Planning & Transportation
The Institute for Emerging Issues, in conjunction with WUNC TV and Blueprint America, is holding a public education forum, Transit in the Triangle: the Benefits for You and the Region, on January 28, 2010, from 5-8 pm at the McKimmon Center in Raleigh.
This forum will be an excellent opportunity to learn about the importance of transit for the Triangle region, how your life could be improved with transit, what does transit look like today, and how other metro regions have benefited from transit and transit-oriented development.
The Capital Area Friends of Transit, the Durham-Orange Friends of Transit and WakeUP Wake County are partners in the forum.
This event is free and open to the public.
McKimmon Center, NC State University
January 28, 2010
5:00 - 8:00 pm
5:00 - 5:30 Networking
5:30 - 5:35 Welcome
Anita Brown-Graham, Director, Institute for Emerging Issues
5:35 - 5:45 Introduction to Blueprint America
Shannon Vickery, Director of Production, WUNC-TV
5:45 - 6:15 Transit and Our Quality of Life
Nina Szlosberg, President, Circle Squared Media
6:15 - 6:45 Transit Options for the Triangle
David King, CEO and General Manager, Triangle Transit
6:45 - 7:15 The Dallas Example: Opportunities for the Triangle
Date:
Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 12:00pm
Location:
McKimmon Center, NC State University
I just left a public information session put on by the Town of Chapel Hill about the Chapel Hill/Carrboro/UNC Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP), as discussed on the Town's website. Chapel Hill's plan includes the assumption that the LRTP of the Durham-Chael Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO) will be adopted and that light rail will be a reality along the NC 54 corridor and on some of US 15/501. Other than that admittedly optimistic assumption, the plan is extremely feasable. Don't get me wrong, I desperately hope that light rail will implemented, but it is far from assured.
The Town of Chapel Hill will hold a series of public information sessions to provide information and gather input on the final draft of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro 2035 Long Range Transit Plan. Sessions will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8, and from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010 in the Council Chamber of Chapel Hill Town Hall, 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
The sessions will start with a short presentation from Town staff, and then the public will be invited to share their opinions. An electronic version of the plan is available at www.townofchapelhill.org/index.aspx?page=1284.
Interested persons unable to attend the information sessions may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Email to chtransit@townofchapelhill.org
Call (919) 969-4900
Fax to (919) 968-2840
Mail to Chapel Hill Transit - Attention Long Range Transit Plan, 6900 Millhouse Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
All comments received by 5 p.m. Jan. 12, 2010, will become part of the official public forum record and will be considered by the Town.
http://www.ci.chapel-hill.nc.us/index.aspx?page=22&recordid=1218&returnURL=%2findex.aspx
Date:
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Location:
Council Chamber of Chapel Hill Town Hall, 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Please Join Us for a Community Workshop to share ideas for a bike/walk way between Carolina North and Main Campus
When: December 1, 5:30-7:30 PM
Where: Suite 133G University Square
This workshop will be an opportunity to share ideas, suggestions and information to explore the location for a greenway and bike path connection between the Carolina North campus and the Main UNC Campus.
We are seeking a pathway that is not located within the Martin Luther
King Jr. Blvd. roadway and that avoids steep grades where feasible. It
may include existing or planned greenways for a portion of the route.
There will be a brief introduction by Town and University staff about
existing conditions between the two campuses. Staff will also share
some examples of the kind of opportunities we’re seeking for new routes
through the neighborhoods or using portions of the existing and planned
greenway system.
The majority of the workshop will be spent in an open session, focused
on gathering input from the participants, including students,
residents, technical experts, advisory boards and community groups
about approaches to connectivity.
We’re looking for your ideas, suggestions, opinions and information, so please come prepared to tell us what you think!
If you have a question for the Town, call The Town of Chapel Hill Planning Department at:
(919) 968-2728. If you have a question for the University, contact Jill Coleman at Nancy.Coleman@facilities.unc.edu
You may also send comments to Carolinanorth@townofchapelhill.org or check the website for more information: http://www.townofchapelhill.org/index.aspx?page=900
Date:
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 - 12:30pm
Location:
Suite 133G, University Square
Hey all,
The ReCYCLEry is running out of time to find a new home. We have been in discussions with the town of Chapel Hill and Carrboro, partner organizations, local businesses and private citizens, but don't have anything solid yet. We are scheduled to move out of our temporary location at the end of the year and we have some options, but currently the options neither fulfill the need to be easily accessible in the community, nor have any potential permanence.
We've got a newly expanded and active board and are finally on a tight path to official non-profit status, but without a good home then neither of those have a great effect.
Thanks for all the support you have given in the past, and thanks in advance for any suggestions or even seemingly far-fetched ideas you may contribute. Please spread the word. If you can help us, please contact us via ReCYCLEry_NC@yahoo.com or 919-533-9196. We are posting updates at the following locations:
website: http://www.recyclery.info
twitter: http://twitter.com/Recyclery_nc (Recyclery_nc)
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