Walking Durham
Congratulations to Durham and to the City Council for approving the Durham Walks plan by a 7-0 vote at last night's council session.
A couple of folks signed up to speak in opposition to the plan, so a number of us stuck around till the end of the session to speak in favor of it. Alas, the opponents had gone by the time it was called on the agenda, so we didn't need to speak. Would have been interesting to hear what exactly the basis for opposing the plan might have been.
Basically, it's a blueprint for how to spend bond money over the next 20 years making Durham a safer, more attractive, more walkable community. Walking is good.
Get out of your damn car once in a while and take a walk around your town.
Oh, right, there's no sidewalks in 2/3 of the town. And when there are sidewalks, they're right up against the roadway.
Well, that's why we've got this new plan.
A couple of folks signed up to speak in opposition to the plan, so a number of us stuck around till the end of the session to speak in favor of it. Alas, the opponents had gone by the time it was called on the agenda, so we didn't need to speak. Would have been interesting to hear what exactly the basis for opposing the plan might have been.
Basically, it's a blueprint for how to spend bond money over the next 20 years making Durham a safer, more attractive, more walkable community. Walking is good.
Get out of your damn car once in a while and take a walk around your town.
Oh, right, there's no sidewalks in 2/3 of the town. And when there are sidewalks, they're right up against the roadway.
Well, that's why we've got this new plan.
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