by Rachel Meinke | Apr 1, 2013 | Air Quality, Regional News, Transit, Transportation
Launched last October, the second phase of the Regional Transit Dialogue (RTD) engages locally elected officials, private sector leaders and other stakeholders and members of the public to consider how and if regional transit will factor into Central Oklahoma’s...
by Rachel Meinke | Mar 27, 2013 | Bicycle & Pedestrian, Transportation
The City of Oklahoma City’s Office of Sustainability and the University of Oklahoma’s Institute for Quality Communities are co-hosting a free, open to the public walkability workshop on Thursday, April 4th, led by walkability expert Dan Burden, executive director of...
by Rachel Meinke | Mar 19, 2013 | Air Quality, Bicycle & Pedestrian, Transportation
Oklahoma City’s second annual Better Block project, presented by the Urban Land Institute Oklahoma District Council, will be held the weekend of May 4th at the Farmers Market District on SW 2nd and Klein Avenue. Described as “tactical urbanism”, Better Block OKC...
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...
