By Mollie Flowe Neighbors in Trinity Park know that Duke and Gregson Streets are scary, with cars rocketing along the one way streets at breakneck speeds. A recent presentation at the regional Metropolitan Planning Organization showed that our concern is…
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Calm Down! TPNA working to slow traffic on Duke and Gregson
By Mollie Flowe Traffic flow is slower on two-way streets than on one-way streets, and crashes are less frequent and less severe when they do happen. Traffic calming on Duke and Gregson Streets has been a part of the City’s…
Tráfico en las Calles Duke y Gregson
Por Mollie Flowe El Comité de Tránsito del vecindario, dirigido por Mollie Flowe y John Hodges-Copple, tiene la intención de pedirle a la Ciudad que se haga cargo de algunas de las calles peligrosamente rápidas y de dirección única, especialmente…
Posted in Neighborhood concerns, Traffic
Traffic on Duke and Gregson
By Mollie Flowe The TPNA Traffic Committee, chaired by Mollie Flowe and advised by retired planner John Hodges-Copple, is working on a plan to ask the city to take over some of Durham’s dangerously fast one-way streets. Of particular interest…
Posted in Neighborhood concerns, Traffic
Traffic Update
By Mollie Flowe Thanks to all who answered the call to join the TPNA Traffic Committee. We had our first meeting on November 30, 2022, via Google Meet, to get to know each other a little and share our concerns and ideas.…
Bike Durham: Working for Safe, Affordable, and Sustainable Transportation
By John Tallmadge, Executive Director, Bike Durham The TPNA invites speakers to our monthly board meetings to educate us on topics of interest to the neighborhood. Bike Durham Executive Director, John Tallmadge, joined us at the November 4 TPNA Board…
Traffic Update
By Mollie Flowe Now that the I-885 connector is open, neighbors who live along or near Duke and Gregson have anecdotally reported lighter traffic, though it’s possibly fewer vehicles going at higher speeds. We are in conversation about a meeting…
East End Connector – The End in Sight
By Mollie Flowe According to NCDOT, the East End Connector, a stretch of highway that will connect NC 147 with US 70, is expected to open this summer. In fact, WRAL reports that the connector will open to the first…
Posted in Health and safety, Traffic
Bikes, Pedestrians, and Traffic Barriers on Watts St.
The City of Durham implemented the Shared Streets pilot project last fall, to increase the options for safe travel and exercise in urban areas during the COVID-19 pandemic. Seven streets throughout the city, including Watts St., were selected for the…
