News & Notices

Our Say: Scrutiny of city's transportation costs is long overdue Capital Newspaper Editorial Published 05/27/10 It shouldn't have taken the worst budget crisis in memory to prompt a full review of Annapolis' inefficient and money-losing transit system. But sometimes a crisis is the only thing that can overcome officials' fondness for the status quo.
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City of Annapolis - transportation changes

City mulls $1.5M in transit savings

Proposes raising bus fares, using new parking meters

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Published 05/26/10

Annapolis is looking for ways to cut $1.5 million out of a deficit-plagued transit system that costs taxpayers $2 million a year to operate. Chief Administrative Officer Doug Smith detailed actions yesterday that would change not only how people use buses in the city, but also how they park their cars.

Annapolis bikes to work for a day

Annual rally encourages commuters to get out of their cars

By SHANTEE WOODARDS, Capital Newspaper, Staff Writer

Published 05/22/10

Jane Shey was so impressed with her commuting options in Belgium, that she sold her car when she returned to Admiral Heights in Annapolis. She continues to spend part of the year in Europe, as she pursues her doctorate degree in environmental policy. Abroad, the streets are filled with bicycle commuters - from women with children in baskets to men in business suits with their briefcases dangling from the side, she said. Not so here, so Shey is looking to form a social group of like-minded commuters.

Shey was among the bikers who converged on City Dock on Friday morning to promote biking as a viable form of transportation.

Bike to Work Day

Bike to Work Day 2010: hundreds opt for bicycles, give up cars

The Money Times - Jaspreet Virk - ‎May 22, 2010‎

Promoting both fitness, and bicycle as an alternative for commuting to work, hundreds in the nation, celebrated 'Bike to Work Day' Friday. The event, held every year on the third Friday of May, saw fewer cars, and more bikes, as Americans traveled to and fro from work.

Commuting's new old-fashioned way

Bike commuting: How to make it happen

By Robert Thomson

Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, May 23, 2010

Local governments can support this increasingly popular form of commuting by creating the infrastructure that makes it safer and more convenient. The District has opened a bike center at Union Station, where cyclists can park and get assistance. It recently opened a 1.5-mile section of what eventually will be the eight-mile Metropolitan Branch Trail, a paved route running near the eastern side of the Red Line between Silver Spring and Union Station. And it is carving out a network of bike lanes along downtown streets.

Commuter embrace new fiscal 'cycle'

Commuters embrace new fiscal 'cycle'

More employers support biking to work, electric trend in gear

By ELISHA SAUERS, Capital Newspaper Staff Writer

Published 05/02/10

Paul W. Gillespie — The Capital Geoff Elliott, owner of Green Pedals on McGuckian Street in Annapolis, sells electric bicycles. Green Pedals will participate in the city’s Bike to Work Day event on May 21 to encourage local commuters that bicycling can be both effortless and better for the environment than automobiles.

Cutting available parking spaces on the table

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Published 04/26/10

Maryland's budget may be balanced for the next fiscal year, but the search for savings goes on. State officials want to change the conditions of their parking space lease at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, cutting the number of spaces.

Bike to Work Day 2010 - 5/21/10

Celebrate Bike 2 Work Day by joining the Annapolis Regional Transportation Management Association (ARTMA), the Annapolis Department of Transportation and the Baltimore Metropolitan Council on Friday, May 21 from 7:00 a.m. ~ 8:45 a.m. at the Annapolis City dock (next to the Market House). We'll have refreshments, t-shirts, giveaways and prizes to show our support for area bicyclists. At the end of the rally we will convey up Main Street – the more riders – the more impact! Click here for more information.

Capital Mobility - Bike Lanes

Capital Mobility: Some paint, some signs and viola! Bike lanes

By DAVE HUMPHREYS, Capital Newspaper
Published 04/17/10

This column hits on a subject that comes from a reader's e-mail about getting around on a bicycle in the Annapolis area. I find this subject fascinating because it involves the simplest of traffic engineering tools and I get all giddy with professional goose bumps when I can fix something with some signs and a can of paint. Sadly, Annapolis should be a friendlier place than it is for getting around on a bicycle. This is not for lack of bicycle enthusiasts, bicycle coalitions, nor bicycle planners. It is the direct result of the disjointed way Annapolis addresses the four primary modes of urban mobility: pedestrians, cyclists, public transport and private motor vehicles (Pssst. No one's in charge).

City's transit layoffs rile state

Mayor: Loss of $1.5M won't impede bus service

BY Joshua Stewart, Staff Writer, Capital Newspaper

Published 04/15/10

The state is taking a closer look at how Annapolis manages and maintains its transit system, a reaction spurred by layoffs and other changes the mayor made this spring. The Maryland Transportation Administration is asking Annapolis officials for assurances that the city is properly maintaining buses and staffing the city Transportation Department. The request follows a state review of reports on the financial and management problems in the department.

New routes could help improve bus service City officials eyeing more efficient 'arterial' system By Joshua Stewart, Staff Writer, Capital Newspaper Published 04/05/10 Beleaguered by delays and low ridership, city buses may soon use new routes designed to make the system more popular and convenient.
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