In continuing to update you on the Torme’s situation that we started writing about yesterday, Il direct you to this article under the Business header…
Musings of a Bronxite Living in the South
Category: Commentary
I went to my old Sunday School class at First United Methodist Church this week. Jay Saxon made a presentation to class members about his…
Darrell Howard, the principal transportation planner for the Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham, was the keynote speaker at this morning’s ONB Monthly Breakfast. His presentation on the In-Town Transit Partnership Project was timely. A tractor trailer overturned this morning shutting down I-459, the main connector to the south between all of our major traffic arteries (I-20, I-59, U.S. 280 and U.S. 31). Despite the fact that a recent report says that we here in Birmingham have the 3rd highest amount of time spent commuting per capita in the nation and the fact that we average a 6-hour a day rush hour period, many of us got up and went to work this morning, some of us unable to avoid the gridlock. Many of us also never even had the thought of hopping on a bike or riding a bus enter our mind. It took our guest speaker more than an hour to do a trip that should take less than 20 minutes. So what are we to do? Or what are we willing to do to make it better?
What kind of Birmingham resident are you? First of all, go and read 3choBoomer’s recent post. Yes, right now! (But hey, don’t forget to come…
The Week in Preview (or what to do if you aren’t trying out for American Idol next week)
Published by Andre on August 15, 2006UPDATE 8:30 a.m.: Those looking for an update on Torme’s from this morning, click here. Now, your regularly scheduled post. . . Tuesday: You may…