Patapsco Greenway Exchange (PGE) GROUP PROJECT - FALL 2016

Connecting Patapsco Valley State Park, BWI Airport, and Baltimore - for bicyclists and pedestrians

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Note: This was a large-scale semester long project that involved several meetings with Anne Arundel County and Howard County officials that culminated in a presentation my colleagues and I gave at the Anne Arundel County council chambers. The project was done in tandem with the PALS initiative.

The above map graphic was co-created by my colleage Jason Poole and I. 

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Process:

Met with county officials to discuss the scope of the project

Drove the length of the site taking pictures and noting existing conditions

Studied AASHTO guidelines regarding standards for bicycle paths

Divvied up path section specialization among team members (my specialization was the Halethorpe section - see below)

Divvied up applicable research regarding culture/History, environment, geomorphology, transportation, and sensory (I researched the surrounding environment)

Plotted initial paths on tracing paper using prior knowledge of the site, pictures, google maps and ArcGIS

Met with county officials mid-project to make sure that we were proceeding in the right direction

Improved our path layout based on feedback from officials

Created renderings of the finalized designs using computer software

Presented our design at the end of the semester

Submitted a booklet containing our research, designs, and suggestions for the implementation of the Patapsco Greenway Exchange. 

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Programs Used: ArcGIS, Google Earth, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, AutoCAD