The update on this is that the Town of RP is pursuing a request to have similar shuttle privileges as were negotiated for College Park. It will take a little while to get into place because it actually requires state legislation, which we don't anticipate being a problem. College Park pays a fee to UMD based on ridership estimates. We haven't gotten to that point yet, but the cost to CP was pretty modest.<div>
<br></div><div>Alice<br><div><br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Sue Collins <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wheadle@yahoo.com">wheadle@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
No, I'm a resident of Riverdale Park; seems I'd heard somewhere that there were talks about allowing residents of our town to ride free on the shuttles; wish that were so! RE Raytheon employees; I think the University has an agreement with some of the local businesses/agencies in that area about their employees being able to use the shuttle to get back and forth to the Metro. Those particular shuttles run weekdays (as far as I know) and only go up and down River Road. Don't know if Raytheon pays the University for this privilege or not.<br>
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From: Don Lynch <<a href="mailto:dlynch@garretroomstudios.com">dlynch@garretroomstudios.com</a>><br>
To: Sue Collins <<a href="mailto:wheadle@yahoo.com">wheadle@yahoo.com</a>><br>
Cc: <a href="mailto:TownTalk@riverdale-park.org">TownTalk@riverdale-park.org</a><br>
Sent: Fri, June 18, 2010 12:50:13 PM<br>
Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] University of Maryland shuttle<br>
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Sue,<br>
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I checked with the transportation dept at UMD and if you are a resident of College Park you can go to town hall and obtain a pass for the shuttle system.<br>
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There are certain shuttle routes that do not require a pass, such as the Silver Spring route.<br>
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In general the system is quite liberal and I find it interesting that Raytheon employees go directly from Raytheon to the Metro and never see the campus.<br>
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Don<br>
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Sue Collins wrote:<br>
> Seems to me I read a while back on TownTalk that there was a possibility that town residents might be able to utilize the University of Maryland shuttles that run in the area - has anyone heard any more about that, is there a good possibility or was the idea scrapped? <br>
> Thanks. <br>
> Speaking of the University; there was an article on their website about closure of Campus Drive (beginning tomorrow) from the M circle up to Cole Field House which would affect most privately owned vehicles and, at times, even ban Metro buses. So if you cut through the University or use public buses which travel through the University, you might want to double-check your commute. <br>
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