In recent weeks, we’ve started to see a lot of misleading facts and misinformation start to spread about the missing Bolin Creek Greenway in Carrboro. Extending the greenway in Carrboro along the existing 30-foot-wide cleared sewage easement would help connect our schools, parks, and unpaved walking trails in Carrboro. We’re going to start debunking these […]
Transportation
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A game-changing grant for Chapel Hill
A big win for transit: The FTA’s Pilot Program for Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Planning got a great write-up today in Governing. Chapel Hill received funding to plan for TOD at 16 stations of the proposed 8.2-mile North-South BRT project. This is a game-changing grant that opens the doors to other federal grants. Okay, what is […]
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Greenways I Know: Jordan River Parkway
I recently flew to Salt Lake City for a work conference. I’ve been to this particular conference a few times, which is always in Salt Lake City, and so I’ve gotten to know my way around a bit. Salt Lake City would not necessarily be my first choice for personal travel, but they do some […]
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Biking to East Chapel Hill High School for the first time
Triangle Blog Blog contributor Geoff Green sent this note Friday to the mayor and town council members in Chapel Hill and we wanted to share it with you. I want to thank you for approving the Complete Community Framework and the Everywhere to Everywhere Greenway Plan, and for your decision to move forward on implementation […]
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Bolin Creek Greenway: Protected, safe biking and walking routes to school
I’m a parent in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro School District, and since the school year started, we’ve received a text, phone call and email almost every day telling us that our kindergartener’s bus is going to be late. The school district has said there are a number of options on the table to help with the […]
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To get people out of cars, we need to maintain, not just build, sidewalks, bike lanes, and trails.
In June 2019, while out running, I tripped while crossing an intersection. This didn’t happen only because I’m clumsy; the road I was crossing had been built around 2010 and never completed, so it was missing a final layer of asphalt. There’s a sharp cliff between the gutter pan and the street. It’s a tripping […]