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Waterfront Design for Resilience: Annapolis in an Elevator

Victor Manzanilla — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:39:37 +0000

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BWI-Patapsco Greenway

Victor Manzanilla — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:39:37 +0000

The proposed Patapsco Greenway Exchange would serve to connect the Patapsco Valley State Park, the BWI Transportation Zone, and the Baltimore Metropolitan. It is designed to do so for users of all ages and abilities while increasing overall access to DNR property along the way. This path would serve as a catalyst for economic development by opening up access to natural sport and leisure opportunities as well as providing educational programming to the region. This book details the paths masterplan as designed by a team of graduate students of landscape architecture at the University of Maryland. Many alternative routes were examined and considered. Final decisions were chosen in order to maximize the use of existing infrastructure, providing accommodating access to pedestrians and bicyclists alike while avoiding unnecessary costs. Such usage includes the following: (1) The path crosses over both Stony Run Creek and the Amtrak railway via Stoney Run Rd over a wide shoulder on the right side of the road. (2) Route 295 is crossed via a shoulder on Ridge Rd. (3) A tight underpass on Furnace Ave. which runs below the Amtrak railway is used for safe crossing. The project team has proposed that the road immediately surrounding the tunnel be converted into a two way, traffic light controlled, one lane pass. The other lane would become a shared use path for pedestrians and bicyclists. There are few areas where new infrastructure is suggested (aside from the typical asphalt paths that would be required for off-road pedestrian and bicyclist use), mainly an apx. 450-500 feet of boardwalk along the Halethorpe zone, as well as a small track between Elkridge and Furnace Ave and a small proposed connection to the boardwalk near the MDOT headquarters off of Corporate Center Dr. The scope of this project would require consideration from several stakeholders which include the Anne Arundel County Department of Planning and Zoning, the Anne Arundel County Department of Parks and Recreation, the Howard County Department of Planning and Zoning, the Howard County Department of Parks and Recreation, the Baltimore Metropolitan Council, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, and the Maryland Department of Transportation.

Review of Building Energy Tracking Systems

Victor Manzanilla — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:39:37 +0000

Energy Management Systems (EMS) are a type of software that monitor the energy consumption in buildings. Its purpose is to minimize costs by monitoring energy consumption and optimizing energy use. EMS has become increasingly popular in the past fifteen years and is used primarily by businesses to save money by tracking and reducing energy consumption in their buildings. It can also be used in state and local government facilities to measure the energy consumption. While a few software options are available, each product has unique features. This paper reviews different energy management systems based on their features and functionalities to provide recommendations on the best-fit system for the Anne Arundel County.

Anne Arundel County Transit Accessibility Analysis and Map Consolidation

Victor Manzanilla — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:39:37 +0000

Currently, Anne Arundel County has multiple state and local transit systems that serve its residents, but no single resource that provides information on all of them. The team has been tasked with creating a consolidated transit map, assessing transit accessibility, and making recommendations for improving transit access. Anne Arundel County residents, city officials, and tourists will benefit from bridging the gap between accessibility and mobility with a modern transportation map. Our final product will provide users with an online, user-friendly, and interactive application. This application will visually integrate various transit systems to create an intermodal regional network map. The online map includes features that help users discern route schedules, estimate their location in relation to transit stops, and visualize links to other regional transportation networks. This consolidated map will be an invaluable resource to transit users in Anne Arundel County. We also investigated some transportation challenges within Anne Arundel County as it moves towards a more comprehensive program. Though the current transportation network serves many populated regions of the county, there are also areas with important amenities that lack connectivity. These gaps and some potential remedies are also addressed in this report. This analysis will aid planners and county officials as they approach transportation issues in the future. PALS SUMMARY: The foremost goal of this project was to prepare a consolidated transit map for Anne Arundel County. In completing this task, we were able to examine some of the underlying data that structures the network. The scrutiny of the underlying data compelled us to create worker and population distribution maps with the transit network overlay. This visualization allows us to make recommendations and see room for improvements.

Land Use/Transportation Evaluation for the Forest Drive Corridor

Victor Manzanilla — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:39:37 +0000

The 3.5-mile Forest Drive corridor is a County arterial road within the City of Annapolis and extending into Anne Arundel County at either side of the municipal boundary (see Figures 1 and 2). While the County is responsible for the road â€“ its potential expansion and maintenance â€“ the City is responsible for land uses in the corridor, thus setting up potential conflicts over policies, costs and responsibilities. Because this corridor has been subject to development and redevelopment activities and pressures for some time, recently large residential planned unit developments (PUDs), the City is interested in its capacity. Standard traffic studies have been commissioned to address congestion mitigation and identify engineering and other options. These include a 2015 Traffic Concepts study and 2016 County Major Intersections/Important Facilities (MIIF) study. The abutting land uses have been assumed to be relatively stable and predictable in these studies. This is not a reasonable assumption, however, given the continued development pressures. How much of what kind of development might be the straw that breaks the camelâ€s back? This is an unanswered and important question. This project sought to answer this question by creating a transportation/land use analysis tool that is applied to parcels in this corridor but is also, in principle, applicable to other corridors. Because this is a joint City/County project, it is viewed as an opportunity to bring these jurisdictions together over a difficult topic. The work in this project used the GIS land use database developed for the City by PALS during the summer of 2016 and applied the sketch software tool CommunityViz to the GIS databases to produce a tool that can generate various land use/transportation alternatives and their transportation impacts.

Anne Arundel County: Transportation Mobility and Accessibility

Victor Manzanilla — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:39:37 +0000

This report examines where jobs and workforce participants are located in Anne Arundel County, and what transit options connect them. Special attention is paid to low-income workforce participants and low-income job sites. The goal is to determine if there is a spatial mismatch between where workforce participants live and where jobs are located in Anne Arundel County, and to assess whether or not transit options address that mismatch. To this end, we have produced maps that identify transit coverage, major clusters of low-income workersâ€ residences and job locations, and transit captivity, which is a measure of households that have no private transportation option and are reliant on public transportation. What we found was that transit within the county is connected to most residential neighborhoods and employment centers, though it doesnâ€t comprehensively serve each neighborhood or employment area it touches. Some residential communities, such as Cape St. Claire and job centers including a cluster around the I-97/Crain Highway intersection, completely lack transit services. The report also identifies communities that may contain transit dependent individuals. Based on our findings, we recommend further study of transit dependent populations and feasibility studies to expand transit services to underserved areas. The findings come with caveats; we did not have origin-destination data, so analysis of transit patterns cannot pinpoint actual behaviors. Also, the employment data used excluded federal employees, meaning Ft. Meade, an area of signficiant employment in the county, was not included in the dataset.

Spurring Maritime Innovation in Annapolis

Victor Manzanilla — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:39:37 +0000

In 1987, the City of Annapolis created Maritime Zoning Regulations, delineating four zones along Annapolisâ€ waterfront: Maritime Conservation District, Mixed Maritime District, Maritime Industrial District, and Maritime Eastport. The districts are designed to provide incentives to the maritime industry, while offering flexibility to property owners who wish to implement higher-value uses that would add to the success of the district. With over 250 businesses and organizations related to boat servicing and supplies, boating instruction, brokerage, chartering, insurance, marinas, and other maritime needs, Annapolis remains a major center for recreational boaters along the East Coast. However, the recession of 2007-2009 caused the worst economic decline for Annapolisâ€ maritime industry since 1932. Maritime businesses continue to face rising land costs and rent, resulting in fewer new maritime businesses locating in the City. The Fall 2016 Community Planning Studio class was tasked with reviewing previous economic studies of Annapolisâ€ maritime industry and updating the studiesâ€ recommendations with new approaches. Our Studio class examined ways to revitalize the Cityâ€s maritime industry, focusing especially on how innovation-driven economic development tools could be applied in Annapolis. The following report synthesizes our research and proposes several recommendations that the City may implement in the short-, medium-, and long-term.

Waterfront Design for Resilience: Annapolis Maritime Harbor

Victor Manzanilla — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:39:37 +0000

Key issues addressed: Sea level rise at the 5 foot inundation and storm surge; Enhance the current event space by providing multifaceted spaces; Keeping the working waterfront; Connect Annapolis maritime history and protect current memorials and waterfront stores. [...]

Waterfront Design for Resilience: Tidal Promenade

Victor Manzanilla — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:39:37 +0000

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Analysis of Potential for County/City Shared Service Delivery: Mass Transit

Victor Manzanilla — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:39:35 +0000

The public transit systems in Annapolis and Anne Arundel County can operate more efficiently and effectively as a combined entity. With fewer routes, increased route coverage, and a smaller payroll, the efficiency of the new organization will be greater than that of each of the current organizations independently. [...]