November 20th, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in Bicycles, Transportation
[flickr]4009442320[/flickr] Sounds like the County official Andre’ Issayans, deputy director of the county Department of Public Works and Transportation, has decided to just blame the City for the safety problems with the Paint Branch Crossing. (The Diamondback)
November 6th, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in Bicycles
As pointed out in a previous post development close to campus could use more bicycle parking and less vehicle parking. I also like the bike “escalator” for getting in and out of the subway. That is a much better solution than having to use the elevators on Metro. Maybe Japan has the ultimate solution! It’s [...]
October 19th, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in Bicycles, Transportation
This video from Street Films explains several of the new bike lane options that are being deployed in New York City. The Campus Bicycle Study discusses several of the same options shown in the film. At 3:22 they discuss Shared Lanes and the use of “Sharrows” which was a recommendation for portions of Knox Road. [...]
October 15th, 2009 | by David Daddio | published in Bicycles, Transportation
View Larger Map The saga of the Trolley Trail crossing at Paint Branch Parkway continues. The Diamondback reports that in a City Council meeting earlier this month, local officials intend to install “speed-monitoring” cameras at the wildly dangerous crossing. This is just one more step in an attempt to make the crossing safer after several [...]
October 13th, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in Bicycles, Transportation
[flickr float="center"]4009442320[/flickr] A e-mail from College Park Council-member Stephanie Stullich highlights the safety concerns of the Paint Branch Parkway crossing for the Rhode Island hiker-biker trail. As frequent driver and biker of this area and as someone who spent the night in a hospital after a bicycle/car collision I can attest to the dangers of [...]
September 30th, 2009 | by David Daddio | published in Bicycles, Transportation
It was with much fanfare that the University’s consultant Toole Design Group, LLC released its Campus Bicycle Plan (RTCP Summary HERE) in April of this year. The report offers a detailed 3-year infrastructure implementation plan estimated to cost over $1.1 million. Given the fiscal straights the State and the University find themselves in at the [...]
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 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.
