CITY Resolutions approved Oklahoma City Council approved several resolutions during last week’s meeting. The council unanimously approved an ordinance to be introduced and set for two additional hearings. Jason Ferbrache, director of Central Oklahoma Transportation & Parking Authority (COTPA), presented the ordinance that essentially proposed an increase in fines for cars that obstruct the Streetcar’s […]
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Scissortail Park Grand Opening Sept. 27-29 Scissortail Park 300 SW Seventh St.
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Park place
MAPS 3-funded Scissortail Park is nearing completion, with the upper park set to open with a four-day celebration in late September if construction goes smoothly. The lower park will not open until late next year or 2022. Maureen Heffernan, Scissortail Park Foundation director, gave an update on the park at the end of January. Scissortail […]
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Transit improvements
About seven years ago, Oklahoma City Councilman David Greenwell was appointed to the Central Oklahoma Transportation & Parking Authority (COTPA) board, which provides oversight to the city’s parking and transportation system. Greenwell became the first council member to serve on the board in a number of decades, if not the very first. The councilman provided […]
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With Santa Fe Station renovations complete, the focus is on connecting more modes of transit to the hub
With Santa Fe Depot renovations complete, the focus is on connecting more modes of transit to the hub.
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OKC voters could go to the polls in September to vote on a bond referendum and a possible MAPS tax
The bond referendum and MAPS projects would fund further infrastructure and capital improvement projects in OKC.
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A streetcar named try again: The MAPS 3 streetcar project moves ahead
“The subcommittee is dedicated to making this the best streetcar system the city has ever seen,” Bezdek contended, “since the first one was built over 60 years ago.”
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Cory Baitz talks downtown architecture with Oklahoma Gazette
Architect Cory Baitz talks about development and downtown infrastructure with Oklahoma Gazette.
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SXSW: How will self-driving cars impact future of transit?
Transportation researchers believe the self-driving car will be a ‘game changer’ but how will it impact current transit efforts?
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Tour of KC’s streetcar offers glimpse of OKC’s future
A tour of Kansas City’s future streetcar line offers some lessons for OKC as it prepares for its own system.