bikeshare , is the largest such program in the country. According to officials, 49 stations are operational and about five are [...]
August 25th, 2010 |
by David Daddio |
published in
Bicycles, Transportation
Back in June, we speculated that UMD and the City of College Park would reapply with Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG) to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s TIGER competitive grant program. Back in February, we noted that the MWCOG did not win the $10 million for bikeshare expansion that it had applied for through a federal stimulus [...]
August 1st, 2010 |
by Marcus Afzali |
published in
Bicycles, Businesses, Housing, Mazza Grandmarc, Projects, Transportation
The long awaited opening of the Mazza Grandmarc took place today as the first graduate students were allowed to move in. The primary move in date for non graduate students will be August 22nd. I spoke with the on site manager who told me the Mazza is now around 45% full (it was under 10% [...]
June 10th, 2010 |
by David Daddio |
published in
Bicycles, Transportation
A few weeks back, the DC Department of Transportation and Arlington County announced plans to replace DC’s SmartBike bikesharing program that it instituted in 2008. They announced that they’ll expand the program this fall from 100 bikes at 10 stations to 1,100 bikes at 114 stations. 14 of new stations will be in Arlington. They christened [...]
December 18th, 2009 |
by Clay Gump |
published in
Bicycles, Transportation
RTCP reader “Froggie” posted a comment that the Paint branch crossing would be ideal for a HAWK signal. This does seem like the perfect fit for the Paint Branch crossing. When I visit Santa this weekend this is what I am going to ask for. HAWK stands for High-intensity Activated crossWalk. When a pedestrian wishes [...]
December 17th, 2009 |
by David Daddio |
published in
Bicycles, Transportation
We’ve done a number of posts outlining the safety situation where the College Park Trolley Trail crosses Paint Branch Parkway. Since the City and County spearheaded initial “improvements” to the crossing, there have been three serious accidents. The City Council stepped in this October demanding that further improvements be made and Councilmember Stephanie Stullich in [...]
