by Rachel Meinke | Aug 7, 2014 | Air Quality, Transportation
City and county government agencies are among those eligible to apply for free trees through the Tree Bank Foundation, an Edmond-based 501(c)3, for placement in public areas such as neighborhood entrances, trails, parks, main streets and more. Applications are due to...
by Rachel Meinke | Oct 28, 2013 | Regional News, Transportation
On November 1, ACOG will issue a call for projects to begin preparing a new metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for federal fiscal years 2015-2018. Consistent with federal legislation—Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21)—ACOG...
by Rachel Meinke | May 3, 2013 | Air Quality, Transportation
Demand for highway travel continues to grow as population increases, particularly in metropolitan areas. Construction of new highway capacity to accommodate this growth has not kept pace and congestion has continued to rise. Increasing traffic congestion threatens...
by Rachel Meinke | Oct 30, 2012 | Transportation
On November 1, ACOG will issue a call for projects to member local governments within the OCARTS transportation study area. The purpose of the call will be to solicit transportation projects for which communities wish to seek federal Surface Transportation Program...
by Rachel Meinke | Oct 23, 2012 | Transportation
Transportation planning starts with understanding where people are going to and coming from. These destinations, or “trip generators” as planners like to call them, are sometimes near where people live and sometimes not. When trip generators are concentrated in areas...
