by Rachel Meinke | Feb 13, 2014 | Economic Development, Regional News, Transportation
Last summer, after destructive May and June storms rolled across Central Oklahoma, the Community Safety Foundation – a foundation funded by CSAA Insurance Group, an AAA insurer – awarded a grant to Architecture for Humanity to help implement a regional disaster...
by Rachel Meinke | Feb 11, 2014 | Economic Development, Regional News, Transit, Transportation
The City of Oklahoma City is hosting an Open House on Wednesday, February 19, from 1 to 3 p.m., to celebrate the recent acquisition of Santa Fe Station. The free event is a come and go format, and open to the public. The station is located at 100 South E.K. Gaylord...
by Rachel Meinke | Feb 4, 2014 | Transportation
In 2003, two important pieces of legislation regarding roadway safety were passed by the Oklahoma Legislature to protect motorists and first responders. The Quick Clearance and Move Over bills require motorists to use common sense judgment when driving along...
by Rachel Meinke | Jan 31, 2014 | Transportation
Functional classification is the process by which streets and highways are grouped into classes based on the type of service they are intended to provide. The classes are used by federal, state, and local governments to determine jurisdictional responsibility,...
by Rachel Meinke | Jan 10, 2014 | Regional News, Transit, Transportation
At noon on January 21st the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments (ACOG) conducted a webinar on the Central Oklahoma Commuter Corridors Study (also known as the as CentralOK!go). If you were unable to attend the webinar, the entire presentation deck is available...
by Rachel Meinke | Dec 16, 2013 | Transit, Transportation
Over the past few months, this series has explored the quantitative reasons why public transportation benefits communities. We looked at the reduction in traffic volumes and daily miles driven, the economic development impacts from enhanced transit service, and the...