A status update on the Baltimore-Washington maglev proposal, 17 months after the federal government halted its environmental review On November 14, 2022, a maglev representative spoke at NASA Goddard in Greenbelt, and he seemed inexplicably confident that the proposed maglev … Read More
Reference data suggest that the official ridership forecast is more than a factor of ten too high for the proposed Baltimore-Washington maglev A cartoon depicting the question: Is the maglev’s official ridership forecast accurate? With the maglev public-comment period drawing … Read More
A simple calculation suggests that an individual would have to earn at least $363,000 a year for him or her to find the maglev ticket price worth the modest reduction in door-to-door travel time A cartoon depicting area residents reacting … Read More
According to the project’s draft environmental impact statement, operating the proposed Baltimore-Washington maglev would increase annual carbon dioxide emissions by more than 200 million kilograms, contradicting the claims of maglev promoters A cartoon depicting how operating the proposed maglev would … Read More
Most maglev customers would start and end their trips near a maglev station, limiting the project’s utility to the region. The maglev’s draft environmental impact statement leaves it to the reader to piece this story together. How much time would … Read More
The recently released draft environmental impact statement forecasts that a proposed maglev—a magnetic-levitation rail line—would have an insignificant impact on road congestion in the Baltimore-Washington region. The maglev’s ability to reduce car traffic in the region would be far smaller … Read More
By Guest post by Owen Kelley (This article was originally posted to the Prince George’s County Issues Forum on the Sierra Club website.) The Sierra Club is devoted to fighting climate change, and it does not take kindly to companies greenwashing … Read More
Guest post by Owen Kelley It is clear from emails flying around, Facebook posts, and items in the News Review that many Greenbelters are concerned about the impact on Greenbelt of the magnetically levitated (maglev) train that has been proposed … Read More
Another terrific video by Andy Zmidzinski on an extremely important topic. On the Greenbelt Access Television YouTube channel. Saturday January 20, 2018 citizens and local political leaders gathered to consolidate efforts to stop a proposed SC MAGLEV line. The proposed … Read More
Here’s the first of hopefully many Greenbelt Talks videos addressing important issues to Greenbelters. In this episode, host Dave Zahren interviews panelists Dr. Laura Kressler, Susan Barnett, Brian Almquist, and Rachel Cain (Prince George’s Sentinel reporter). Kudos to videographer/producer Andy Zmidzinski!
As one does at year-end (or a little late in my case), here’s a capsule look at what happened on Greenbelt Online during 2023, and changes coming in 2024. Top Traffic Pages The Top 10 traffic-getting pages on the … Read More
Follow the story and its coverage by the media here, with links to articles, embedded videos, and Greenbelters’ own accounts. This story here begins with the 11/8/23 announcement that Greenbelt is the selected site for the FBI headquarters, and will … Read More
What a glorious event it was celebrating the 20th anniversary of Greenbelt’s beloved Forest Preserve. A crowd of forest-lovers turned out to hear how the Great North Woods were saved and became our Forest Preserve. And the many people who … Read More
Hey, Greenbelt-based nonprofits, charities and volunteer organizations! Greenbelt Access Television (GATe) works with groups like yours to create short promotional videos (also called PSAs or public service announcements). These videos can: Introduce viewers to your organization Call for volunteers for … Read More
We encourage you to share your stories, opinions, videos and photo collections on the GreenbeltOnline blog. The advantages are many: Almost limitless word count (up to 1,000 is fine here. Longer articles could be posted in a series). Almost limitless … Read More
