Originally published May 31, 2022 on Durham Streets and shared with the author’s permission. TL;DR: NCDOT is resurfacing Erwin Road, presenting an opportunity to reimagine and reconfigure this highly traveled roadway, ensuring comfort and safety for all users and all modes. But NCDOT has told the City of Durham they will not support the conversion […]
May 2022
May 31, 2022: Lunch Links
Unbelievably, it’s the last day of May! Here’s a selection of media morsels from the weekend and (the first half of) today). Triangle Blog Blog contributor Geoff Green took his e-bike to the farmer’s market and grabbed some locally grown spring flowers! Keep an eye out for upcoming e-bike content on the Blog Blog! https://twitter.com/geoff_green/status/1530529461074116608?s=20&t=ZSoN9JgXME6dvMxaiOlDKw […]
A brief guide to our state legislature Part 1
A cheat sheet for how to follow what’s happening with the North Carolina state budget as well as how to track specific bills and local acts.
A look at the week ahead: May 31, 2022
It’s a short week thanks to the Memorial Day holiday, but two of our local governments are keeping busy. Here is a look at some of the local government meetings scheduled for this week, May 31 – June 3, 2022: Chapel Hill Town CouncilThe Chapel Hill Town Council will be holding a virtual work session […]
Paying for a park at the American Legion site
The nice thing about signing a petition is it allows you to feel virtuous without the need to contemplate any hard choices or competing priorities. And what’s more virtuous than advocating for a community good when you don’t have to figure out how to pay for it? That’s no doubt the reason behind the relative […]
Lunch Links: May 27, 2022
Happy Friday, y’all! Here are a few articles that the Triangle Blog Blog crew have discussed or shared in the last 24 hours. Have ideas? Leave us a note in the Twitter comments! And have a fantastic weekend! We’ll catch you on the other side… Our friends down the (multiuse) trail in Charlotte are taking […]