The rail line, extending east of Santa Fe Station, which is slated to be the city’s future intermodal transportation hub, to the east bank of the Oklahoma River, is under a 30-year lease-to-own agreement between the rail company and the state’s transportation department. The state originally acquired the line from the now-defunct Rock Island and […]
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Oklahoma City’s choices
Which means I’ve been able to see a lot more of the city since I moved back in January, in less time, than I would have been able to in the other two cities I’ve lived in, Boston and Atlanta. So much has changed. Downtown came back from the dead, an NBA franchise moved in, […]
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Take a near-cation
A full quarter of travelers plan to take a “near-cation” — that is, to stay close to home. The Cambria Suites survey found that 93 percent of those travelers cited money-related reasons for doing so. Not surprisingly, prices at the pump remain a key element in determining vacation plans, with 56 percent citing rising fuel […]
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Transit should be a priority
The report’s findings combined the performance in Oklahoma City with service provided in Guthrie, Edmond and Norman. The report indicated a disconnect between accessibility and usability: More than twice as many people can access transit than jobs that can be reached using transit, and the typical transit user can reach only a small percentage of […]
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Felonious frisking
We here at CFN are still outraged over the grabby treatment of our intern Bucky at the oh-so-eager hands of the Transportation Security Administration during security screening at an out-of-state airport this Christmas. And while, in the end, no one at the office had to actually post any bail money, the trauma of the incident […]
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Bumper cars
One of the major projects of the approved MAPS 3 program came under fire by an Oklahoma City council member who said it was at odds with other city initiatives and something city leaders would end up regretting. Around $130 million from the MAPS 3 fund is dedicated to the modern streetcar project, which will […]
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A years-old winning design for a bus stop will jump from sketch to street
“Hey, what is it that you like about this stop?” “What do you think could be done here to improve being on public transit?” And so it went, from the mouth of David Brewer, an architect at Glover Smith Bode Inc. His reason for giving the third degree? Research. Brewer served as captain of a […]