by Rachel Meinke | Oct 3, 2012 | Bicycle & Pedestrian, Transportation
Have you ever driven your car to a city limits sign only to find that the road dead ends? Of course not. However, you may have experienced just such a situation when walking on a sidewalk or bicycling along a trail in Central Oklahoma. Just like transportation...
by Rachel Meinke | Oct 3, 2012 | Bicycle & Pedestrian, Transportation
On October 3rd, schools across Oklahoma – and the world – will participate in International Walk to School Day, an annual effort to promote physical activity, teach children how to identity safe routes to school, raise awareness of walkability within...
by Rachel Meinke | Oct 3, 2012 | Bicycle & Pedestrian, Transportation
Since January, the City of Edmond has been developing a Bicycle Master Plan, which will serve as a guide for the creation of a city-wide, connected bicycle network that promotes bicycling as a safe, reliable means of transportation. The City has been collecting input...
by Rachel Meinke | Oct 3, 2012 | Transportation
On August 28th, voters in the City of Norman overwhelmingly approved a $42 million transportation bond in a special election; with approval of almost 62% (5,762 to 3,627), the bond includes the following projects: Congestion mitigation efforts on Lindsey Street, 36th...
by Rachel Meinke | Oct 3, 2012 | 9-1-1 & Public Safety, Transportation
Incident-related congestion contributes to 60% of all roadway congestion in the Central Oklahoma area. In an effort to promote safer roadways, we have joined with first responders and state transportation agencies to form a committee to address incident management in...
by Rachel Meinke | Oct 3, 2012 | Transit, Transportation
In 2009, ACOG began a visioning process to determine the desire for expanded and enhanced regional public transportation. This “Regional Transit Dialogue” (RTD) brought together locally elected officials, policy stakeholders, private sector leaders and the general...