Sunday, October 3, 2010

"Green, incidentally" - Independent Weekly

"About Casbah Durham"

Saturday night bus....

It sure would be nice to have a bus running into downtown Chapel Hill from Southern Village, and other places, on Saturday nights and likely at other non-served times as well.

Imagine the parking challenge that this solves, the chance to chat with neighbors on the bus that this provides, and all of the environmental and safety considerations.

Those of us who enjoy wine with a meal, if that's what we do downtown, can do so without running the risk of an accident on the way home.

Everyone wins, it seems to me.

So why are we not doing this?

"Maya Acuzena" - WUNC

We went to see her last night in a space that is wonderful for such things on the second floor of the building that houses Top of the Hill at Franklin and Columbia Strees. She is a consummate performer, extremely well-spoken and thoughtful, and seemingly a quite exceptional person.

Friday, October 1, 2010

"Rob HOGAN" - CaringBridge

This is the evolving story of a good friend and his amazing response to big medical challenges. His family has been working farms in Chapelboroham for over 250 years!

"Council hears pros, cons of Northside sidewalk" - The Carrboro Citizen

I have changed my view a bit on sidewalks.

Think about the word - sidewalk. It means something on the side, a walk on the side (of the road).

I think we pedestrians all deserve better than that, and we should begin to think more about how we can provide pedestrians with the pedestrian equivalent of both interstates and right down to country roads. Imagine if we were planning Chapelboroham as a fully non private vehicle community. What would those pedestrian routes look like?