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Carrboro’s Summer of Bike-Ped Infrastructure, Part 1
Summer is construction season, and as we approach the middle of August, there are several projects nearing completion in Carrboro that will make life better for pedestrians and bicyclists, and a few...
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Carrboro’s Summer of Bike-Ped Infrastructure, Part 2
Earlier in the month I covered some improvements to the local pedestrian grid on Davie Rd and at the intersection of James St and Hillsborough Rd. However, the most high-profile change to the Carrboro...
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Quick Thoughts on Carrboro Music Festival 2013
Another Carrboro Music Festival (CMF) is in the books, and generally speaking, it was a great afternoon. The timing of the event usually provides some of the best weather central North Carolina can...
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Rare Opportunity Today: Carrboro and Chapel Hill #Sneckdown Photography!
It’s near midnight on January 28th as I write this. As everyone wakes up on the 29th, we will have a rare opportunity in the Triangle to see how the snow reveals which parts of our intersections are...
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Carrboro #Sneckdown Photos from Previous Storm
As we wait for the latest winter weather event to roll in, with possibilities of more heavy snowfall, I wanted to put up some of the #sneckdown photos I took last time. Here’s what I saw. First,...
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Carrboro Open Streets a Fantastic Success, Also Highlights Work to Be Done
Palm Sunday weekend was great. The sun was shining, the allergy meds held the pollen in check, and Carrboro’s 2nd Open Streets event was about as picture perfect as it gets. Before I go into details...
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The Dream of Places Where Young Children Walk Freely
Sidewalk in Park Slope, Brooklyn In September of 2013, our family took a 1900-mile road trip up and down the East Coast to see an old friend get married and visit family. Along the way, we decided to...
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Carrboro Town Staff Considers Replacing Fidelity St Bike Lanes with Car Parking
Carrboro is a progressive town in many ways, but there are a few community characteristics for which the town really stands out- and one of them is Carrboro’s commitment to bicycle infrastructure....
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ArtsCenter-Kidzu Building: A Compelling Idea That Needs Some Work Before...
The Short Take: The Town of Carrboro has been approached by two cherished local non-profits (Kidzu and The ArtsCenter) with a proposal to build a new “Carrboro Arts and Innovation Center” (CAIC)...
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Key Take-away From Summer Streets: It’s Time For Autumn Streets
Sunday, July 19th, from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm, Carrboro held its second “Summer Streets” (Herald Sun article) event, in which the block of Weaver St between Main St and North Greensboro St was opened to...
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The Difference Between Space for Parking and Space for People
This is a quick look at how much more space cars take up than people, visualized. While the context here is a street, think of it as a parking lot for a moment. Then, as you think about how to enhance...
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Dream Up Downtown Walk in Chapel Hill / Carrboro Tomorrow
Are you free tomorrow evening, March 31st? If so, and you want to walk and talk city life, I will be joining Molly DeMarco to lead a walking tour and discussion of Public Spaces in Downtown Chapel...
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Restoring Sidewalk Space for People By Gardening: Local Business Edition
Today I was out walking with DC along West Weaver Street, and I started noticing all the curb cuts for various driveways. Really, a curb cut is a big red flag for people walking that implicitly says...
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Carrboro Advisory Boards Should Push For Gathering Space at Lloyd Farm
Tonight, at 7:30 pm in Town Hall, the various Carrboro Town Advisory Boards will meet to review the Lloyd Farm rezoning proposal before it goes to the Carrboro Board of Aldermen later in June. This...
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Lloyd Farm: What Happens When You Let a Grocery Store Chain Do Urban Design
After several years of hearing suggestions for improvements from adjacent neighborhoods, elected officials, advisory boards and citizens from all over Carrboro, the folks at Argus Development have...
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Roundabout Being Considered for Estes Dr and Greensboro St Intersection
Did you know that NCDOT is considering removing the traffic signal at the intersection of Estes Drive and North Greensboro St in Carrboro? There will be a drop-in meeting Monday, November 14th at from...
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Carrboro Needs a Comprehensive Plan, and The Aldermen Should Put Money in the...
Carrboro needs a new Comprehensive Plan, and an entirely new Unified Development Ordinance. The Carrboro Board of Aldermen should take the first step towards these goals by putting money in the town’s...
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Lloyd Farm Is Only “Doing The Wrong Thing Better” And Should Be Voted Down
One of Canada’s leading urban planners, Brent Toderian, shares this slide with communities he consults in to spur discussion: As the Carrboro Board of Aldermen contemplate the Lloyd Farm proposal...
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