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Month: February, 2009

Coffee with Council

Durham City Council periodically hosts these open-house style events. Each would be a great opportunity to share your thoughts on pot holes, bike lanes, tree pruning, digital billboards, and other potential obstacles to Council’s re-election, er, opportunities to enhance our quality of life in Durham. Monday, March 9, 2009, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. [...]

Tree City USA

Maybe we should rethink our commitment to urban forestry. I’m not exactly feeling the full benefits. More here and here. Edit: By request, here’s the poster image in pdf to download, print, and/or share with your favorite City Council members.

New passenger rail welcome in North Carolina

With Durham’s new Amtrak station set to be on line this summer* and its new bus station opening next week, timing couldn’t be better for local governments to engage in a little self-reflection focused on our urban transit systems. PBS takes a look at the politics and success of Charlotte’s new light rail line (see [...]

confirming what I already know

Following The Archer Pelican‘s suggestion, I took one of those “which philosopher are you/which philosophy best describes your own” quizzes. Does that fact that such a quiz returns unsurprising results add further support to my own self-assessment? Does it mean that the quiz was designed well? I guess the question really is, does this quiz [...]

Bike/ped opportunities in the economic stimulus bill

Make sure Transportation Enhancement funding is in the final bill. This week there will be a conference committee where several members of the House and several members of the Senate will work together to reconcile the two bills. Conferees need to hear that Transportation Enhancements are important to stimulating the economy, creating green jobs, and [...]

Critical Mass, tomorrow

Just a reminder; Durham Critical Mass is tomorrow.

pedal junkie

Noticed months ago that my right pedal was loose; I probably should have taken care of it before today.