Durham Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission
Meets 7:00 PM,
3rd Tuesday of each month, City Hall Committee Room.
The public is
always
invited!
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Durham Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission Meets 7:00 PM,
3rd Tuesday of each month, City Hall Committee Room. |
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Friday, April 25, 2008BIKE TO WORK WEEK!  Celebrate National Bike to Work Week (May 12-16) with the Durham Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission (www.bikewalkdurham. On Wednesday, May 14, there will be a "Cyclists' Social" at Tyler's Taproom Restaurant in the American Tobacco complex, 324 Blackwell St. from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. with free food and giveaways for cyclists. On Friday, May 16, there will be a "Bike to Work Day Breakfast" at Mad Hatter's Cafe and Bake Shop, 1802 W. Main St., from 7 to 9 a.m. with free food, coffee, and prizes for cyclists. Mechanics from the Durham REI store will be on hand to provide free safety checks and basic adjustments to your bicycles, as well as handing out water bottles and 15% discount coupons. More information about the Durham Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission may be found out www.bikewalkdurham.org Questions? Contact Dale McKeel, Durham Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator, at dale.mckeel@ 7:12 AM
  Wednesday, April 23, 2008"The Bridge, Part II" Public Meeting on Phase E of the American Tobacco Trail on 4/29 Mark your calendars! The second Community Meeting about the planned pedestrian and bicycle bridge crossing of I-40 for the American Tobacco Trail (ATT) will be at 7PM on Tuesday, April 29, 2008. This time the meeting will be held in the larger City Council chambers on the first floor of Durham City Hall (101 City Hall Plaza) in downtown Durham.
This meeting, which will be hosted by the City of Durham Department of Public Works (and facilitated by Steven Grover and Associates) will focus on a selection of bridge concepts and designs for this long anticipated bicycle and pedestrian bridge. This is your opportunity to get information -and more importantly - offer feedback, suggestions, thoughts, concerns, ideas, needs, goals, desires and other input to help make this bridge and connecting trail, the absolute best it can be. We hope we'll have a standing room only crowd at this meeting as it sends a clear signal to elected officials, the media and public at large that there is significant demand for this project and for it to be completed as soon as possible. Please share this information with everyone you know who is interested in the ATT and in improved pedestrian and bicycle access in the region. Should you have any questions or input regarding this meeting, please contact Byron Brady, PD CPESC, Contract Engineer, City of Durham at 919 560-4326 x 296 or byron.brady AT durham.gov . If you can't make this meeting, feel free to contact Mr. Brady at the above address. Better yet, contact the Durham City Council (this address sends your message to all of the Durham City Council) and tell them how much you want the ATT I-40 bridge AND trail built as quickly as possible. At a conservative 10% inflation rate, this bridge and trail project increases in price at about $1800 per DAY! You might also ask them to attend the meeting as well. If you have any questions regarding this message, or want to chat about the trail or bridge, or don't know who to ask or talk to about your ideas or concerns, please feel free to contact Bill Bussey Triangle Rails-to-Trails Conservancy 919 545-9104 americantobaccotrail@embarqmail.com or Dan Clever 919 286 3827 daclever@ gmail.com You can print out our latest ATT map right now at http://www.triangletrails.org/ATT.HTM . Click on both links under the thumbnail for both sides of the map. For more information on the American Tobacco Trail please see the Triangle Rails-to-Trails Conservancy at their website www.triangletrails.org . 10:21 AM
Wednesday, April 09, 2008Bring On the Racks!     Over the past two days, 28 bike racks were installed in parks and commercial areas as part of Additional bike rack locations are being analyzed and 39 additional racks will be installed in the coming weeks. All racks are on public property. Funding for the bike racks is provided by federal CMAQ - Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality funds (80 percent) and the City of This is the first of three phases of installation of bike racks and lockers. Once the first phase is completed, there will be an opportunity to submit requests for new bike rack locations. 9:35 PM
Monday, April 07, 2008Durham Hosts Community Meetings to Address Neighborhood Streetscapes Durham, N.C. - The City of Durham's Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) and the Department of Public Works are hosting neighborhood meetings to begin the planning process for new streetscape designs in four neighborhood commercial areas.
The project, funded by 2005 bond funds, will address streetscape designs for Fayetteville Street between N.C. 147 and Homeland Avenue, East Main Street between Hood and Alston Streets, the intersection of Angier Avenue and Driver Street, and the intersection of North Mangum and Corporation Streets. The City will team with consultants from EG&G, Inc. to develop a schematic design for the projects. Residents, businesses and other stakeholders in each streetscape project area are invited to attend the upcoming meetings to learn more about the projects, provide input and engage in opportunities to help determine the streetscape design. "Our goal is to create streetscape designs for these key commercial districts," said Chris Dickey, economic development administrator with the City's OEWD. "A major component will be the input of local residents, businesses, developers and other stakeholders. Through these community meetings, we will determine how each corridor can be improved as it relates to aesthetics, safety and functionality." The first meeting regarding the Fayetteville Street project will be on Monday, April 7 at the Hayti Heritage Center, 804 Old Fayetteville Street, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The second meeting will be on Tuesday, April 8 at the Refiner Fire Community Church, 1003 East Main Street, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. to discuss the East Main Street project. The third meeting will be on Thursday, April 17, at the UDI Community Resource Center, 800 North Mangum Street, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. to discuss the North Mangum and Corporation Street project. For more information on these public meetings, contact EG&G, Inc. Consultants Yasmin Fozard at (919) 682-2860, yfozard@aol.com; or Rod Garrison at (330) 379-2790, office@eggco.com. 1:09 PM
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