The agenda for this month’s Trails and Greenways Commission meeting is here. Notes and results follow: The Commission unanimously approved the minutes for the December 08 meeting. Mr. Chris Lukasina (administrator for the Jacksonville Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization) provided a presentation on JUMPO’s efforts in transportation planning. He touched on the status of the [...]
Work Week 24 (2 Feb – 6 Feb) – It was an uneventful and short week. I rode 3 days for a total of 46 miles. 2-Feb-09 Home to Bldg 40 Commute 6.5 2-Feb-09 Bldg 40 to Home Commute 6.7 4-Feb-09 Home to Bldg 40 Commute 6.5 4-Feb-09 Bldg 40 to Home Commute 6.7 6-Feb-09 [...]
Apologies for the late delivery on this. I have no excuse other than I’m lazy. The meeting was short and held after the holiday social and pot-luck dinner. The Commission discussed the following: The new Trails and Greenways brochure – City staff has provided a draft to the City Manager for review and approval. Trail [...]
Mr. Quinn’s response is below, in its entirety, since it’s not available on the Jacksonville Daily News’ website. Community’s needs greater than bridge To the editor: In his Jan. 8 letter to the editor headlined, “More use of bridge than some claim,” Thomas Brock acknowledges that Robert Hitch and I “may not” have seen [...]
I made a statement to the Jacksonville City Council during their January 6th, 2009 meeting. Video is directly below and text below that. I’d like to thank the City Council and the City staff for their efforts to improve the community in which we all live. The Rails-to-Trails project and its pedestrian bridges, the [...]
The below is the text of a letter to the editor of the Jacksonville Daily News regarding this article. Dear Editor, The January 6th, 2009 edition of the Jacksonville Daily News featured an article titled “Rails-to-Trails bridge earns state engineering award”. This article unfairly portrays the Rails-to-Trails project, and the associated pedestrian bridge, as unused [...]
Yes, it’s a Thursday week in review. I only worked three days this week. Don’t be jealous. It’s been cold ‘round these parts. I’ve upgraded the cold-weather gear to my short-sleeved athletic shirt under a sweatshirt and a fleece pull-over. I wear long-fingered gloves over the cycling gloves and have neoprene ear-muffs. So far, it’s [...]
Dude. Riding the bike to work is teh hawesome. The path is mostly clean, smooth, and quiet. No rushing traffic, no stupid drivers, no loud music. It was great! The newly finished pedestrian and fishing bridge over Northeast Creek is definitely a highlight of the ride. It’s built on the remains of an old railroad trestle. [...]
The following is the text of a letter sent to Colonel Richard Flatau, Jr., the current Commanding Officer of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. As I promised, you should feel free to use the text of my letter as a starting point for your own. Dear Colonel Flatau, I attended the April 21, 2008 meeting [...]
The City of Jacksonville’s Trails and Greenways Commission (a citizen advisory board met last night at the Jacksonville Commons Senior Center. According to the City of Jacksonville’s application for and descriptions of the Citizen Advisory boards (warning: It’s an Adobe PDF), the Trails and Greenways Commission …advises the City Council on all aspects of bicycle and pedestrian trails [...]
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