Transit, Transportation and Parking
Continue to work with the town’s Transportation Advisory Board members and my Council colleagues to support:
Serve as a Carrboro Council Liaison to the Chapel Hill Transit Partners
Continue to work with the town’s Transportation Advisory Board members and my Council colleagues to support:
Advocate micro-transit, multi-modal transit expansion including and not limited to: pressing for the funding for bus rapid transit (BRT) routes, expanded UNC/CH/Carrboro bike share, van/car ride share, incorporating the use of Apps enabling multi-passenger and individual transit services, and EV zip car programs, and Carrboro Branch Library bike rental programing.
Worked on the UNC/CH and Carrboro Blue Bike Program in 2006. Continue to urge and advocate the re-establishment of a bike share program in partnership with Chapel Hill and UNC.
Promote the expansion of bicycle racks, covered bike parking, bike fix-it stations throughout Carrboro. Present at the fix-it station ribbon cutting and inaugural bike ride to highlight each new station.
Worked proactively with Main Street Partners, the developers of the new site at 300 E. Main Street, to build a partnership for structured parking within downtown Carrboro. As a result, spaces have now been set aside for municipal parking.
Advocate for Carrboro bike boulevards. Specifically worked with community members exploring a north-south bike boulevard connector.
Prompted the Shelton Station mixed-use project to support plans that both decrease car dependency while boosting the inclusion of multi-modal transportation, with increased covered bicycle parking, car sharing and the unbundling of parking. I initially raised this point at the 3/21/13 Board of Alderman meeting on stimulating further Board discussion, resulting in the inclusion of alternative transit and parking features added to this project.
Advocate for Carrboro’s light-rail connectivity with the larger master plan, which includes Chapel Hill, Hillsborough and the Research Triangle.
Continue support for the development of a downtown-parking master plan.
As a former Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School Educator, I am an unwavering proponent of neighborhood schools’ walkability and the Safe Routes to Schools program.