In Chapel Hill, if you see a pothole or a traffic light issue, you can use SeeClickFix to request that the town fix it. It’s a great solution for hazards and issues that don’t rise to the level of 911 or a Town Council request – and it’s usually pretty efficient and fast. You don’t […]
Cristóbal Palmer
Cristóbal Palmer is a Carrboro resident, new parent, graduate of the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and loyal attendant to the two cats who believe they own the house.
Posted inBike Beat
From anger to action after the loss of another cyclist
At around 7am on Thursday the 30th of March, 2023, John Allore was struck and killed by a motorist driving a passenger car. He was riding his bike on Bradshaw Quarry Road in Orange County, NC at the time. I did not know John personally, but I was moved by the outpouring of responses from […]
Posted inBike and Walk
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 inCarrboro
Dreams for West Poplar Avenue in Carrboro
I dream of a four-story mixed-use building at the corner with a bodega that has good breakfast burritos and coffee, and of a taller residential building behind it with at least twelve units, including much-needed affordable condominiums or rentals.