The simple truth is the way city, state, and local governments conduct their meetings is antiquated and a holdover from a time that once was. As a species, humans have advanced far beyond the rigid formalities of parliamentary procedure. I have the attention span of a goldfish at this point! Realistically, I cannot overthrow how […]
Posted inApril Fools
Bim Montana III tackles the Bolin Creek Greenway Phase 1A trail
Bim Montana III spent part of the pandemic hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, where he slept under the stars and had a face-to-face encounter with a grizzly bear. He then set his sights on El Camino, the famous Spanish pilgrimage route, where he stayed in historic monasteries and swapped stories with modern pilgrims around the […]
Posted inBike and Walk, Bike Beat, Carrboro, Connectivity, Greenway, Things to do with kids
Helping more grandparents bike with grandkids in Carrboro
By the end of this post, I’m hoping you’ll want to take your grandkids (or have your parents take your kids) places in Carrboro by bike. Many of you without kids, or without parents who live close by if you have kids, may think this is not about you. You’re in this picture too, because […]
Posted inHousing
Car dependent housing on the edge of town
St. Paul AME proposes a large new housing and multi-purpose development on the edge of town near Rogers Road. The Triangle Business Times gives details: This is good. Rogers Road is a historically Black community in the Northern part of Chapel Hill, and has a decades-long history of bearing the brunt of environmental injustice. The […]
Posted inClimate, Bike and Walk, Bike Beat, Chapel Hill, Greenway, Housing, Orange County, Triangle Region, Zoning
Great news! The Orange-Chatham chapter of the North Carolina Sierra Club looks likely to support the Bolin Creek Greenway and missing middle housing. Hooray!
This is great news, as it aligns with national guidance provided by the Sierra Club! The BlogBlog caught wind of a brouhaha at the latest meeting of the Orange-Chatham chapter of the North Carolina Sierra Club. We did some digging and were able to obtain leaked drafts of letters of support from the chapter’s executive […]
Posted inConnectivity, Bike and Walk, Transportation
Less time in cars equals safer roads for everyone
In my last post, I wrote about how connected roads make our communities safer. Connected roads also reduce the time we spend in cars, which provide large but overlooked traffic safety benefits. This may seem counterintuitive because much of traffic safety planning has, for decades, revolved around reducing risky behavior: teens get graduated licenses, we […]