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.
I plan to attend [...]
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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 [...]
Ya know what would be cool? Bike lanes.
Posted in development, urban renewal on August 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Bike lanes. Kill two birds with one stone. Between obesity on one hand and global warming on the other, why not encourage the people of Independence to ride bicycles more often by establishing formal bike lanes on the Independence Square.
Boulder, CO has a lot of bike lanes that appear to be well used, even during [...]
Wide Open for Change
Posted in development, hca, schools, urban renewal on August 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
For decades, the subdivision I grew up in, with its Leavittown uniformity and its blue-collar sensibility, was surrounded on three sides by trees and farmland. The small industrial park to the east of us was well-hidden by our neighbors in between, and frankly, it just wasn’t as interesting as the woods around us.
Growing up on [...]
