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Final Recommendations for CR Transit Improvements

November 26, 2009 / / 1 Comment

The third CR Transit Study open house was held this week on Tuesday, Nov. 24.  I attended the earlier session from 1-3pm at the African American Museum.  Both consultants Joseph Kern and Bob Bourne were there, as well as Sushil Nepal from Community Development / Corridor MPO.  It was good to finally meet Bob, who was the director of CyRide for 25 years and made it what it is today.  About 20 members of the public were in attendance, including a handful of concerned teachers and students from Prairie.  Mayor Kay Halloran also made an appearance.

I was pleased to see recommendations for system improvements as well as route changes.  Many of these recommendations echo changes I have suggested in previous posts to make the system more legible and user-friendly.  Regarding marketing, operations, and fleet, a few recommendations include: a new system map, real-time bus tracking, getting on Twitter, and displaying a route number, route name, and destination on all buses.

Read my entire review of route changes over at the Cedar Rapids Bus Party blog.

CR Open House #2

August 17, 2009 / / Comments Off on CR Open House #2

The second of three open houses will be held this week to gather public input on the future of flooded city facilities and master planning for Parks & Recreation. This open house will be divided into two different times to be more convenient for more citizens to participate. Both at the Crowne Plaza ballroom, the first will be tomorrow, Tuesday, August 18, from 4p – 7pm, and the second will be on Wednesday from 11:30am – 1:30pm.

For more info visit Corridor Recovery.

CR Open House, meetings this week

June 23, 2009 / / Comments Off on CR Open House, meetings this week

The City of Cedar Rapids held the first of three public open houses today at the Crowne Plaza, presenting information on future of city facilities and parks and recreation resources. I attended today’s open house and submitted my feedback. Comment cards with specific questions were provided to help guide the decision making on flooded city buildings. Three options have been presented: 1. to return to flood-affected buildings restored to their pre-flood conditions, 2. to return to flood-affected buildings with improvements and/or expansion, or 3. relocate functions to a new facility or facilities possibly shared with the county or school district.

I believe a combination of options two and three are most appropriate. Since the county has already decided to return to it’s pre-flood administration building, it doesn’t seem to make sense to still attempt a co-location for administration. I believe it’d be best to return City Hall to Veterans Memorial Building, which I have argued previously. However, some city buildings obviously need to be replaced and would actually serve the community better in a new facility.

For those unable to attend the open house today, the city will be setting up a website so citizens can submit feedback online. The next open house will be August 18, and the preferred options will be presented at the final open house on October 6.

Also, the City of Marion held a public meeting today for citizen input regarding a new comprehensive development plan underway.

Additionally the Corridor Metropolitan Planning Organization will hold an open house this week to present their funding decision for metro area transportation projects in 2013. This will be held Friday, June 26, at the Hiawatha Community Center from 5:30 – 7pm.

Also… see update to “Planning for Better Transit” post below regarding CR Transit system analysis.

> Corridor Recovery: Cedar Rapids Open House

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