Walkable OKC

12/03/2018

"Replace highways with walkable boulevards.
Recent experience in Oklahoma City suggests an important detail: when turning a State highway into a City boulevard, it is essential to transfer ownership to the City before, not after, design and construction. When you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail, and when state highway engineers design local streets, they end up looking like a highway."
-Jeff Speck, Walkable City Rules

07/09/2018

If we can plan the infrastructure of the future, then we have no reason not to build the infrastructure we need today.

- Edmond plans for future, as well as intelligent traffic

07/08/2018

A walkable OKC is not only about infrastructure. People in southwest OKC don't feel safe walking in their neighborhood because of dangerous animals. This seems to be becoming a trend around the city, so how do other cities avoid this? What changes need to be made to make sure we remove this barrier to a walkable city?

OKLAHOMA CITY - Some southwest Oklahoma City residents are on edge as they say a pack of dogs is terrorizing their neighborhood. Witnesses say pets have been killed and they're worried the next victim will be a person. "Don't even want to come outside anymore," said Lillie Binford, whose cat was kil...

07/07/2018

Great Q&A with Steve Lackmeyer regarding the MAPS 3 streetcar and some of the implications for pedestrians as the construction nears completion.

- OKC Cental Commentary: Readers had plenty of questions for The Oklahoman's Steve Lackmeyer during Friday's edition of the OKC Central Chat. Here's a transcript of the chat, edited for clarity and space.

07/06/2018

Progress toward a better connected OKC!

OKLAHOMA CITY - When it's all finished, Bricktown between Reno and Sheridan will look different. “We plan to put stairs down to Bricktown and have a bridge that goes over to the second level of Bricktown and just really dress it up,” said architect for the City of OKC Kaye Burlison. The City of ...

09/17/2015

In Orwellian fashion, Americans have been stripped of the right to walk, challenging their humanity, freedom and health

09/17/2015

Please come out and volunteer! This will be a great event in a fascinating area of our city. The organizers need more vols! Thanks :)

Volunteers needed for Open Streets OKC! Thanks to our friends and businesses in La 29 & Calle Dos Cinco - Historic Capitol Hill.

Join us in promoting Active Transportation, Wellness and Community on Sunday Oct. 18th noon-4pm.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/open-streets-okc-fall-event-volunteer-sign-up-tickets-18348178897

09/15/2015

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! This month several communities in Central Oklahoma are participating in the National Bicycle and Pedestrian Documentation Project, where volunteers take manual counts of people on foot or on bike for 2 hour shifts. This is one step in our region's efforts to collect data on active transportation. Both Norman and Edmond are still looking for volunteers. Edmond is counting THIS WEEK Thursday, Sept. 17 from 5-7 PM and Saturday, Sept. 19 10 AM – Noon. Norman is counting next week Tuesday, Sept 22 4:30- 7 pm and Saturday Sept 26th 10 am – 12 pm. Reply if you can help and we'll give more information.

09/10/2015

Hooray!

Why a new appeal from the Surgeon General is so revolutionary.

08/30/2015

The OKC Planning Dept. is doing a bicycle and pedestrian master plan for the city called BikewalkOKC. This is your chance to give input on what needs improving and where. This is potentially a big step toward making our city a better, safer and easier place to walk and bike.

Here's a link to their survey - https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/bikewalkokc

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07/16/2015

Did you miss our Placemaking Conference? Videos are now available: iqc.ou.edu/conference/2015conf

07/13/2015