Sharing information. Maybe this is not the perfect idea but it has potential for the New York Avenue Gateway Corridor in Northeast Washington if it could be done in a way as not to disrupt residential communities.
What about a monorail or monorail-like system coming from Benning Road or Stadium Metro Stations venturing down/up the Anacostia River (if ground stable enough and river issues won't be a problem) and going to New York Avenue and then turning to go to Annapolis, Ft. Meade, Laurel, or wherever. If not this then build a Metro line along the same or similar route. Put a stop at the Arboretum. Figure out a way to go pass Pepco near Eastland Gardens, Kenilworth Park, and emerging communities in that area.
Benning Road and Stadium Armory would allow one to connect to Blue and Silver Lines and go downtown or to Tysons Corner.
H Street has the streetcar. Georgetown wants gondolas to go across the river to Rosslyn, VA. What is the dream for this area? Could this be a good tourist attraction as well as a great mode of transportation to key fascinating areas? Of course, a plan to pay for it would have to be devised and it is a long range vision, but the discussion and thinking could start now. If would be a good addition if we ever got the Olympics in area. The monorail could also connect to NoMa Metro Station and go down/up New York Avenue tn Ft. Meade, Annapolis, Laurel or wherever there would not be an invasion on residential communities.
Just thoughts for discussion for the future. Of course stakeholders would have to be engaged to come up with any kind of vision for the future. To even think about it, one would have to envision attractive jpod cars or monorail trails. I'm told there is a monorail system in China.
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Columbia Pike Residents to Discuss Monorail-Like Transit System
by Heather Mongilio — August 25, 2015 at 11:30 am5,038 204 Comments
Might a monorail-like system be the solution to Columbia Pike's transit woes?
The Columbia Heights Civic Association is holding a meeting on Sept. 28 to discuss JPods, a transit system that uses suspended railcars, as a possible solution for Columbia Pike in light of the cancelled streetcar.
"We're excited about this possibility," said Columbia Heights Civic Association President Sarah McKinley.
The owner of JPods, Bill James, has looked at the Pike and thinks it is a good location for the gondola-like system, McKinley said.
JPod users would get into a pod at a station and then program in an address for where he or she wants to go.
"Think of it like a chauffeured car," James said.
There could be several hundred to 1,000 pods on the Columbia Pike network. There is a possibility of turning the transit system into a grid, with JPods running from Columbia Pike to Metro stations and other parts of Northern Virginia, he said.
The solar-powered pod system would be privately funded, according to James. The JPods website lists the average cost for installing a network as $10 million, though there's no word on how much it might cost to construct along the Pike.
Before the project was canceled, the cost of the five mile Columbia Pike streetcar line wasestimated at $358 million.
If JPods were approved for Arlington, a network could be built along the Pike in a year, James said.
"[With JPods] you'll be able to get around most cities like [you can in] New York, without cars," he said.
Arlington County has been "made aware" of the JPods system, said Dept. of Environmental Services spokesman Eric Balliet.
"It's too early to comment on it because we have not received any detailed technical or cost information that can be evaluated," he said. "The JPod information we have seen says it would not require any public funding."
Arlington County does not expect to decide on an alternative transit plan for the Pike until next year.
Thought this was interesting since Prince George's County borders Northeast Washington, D.C. The District prides itself on being the gateway to the world.
Prince George's going international with new marketing initiative
Aug 26, 2015, 7:58am EDT
Joanne S. Lawton
"I believe that Prince George's County is the gateway to the world," says County Executive Rushern Baker.
- Staff Washington Business Journal
Prince George's County is consolidating its global marketing efforts in hopes of growing international business and helping its companies expand overseas.
Prince George's International will combine the county's international marketing, outreach and partnerships, which are designed to increase international investment, County Executive Rushern Baker said.
"I believe that Prince George's County is the gateway to the world," he added. "The entire county was recently designated as a foreign trade zone. This gives us a competitive advancement and this effort will enable us to better promote it."
Baker will launch the effort today at the AC Hotel at National Harbor. He's betting the county's growing Latino business and residential base, as well as its continental African population, will bring more foreign business delegations through town.
Prince George's International will also position local businesses for upcoming missions to Cuba, Latin America and Africa.
Ted Leonsis says Baltimore will become part of a D.C. supercity
Aug 25, 2015, 1:58pm EDT UPDATED: Aug 25, 2015, 3:32pm EDT
Joanne S. Lawton
Ted Leonsis, owner of Monumental Sports & Entertainment, says Baltimore will become part of a Washington D.C. supercity.
- James Briggs
- Deputy Managing Editor-Baltimore Business Journal
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In the future, Baltimore will basically be part of Washington, D.C.
So says Ted Leonsis, owner of the Washington Capitals and Wizards, who predicts in a blog post that Baltimore will be the northern edge of a D.C. supercity. Leonsis writes: "By 2050 - DC will be like London, it will take up about 100 miles end to end, we will think of it as a area that goes from Middleburg to well north of Baltimore on 95."
A big reason for Leonsis' prediction is BWI/Marshall Airport. BWI in fiscal 2015 had 22.8 million passengers, more than either of D.C.'s airports.
"The three airport system is bedrock to this developing super set system here locally," Leonsis writes.
Leonsis says D.C., including Baltimore, will become one of four supercities in the U.S. New York, Los Angeles and Chicago would be the others.
It's tough to analyze Leonsis' supercity prediction too closely because there doesn't seem to be agreement on what population size makes a supercity and how spread out that population can be.
But if Leonsis' point is simply that the D.C. and Baltimore metro areas are merging — particularly from an economic perspective — then it would be tough to argue with him.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is advancing plans— which remain preliminary — to build a high-speed maglev train line that could enable 15-minute travel between D.C. and Baltimore. There also have been signs that the line between the real estate markets in Washington and Baltimore is becoming blurred, particularly on the industrial side. Companies that enter the region want access to both markets.
Does that mean D.C. and Baltimore will be considered one metropolitan market some day? Leonsis seems to think so.
James Briggs is the deputy managing editor of the Baltimore Business Journal. He writes and edits online content, including the BBJ's daily newsletters.
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