Posts tagged Riverdale Park
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What’s so great about the Purple Line, anyway?
This morning, community leaders and advocates will break ground on the Purple Line after three decades of debate and legal battles, some of which are ongoing. Why has the Purple Line kept moving forward? This post from last summer takes a look at why so many people continue to fight for it, from local environmental groups to Governor Hogan. Keep reading…
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Let’s stand by the Purple Line
Eleven of the Purple Line's proposed 21 stops are in the county we represent, Prince George's, and we're excited by the economic growth the line will bring to our constituents. The Purple Line is where adequately investing in our region's infrastructure begins, and the unwarranted delays the project has come up against are costly to taxpayers, damaging to communities, and unfair to residents that rely on public transportation for their livelihood. Keep reading…
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What’s so great about the Purple Line, anyway?
With a recent court decision from a group of opponents delaying the Purple Line once again, it’s easy to forget how many people support it, from local environmental groups to Governor Hogan. Let’s remember why they fight for this project, and why it will get built one day. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Yuuuge wall
“Trump’s [Purple] wall”; Make buses great again; SafeTrack’s challenge; When Metro was cool; Bethesdensity; Protesting a bad offer; Solution for vacant office space?; Uneven job growth; And…. Keep reading…
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A streetcar used to run down Rhode Island Avenue, connecting College Park and downtown DC
Most of Washington’s original “streetcar suburbs” were built within the District’s boundaries. However, one important corridor of streetcar suburbs went up in Prince George’s County, in the communities along Route 1 south of the Beltway. Keep reading…
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A streetcar used to run from H Street to Berwyn Heights, near College Park
Like those in a lot of other US cities, DC and surrounding areas’ best-known streetcar lines tend to be ones where service survived into the 1950’s and 1960’s. However, routes like the Washington, Gretta, & Spa Spring, which perished during the 1920’s heyday of streetcar service, often had a lasting effect on the urban landscape. Keep reading…
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Behold how the Purple Line corridor is changing
When built, the Purple Line could dramatically improve transit commutes in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties. To explore that and other changes the line will bring, researchers created a series of maps including this one of the “commute shed” of each Purple Line station, or how far you can get on transit before and after it’s built. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Objection!
The Green Mile; Access issues; Northern Virginia drives statewide growth; Plan Orange for Walmart site; Local news coverage takes a hit; Get your hands off your money; Death of a mall; Police blame bikes; Can you get to DHS HQ?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Building communities
Neighborhoods reflect disparities; DC’s first mixed-income redevelopment; Placemaking builds community; Trolley Trail connected; Public-private partnerships hit roadblocks; A glow-in-the-dark bike path; Demand, meet supply; And…. Keep reading…
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What about an infill Metro station at the Cafritz property?
Prince George’s County recently approved a new town center in Riverdale Park that will have the county’s first Whole Foods. This might be a good location for a new Metro station as well. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The shutdown continues
DC workers essential; Shutdown costs Metro revenues; Shutdown shutters tourist sites; DC has an app for that; Cafritz project moves forward; NVTA can use taxes; DC passes solar bill; DC hotels check into bikes. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: At least something’s working
More metro escalators are working; Cuccinelli to defend funding source for Silver Line; PG County Whole Foods project still faces challenges; Washington area bike thefts on the rise; Bait Bikes PR stunts?; Challenge to Alexandria’s redevelopment dismissed; Chuck Brown Park needs art; No bike or dock blocked?. Keep reading…
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Purple Line stations will range from simple to iconic
As Maryland moves forward with planning for the Purple Line, station designs are being released. They range from simple sidewalk shelters at the smaller stations to landmark aerial cylinders at Silver Spring and Riverdale Park. Here are 6 renderings, illustrating the range of designs. Keep reading…
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Morning links: Cut off at the tracks
“Vogon” road planning in White Flint; No road to physics; Why NextBus is often wrong; Examiner felt Post too empathetic; Walgreener than ever; How Walgreens could fit in Del Ray; More MoCo plans; Vehicular cyclists fight bike lane. Keep reading…
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Ride the 82 streetcar from 5th & G to Branchville
Thanks to video posted on YouTube, we can take a historic ride on the DC Transit 82 streetcar line from 5th & G (near what is now WMATA headquarters) all the way to the Branchville neighborhood of College Park. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Give permission
New WH CoS not “allowed” to bike?; Legalize cohabitation in VA; VA reps don’t want tolls; Passengers stuck on train; Add a signal at 16th and Colesville; Hannity discovers old overgeneralizations; Chicago will do BRT; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro plan reactions
Can Metro get its billions?; Build high to dig deep; Police harassed sexual assault victims?; Alexandria to ax bike registration; Cafritz in trouble?; Credit card readers delayed; Hill East gets one bid; Oregon Avenue won’t get bike path; Runaway train never going back; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Laws and scofflaws
Fake parking passes at Walter Reed; Riverdale Park may return camera revenue; Arenas hurt cities?; New York and Chicago’s bike sharing delayed; Greeks move towards bicycles; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Make it high speed
Make the NEC high-speed, gradually; California moves ahead with high-speed rail; Uber would be legal, but have to stay pricey; McDuffie opposes car barn; Cafritz project approved; Gray election consultant charged; DC breathalyzers may return; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Emancipation
A competitive general?; Many reasons; Conflicts go online; Bike bits; Taxes broken less often; Along the Purple Line; Before the Old Post Office was old; Bikeshare goes Hollywood; Did sidewalks add to Trayvon tragedy?. Keep reading…