Planning & Transportation
After reading yet another article about the parking "problem" in downtown Carrboro/Chapel Hill, I thought it'd be worth revisiting solutions to this problem. (Or maybe non-problem, I've never had trouble parking in either town, so I don't really know what people are talking about, unless their definition of parking is parking within a 1/10th mile of the business/restaurant they wish to visit).
Join Chapel Hill - Carrboro City School Board Member Mia Burroughs and Chapel Hill Town Council Member Lee Storrow for open office hours to discuss your concerns in Orange County. We'll provide refreshments, just bring yourself. Whether you have a specific concern, or just want to hear more about what local government and the school system are doing, we want to hear from you! |
Date:
Monday, January 13, 2014 - 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Location:
Joe Van Gogh Coffee 1129 AD Weaver Dairy Road Chapel Hill, NC 27514
http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/11/12/3365566/wake-county-just-isnt-crowded.html
The panelists said Wake County was not likely to attract the federal funding it would need for a light rail line, and it doesn’t have a dense downtown employment center that would support rush-hour commuter trains.
“It’s a mass mode,” Polzin said. “And you need mass to make it work cost-effectively."
But Chapel Hill is going to bet $30 million (with Durham) that we could use for other transit on getting federal and state funding? Now that's something worth ranting about!
Up on Monday's Town Council agenda is the next iteration of the advisory board reorganization process. I have generally supported reworking the advisory board structure to ensure that the work of citizen board members is meaningful and provides Council with the type of input they need in order to make decisions. Making advisory boards' role in development review clearer for developers, and citizens, isn't a bad idea either. But the proposal the Town Council is considering Monday night isn't ready for adoption yet. While I think the committee descriptions are reasonably sound in a broad sense, it isn't clear to me that the proposals have been fully vetted by the existing town boards to be sure that all current board responsibilities have been captured and assigned.
Triangle Transit will be holding public workshops to provide information on proposed increases to regional bus fares and to get input from transit riders. Proposed fare changes are shown on this flyer.
Information for the meeting being held in Chapel Hill is included in this event. Dates and times for workshops being held in Durham County and Wake County can be found here.
If you are unable to attend but would still like to leave feedback on the proposed increases, you can do so online here.
Date:
Monday, November 18, 2013 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm
Location:
Chapel Hill Public Library, 100 Library Drive, Chapel Hill
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