Reports
Characteristics of Columbia: A demographic and socio-economic profile of Columbia and its Villages based on 2010 census data
Community for a Lifetime: CA’s Comprehensive Plan for Serving the Older Adult Community
Millennial Report: A study on how CA can better serve young adults ages 18-35.
New Town Zoning (2014)
Plans
Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning
Columbia Association prepared and adopted the Active Transportation Action Agenda in 2012. It serves as a guiding document for future investment decisions in the CA pathway network. The Action Agenda includes pilot projects and recommendations that will create a more interconnected, comprehensive and safe bicycling and walking circulation system for health, recreational and transportation purposes.
Although focused on the CA pathway network, CA actively partners with Howard County’s Office of Transportation on integrating our network with other county-wide pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure. A representative of CA also serves on the County’s Bicycle Advisory Group. To learn more about this group or the County’s pedestrian and bicycle master plans visit the Howard County website.
Bicycle and Pedestrian Count Program
Between 2014 and 2019, Columbia Association (CA) and Howard County’s Office of Transportation partnered to conduct an annual Bicycle and Pedestrian Count program. Volunteers performed counts at locations throughout Columbia and eastern Howard County to capture demographic and numerical snapshots of pedestrians, bicyclists and other active modes of transportation at key intersections in the pathway system and on-street locations. The data gives CA and Howard County a better understanding of who travels in these key locations, the impact of past improvements and identifies future investments to improve user comfort.
Read the full report of each year’s count and a program summary report below:
- 2014 Pedestrian and Bicycle Annual Report Year 1
- 2015 Pedestrian and Bicycle Annual Report Year 2
- 2016 Pedestrian and Bicycle Annual Report Year 3
- 2017 Pedestrian and Bicycle Annual Report Year 4
- 2018 Pedestrian and Bicycle Annual Report Year 5
- 2019 Pedestrian and Bicycle Annual Report Year 6
- Program Summary Report
Downtown Columbia Plan
Almost since Columbia’s founding, its residents and officials have debated how to improve its downtown core and realize Rouse’s original vision for this central neighborhood. The Downtown Columbia Plan (link is dead, just remove it), an amendment to the Howard County General Plan, is a 30-year plan for the revitalization and redevelopment of Downtown Columbia. It was approved by the Howard County Council in 2010 and subsequently amended in 2016. It provides land use, design, transportation, environmental, and housing recommendations as well as a phasing and implementation framework for reinvestment and redevelopment of Downtown properties.
CA was a major stakeholder and participant in the initial discussion, creation and adoption of the Downtown Columbia Plan. A is also a major landholder of crucial public space amenities located in the Downtown area and we work closely with adjacent property owners to coordinate reinvestment and improvement of these holdings. This includes processing easement requests and working with adjacent property owners as well as Howard County Government on use of CA land for infrastructure and amenities to fulfill the Downtown Columbia Plan’s vision.
