The City of Independence announced public input meetings on the city’s public transit system. The meetings will be Thursday, September 4 from 3 PM to 5 PM, and Saturday, September 6, from 10 AM to noon. The meetings will be held in Conference Room D on the lower level of City Hall.
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Independence to discuss public transit
Posted in bicycle friendly, cost of fuel, municipal services, neighborhood, transportation policy, urban renewal, vision, tagged bicycle friendly, bicycling, public transit, traditional neighborhood design, urban renewal, walkability, walking on September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Support alternative transportation
Posted in all politics is local, bicycle friendly, cost of fuel, economy, energy policy, neighborhood, transportation policy, urban renewal, vision, tagged bicycling, transportation, transportation policy, walking, walkscore on August 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
WalkScore.com is teaming up with Transportation for America to gather an online petition to support alternative transportation in the 2009 Transportation bill in Congress.
Transportation for America has a strong vision for national transportation policy: build world-class rail-based mass transit, repair and maintain the highways and bridges we have, and improve our health by [...]
Goals for a greener Independence
Posted in bicycle friendly, energy policy, municipal services, renewable energy, vision, tagged alternative energy, geothermal, photovoltaic, renewable energy, two-way metering, wind turbine on July 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Two of the greatest issues of our time will collide in the near future: the global climate crisis and the end of widely-available fossil fuels. We must have a sensible strategy to avert the coming climate crisis while ensuring our ability to grow and prosper economically.
Renewable energy at the municipal level is a grass-roots approach to [...]
