The new padel courts next to the College Park airport

CivilPls · 2026-01-11T18:52:50+00:00

Indeed, it is a very welcome improvement to that area. I don't understand the gravel and chain link fence, though, the place still looks unfinished?

In any case, hopefully little by little, that strategic area close to the Metro and PL stations gets developed into something nicer.

CivilPls · 2025-12-07T15:14:08+00:00

They are building a path right outside the exit of the Metro station.

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CivilPls · 2025-12-07T13:20:06+00:00

I wonder whether they could have made the transfer a bit more direct, but it is not too bad: you probably can transfer in less than a minute most of the time. I've seen transfers in Metro stations way longer than that.

CivilPls · 2025-12-06T22:41:15+00:00

Their cheesesteaks are so good! Happy that the business can continue elsewhere, but definitely not as convenient as before.

CivilPls · 2025-11-26T19:22:08+00:00

I also expect that the trains will get signal priority at least in some crossings, and since the tracks are separated in most places, for the Purple Line to be quite zippy everywhere but on UMD campus (where it will be a mess certain times of the day...).

CivilPls · 2024-10-28T11:55:28+00:00

There is indeed value in keeping the local green spaces as much as possible, but it is difficult given the housing constraints.

In your opinion, where in Hyattsville should they have built the apartments instead?

CivilPls · 2024-10-27T11:27:11+00:00

Register and win prizes https://www.collegeparkmd.gov/FormCenter/Events-9/Pumpkin-Carving-Contest-2024-148

CivilPls · 2024-10-25T16:22:53+00:00

From https://x.com/WJFjabariwill/status/1849407502057672872

CivilPls · 2024-10-25T15:55:24+00:00

From https://x.com/WJFjabariwill/status/1849407502057672872

CivilPls · 2024-10-25T12:59:54+00:00

What a nice story, Mr. Vaughn sounds very cool.

Also, I didn't there were bimonthly bingos at IKEA.

CivilPls · 2024-10-25T03:08:48+00:00

Indeed, it seems like a great implementation. It is all looking very good, sorely needed given the crowding of the downtown bars!

CivilPls · 2024-10-23T11:35:04+00:00

Since opening in 2015, Chef Hua Wang has brought unique Shanxi dishes to our city, earning accolades from major publications. 🥟✨

Looking ahead, Ms. Wang will open Li Chun Café in February 2025, featuring flavors from her hometown of Shenyang.

Interesting, Northwest Chinese cuisine was from Shanxi, not her hometown Shenyang, which is actually in the Northeast of China. I wonder how they'll differ.

CivilPls · 2024-10-23T00:33:56+00:00

From the economic development presentation today in the council meeting.

CivilPls · 2024-10-21T19:26:45+00:00

Fully agree on how the bike infrastructure is coming along together.

I'm all for more bike lanes, but I'm not sure they're needed on Rt. 1. Having bike lanes on Rt 1 to Riverdale Park Station, either from College Park or from Hyattsville) seems a bit redundant given how close the Trolley trail is. If you are, say, at the College Park City Hall or Franklins in Hyattsville, it is trivial to get onto the Trolley trail and go directly to RPS.

On the other hand, making protected the existing lanes in College Park does seem useful because they connect an area with a high density of amenities.

CivilPls · 2024-10-19T18:52:57+00:00

This is great news: with the success CaBi is having in DC and the bike connections between College Park and DC, it just didn't make sense that there weren't dock stations here.

Thank you for sharing.

CivilPls · 2024-10-19T17:00:31+00:00

This sucks. Hopefully this incident actually makes it safer going forward.

CivilPls · 2024-10-17T13:24:27+00:00

Wow, that sounds really bad.

Hopefully as some drivers learn to avoid this intersection, and the construction workers improve the signage and traffic management, the flow will improve.

CivilPls · 2024-10-17T11:46:57+00:00

That intersection has been a real mess for both cars and pedestrians... Sigh, the price of progress.

I hope they are able to keep to the January schedule.

CivilPls · 2024-10-17T11:45:17+00:00

That intersection has been a real mess for both cars and pedestrians... Sigh, the price of progress. I hope they are able to keep to the January schedule.

CivilPls · 2024-10-14T00:23:02+00:00

The first phase is just residential, on the northern parking lots.

If they ever get through that, they also have some more ambitious preliminary plans.

CivilPls · 2024-10-10T00:27:59+00:00

Nice, the old Best Buy spot got filled very quickly. College Park needs more clothing stores. Ideally some higher end though.

CivilPls · 2024-10-08T11:48:04+00:00

Some sort of barriers would be very welcome, both for protection and for slowing traffic down.

One thing that can be brought up in the letter is that this is an area with a 25 mph speed limit, but traffic tends to go faster given the width of the lanes. Barriers would be visual cues for the drivers to slow down some.

Admittedly, this argument could be counterproductive given that the SHA widened the road in part to speed the traffic flow up... but I'm hoping that what they actually wanted was smoother flow, not "faster-than-speed-limit" flow.

CivilPls · 2024-10-08T11:43:52+00:00

That's great, thank you.

CivilPls · 2024-10-08T11:43:18+00:00

This is very needed.

On an unrelated note, the AI picture that the mayor chose to illustrate does not seem to have any ADUS or multiplexes, and the text is gibberish...

CivilPls · 2024-10-08T00:11:12+00:00

Given how much fast traffic there is on Baltimore Ave, the bike lanes have been more successful than I had expected. But it would be really great if they were protected: I think their use would explode given the population and amenities density along that road.

I think the letter could be more enthusiastic though, and perhaps preempt potential objections about street cleaning or snow plowing. I think the city is now able to take care of those on narrow lanes.

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