Fun new meetings on our Events page, most immediately a July 8 gathering on the Rt. 1 Plan. Rethink College Park provide a nice bit of data-driven context for this plan by tallying all the residential units and commercial square footage in the development pipeline at the moment. A recent note from Chad Williams at [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Public Transit’
October 8, 2008
Bring Joe’s Electric Bus to Route 1
At a meeting in June of 2007, a group of Route 1 area residents had a chance to talk frankly with SHA Administrator Neil Pederson about transportation issues, congestion, capacity, possible improvements and Route 1. During the meeting, Riverdale Park resident Joe Kelly popped out with a great idea that’s been talked about since with [...]
December 16, 2007
Schools, Purple Line Mtg. 12/17
and Other Important Odds & Ends
The Purple Line Open House will discuss the entire route and should be interesting. Especially since it seems a new southern route for the Purple Line through campus has surfaced. Map here. However, if this proposal is presented Monday, MTA, UMD and our elected officials need to allow further public [...]
November 21, 2007
Infrastructure & Good Neighbors
“Infrastructure,” says Goldhagen, summing it all up, “is where architecture and politics merge.”
So architectural historian Sarah Goldhagen wraps up a recent and provocative interview with the Boston Globe that is essential reading if you care about infrastructure. And, we know you do.
Goldhagen says to think of it as a detective story. A bridge collapses in [...]
November 10, 2007
Ah, Route 1 on the Riviera
We are back from our luxurious sojourn on the Riviera where we never thought a bit about traffic on Route 1, pedestrian safety, transit, TIFs and school seats.
OK, we lied. We have been thinking and meeting incessantly about all of the above and just have not had time to report back. So, a quick round [...]
August 31, 2007
East Campus: Getting to Green
The University, its development team and East Campus Steering Committee meet Tuesday, September 4 at 7:30 pm in 0100 Marie Mount to discuss environmental issues for the project. (Committee contact info here.) The University has been a leader in this area and should continue by integrating its environmental objectives with this project’s goals. This should [...]
