by Rachel Meinke | May 12, 2010 | Transportation
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPBl04ub1oA]The City of Oklahoma City launched its latest comprehensive plan process in May. The goal of the plan is to ensure a healthy environment, community, and economy for its residents, with the understanding that the...
by Rachel Meinke | May 5, 2010 | Transportation
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwrd_07GUCA]In 1964, architect I.M. Pei was commissioned by the Urban Action Foundation to launch an urban renewal plan for Oklahoma City. Pei’s ambitious plan included a vision of a “city of tomorrow,” which would look ahead...
by Rachel Meinke | Apr 29, 2010 | Transportation
Robert Kincaid wasn’t there to take photographs, but a host of luminaries, led by Canadian County Commissioner Phil Carson, were present at a ribbon-cutting for a new bridge on Sara Rd NE south of Azalea NE/248th/Waterloo Road. Funded with federal stimulus dollars,...
by Rachel Meinke | Apr 25, 2010 | Transportation
I think there’s a Chinese proverb that says, “he who pranks, gets pranked sevenfold.” This is what happens when you leave the office for four days. And my colleagues wonder why I never go anywhere. I had gone to Arlington, TX for a week for an...
by Rachel Meinke | Apr 19, 2010 | Transit, Transportation
Everybody likes pie. What’s your favorite kind? My favorite kind of pie is a pie chart! At a recent Regional Transit Dialogue meeting, subcommittee members reviewed pie charts to better understand how other cities fund their transit systems. We learned that sales...
by Rachel Meinke | Apr 16, 2010 | Transportation
Here is your host, moderating a game of Red Dirt Monopoly, with the Sierra Club (Cimmaron Chapter) of Oklahoma City. Red Dirt Monopoly is a transportation planning game designed to educate Central Oklahomans about the transportation planning process, planning with a...