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==Transportation== ===Roads and highways=== [[File:Baltimore Ave Knox Rd College Park MD.jpg|thumb|267px|View of [[U.S. Route 1 in Maryland|Baltimore Avenue]] as it crosses downtown College Park]] [[U.S. Route 1 in Maryland|U.S. Route 1]] is the main artery traversing College Park in a north–south orientation. This road is called Baltimore Avenue in this area and it connects College Park to neighboring communities to the south such as Riverdale Park, Hyattsville, and Washington, D.C. In North College Park, Baltimore Avenue provides direct access to [[Interstate 95 in Maryland|Interstate 95]]/[[Interstate 495 in Maryland|Interstate 495]], the Capital Beltway. I-495 encircles Washington, D.C., via the Capital Beltway, providing access to the city and its many suburbs. I-95 only follows the eastern portion of the beltway, diverging away from the beltway near its northeasternmost and southwesternmost points. To the north, I-95 passes through [[Baltimore, Maryland|Baltimore]], [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]], [[New York City, New York|New York City]] and [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] on its way to [[Canada]], while to the south, it traverses [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]] on its way to [[Florida]]. [[Maryland State Route 193]] also passes through the city, following University Boulevard and Greenbelt Road from west to east. [[Maryland Route 431|MD 431]] also serves College Park, linking it with Riverdale Park. ===Bicycle trails=== [[File:Trolley Trail Berwyn College Park.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Rhode Island Avenue Trolley Trail|Trolley Trail]] as it crosses Berwyn Road in College Park]] College Park has several miles of interconnected dedicated hiking/biking trails. The most popular one is the [[Rhode Island Avenue Trolley Trail|Trolley Trail]], a {{Convert|3.8|mi|adj=on}} trail that runs along Rhode Island Avenue. This trail runs from Greenbelt Road in North College Park to its intersection with the Northwest branch trail in South Hyattsville, and takes advantage of the right-of-way that had been used by [[Streetcars in Washington, D.C.|streetcars]] connecting College Park to Washington, D.C., between 1903 and 1962.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |title=Trails |url=https://www.collegeparkmd.gov/trails |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=City of College Park, Maryland}}</ref> Other dedicated bicycle trails in the city include the {{Convert|1.35|mi|4=1|adj=on}} Lake Artemesia trail encircling [[Lake Artemesia]], the {{Convert|3.5|mi|adj=on}} Paint Branch trail connecting Lake Artemesia with North College Park following the [[Paint Branch|Pain Branch stream]], and the Indian Creek trail. These three trails converge in southeast College Park with the Northeast Branch trail, which is part of the extensive [[Anacostia Tributary Trail System]] and the [[East Coast Greenway]], enabling commutes to areas such as Washington, D.C., or Silver Spring along dedicated bicycle pathways.<ref name=":10" /> College Park is ranked as the second most bikeable city in the state by [[Redfin]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Forbes |first=Jamie |date=2024-01-29 |title=The 10 Most Bikeable Cities in Maryland |url=https://www.redfin.com/blog/most-bikeable-cities-in-maryland/ |access-date=2024-02-04 |website=Redfin {{!}} Real Estate Tips for Home Buying, Selling & More |language=en-US}}</ref> and the University of Maryland has a Gold-Level Bike-Friendly Campus designation by the [[League of American Bicyclists]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 25, 2023 |title=League of American Bicyclists Bicycle Friendly University All Current BFU Awards through 2023 |url=https://bikeleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/BFU_Award_List_2023_ALL_BY_STATE.pdf |website=League of American Bicyclists}}</ref> ===Airport=== [[File:College Park airport building runway.jpg|thumb|256x256px|Planes parked at the [[College Park Airport|College Park airport]] with the runway in the background ]] [[College Park Airport]] is the oldest continuously operating airport in the United States and is one of the oldest airports in the world, having been in continuous operation since 1909. It originated as the site where the U.S. government began to train pilots, under the tutelage of [[Wilbur Wright]], for military purposes. Its future status is uncertain, as it lies just a few miles outside the [[restricted airspace]] of [[Washington, D.C.]] In 1977, the airport was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref> Area commercial airports include [[Baltimore-Washington International Airport]], [[Reagan National Airport]], and [[Washington Dulles International Airport]]. ===Public transportation=== [[Image:College Park Station 91121.jpg|thumb|left|267px|College Park has a station on [[Washington Metro]]'s [[Green Line (Washington Metro)|Green Line]].]] [[College Park–University of Maryland Station]] on the [[Washington Metro]]'s [[Green Line (Washington Metro)|Green Line]] is in College Park; a large commuter parking garage was completed in 2004 adjacent to the Metro station. [[MARC Train|MARC]] trains run on [[CSX Transportation|CSX]] tracks adjacent to the Green Line and stop at a small station next to the College Park Metro station. The Metro station lies at what had been the historic junction of Calvert Road and the CSX tracks. Five [[Purple Line (Maryland)|Purple Line]] light rail stations will serve College Park when the system opens in 2027: [[Adelphi Road–UMGC–UMD station|Adelphi Road]], [[Campus Drive–UMD station|Campus Drive]], [[Baltimore Avenue–UMD station|Baltimore Avenue]], [[College Park–University of Maryland station|College Park Metro]] and [[Riverdale Park North–UMD station|Riverdale Park North]]. University of Maryland students, faculty and staff will be able to ride fare-free among those stops.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-18 |title=The Promise (and Pain) of the Purple Line |url=https://today.umd.edu/the-promise-and-pain-of-the-purple-line |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=Maryland Today |language=en}}</ref> The Purple Line will link the Metro's Red, Green, and Orange lines. As well as the MARC commuter rail's Penn and Camden lines. The Purple Line station on the University of Maryland campus will eliminate the need for a bus route to the university's main Metro station, the Green line's College Park – U of Md station.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/purple-line-will-open-first-between-college-park-and-new-carrollton-state-says/2019/12/19/676c569e-2274-11ea-a153-dce4b94e4249_story.html|title=Purple Line will open first between College Park and New Carrollton, state says|last=Shaver|first=Katherine|date=December 19, 2019|newspaper=The Washington Post|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219213618/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/purple-line-will-open-first-between-college-park-and-new-carrollton-state-says/2019/12/19/676c569e-2274-11ea-a153-dce4b94e4249_story.html|archive-date=December 19, 2019}}</ref>
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