by Rachel Meinke | Mar 15, 2013 | Regional News, Transportation
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), in coordination with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT), has scheduled a series of 12 open houses for public comments through late March and early April as part of the Texas-Oklahoma Passenger Rail Study...
by Rachel Meinke | Mar 14, 2013 | Transportation
Oklahoma City’s METRO Transit system saw an overall increase in bus ridership in 2012, adding 133,949 new trips over the course of the year – a 5.44% increase from 2011. Additionally, downtown ridership grew by 5.86% in 2012 alone, credited to the Oklahoma City...
by Rachel Meinke | Mar 13, 2013 | Regional News, Transportation
Thirty-three year Oklahoma Department of Transportation employee J. Michael “Mike” Patterson was appointed director by members of the Oklahoma Transportation Commission on Monday, March 4. Patterson, who has served as the agency’s Deputy Director and Chief Financial...
by Rachel Meinke | Feb 22, 2013 | Air Quality, Bicycle & Pedestrian, Economic Development, Transit, Transportation
The University of Oklahoma’s Institute for Quality Communities will host the 2013 Placemaking Conference on Wednesday, April 3, from 9AM until 8:30PM in the Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall in Catlett Music Center on the University of Oklahoma campus. Free and open to the...