This series considers policy questions that will be addressed by the Chapel Hill and Carrboro Town Councils in the next two years. As we always do at Triangle Blog Blog, we will offer our opinions, but we’ll also point you to primary source documents so you can make your own judgment. See our series overview […]
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Posted inCarrboro, Greenway
End The Gridlock: Complete Carrboro’s Bolin Creek Greenway
Debates about urban development projects are dominated by the interests of the rich and powerful across the country, and our communities have suffered. There’s a new luxury apartment complex down the block, but no one you know can afford its rent. Black and brown residents get priced out while the town watches helplessly. Ever-increasing traffic […]
Posted inTransportation, Bike and Walk, Bike Beat, Carrboro, Connectivity
Why connected roads make communities safer and better
The way we have been designing our streets and neighborhoods have actually made our streets more dangerous. Let’s go back a bit: Starting in the 1930s, suburban design in the United States has been heavily influenced by the Radburn Idea, which originates from a planned suburban community with the same name in North Jersey. Radburn […]
Posted inChapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools
4 highlights from the August 15, 2024 CHCCS School Board meeting
Apologies for the delay in getting this school board recap out. The August 15th meeting was shorter than the board’s recent meetings – open session clocked in around 3 hours and 15 minutes, but that’s still pretty long for a recap. (For comparison, the movie Titanic also clocks in at 3 hours and 15 minutes.) […]
Posted inChapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools
12 highlights from the June 6, 2024 CHCCS School Board meeting
Last Thursday’s school board meeting clocked in at 4 hours and 57 minutes, which is enough time to get through almost all the original Star Wars movies in the original trilogy. And in a way, this meeting also felt like both a sequel and a prequel: we picked up some issues from the May meeting, […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Orange County, Orange County Board of County Commissioners
Orange County Board of County Commissioners approve WASMPBA, setting a new path for land use in the county
There are two ways to think about land in Orange County. In one version, we think about how land has been used historically. Our county was and remains largely rural, and much of that land is owned by private property owners, some of whom have been here for generations. If we focus on historic uses […]