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Cohen Walker Drive Should Be a Linear Park, Not a Highway
Cohen Walker Drive may be the most overlooked opportunity in Houston County. For roughly two miles, it connects Houston Lake Road and Lake Joy Road through one of the county’s largest concentrations of schools, recreation facilities, and neighborhoods. Students attend school nearby. Families use the aquatic center. Children participate in sports and other activities throughout…
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The Gas Station Isn’t the Problem
Residents of The Woodlands have raised concerns about a proposed gas station near their neighborhood. Their concerns are understandable. Most people do not want additional traffic, noise, lights, or potential pollution near their homes. But what if the gas station is not the problem? What if it is simply a symptom of a larger pattern?…
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“It’s a marathon, not a sprint!”
Hi, y’all! First off, I wanted to share that we’ll have a table set up at the HoustonHealthy 5K Race, Fun Run and Wellness Expo this Saturday, September 21st at 8:00am at the Roy H. “Sonny” Watson Health Pavilion to hand out copies of Georgia Bikes’ “Bicyclist Pocket Guide.” If you’re free, we’d love to…
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Riding at the Macon Bike Party
Hi y’all! Earlier this month, we shared that we partnered with the Rusty Chains for our regular rides. Those are going really well and the beginner / C group seems to be having a great time! The next ride we’re taking it easy and going up to Macon to visit our friends at Bike Walk…
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Our Honeymoon Without a Car
My wife, Zippi, and I just got back from our cross-country honeymoon and we had quite the adventure along the way. We decided to ditch the car at the Atlanta airport for the week and take Amtrak’s California Zephyr from Chicago to San Francisco. The views from Lake-Michigan-to-shining-sea were spectacular. After bidding adieu to our…
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Which Houston County Schools are most walkable and bikeable?
Houston County School’s Community Relations department was prompt and professional when I reached out for data regarding student transportation modes. Surprisingly, they do not know the percentage of students that walk, bike, or car ride to school. They did supply this link which shows information regarding transportation by bus. They also stated for the 23-24…
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Road Diet?
It was interesting to see this recent story from Dublin, GA: Dublin tries a new way to reduce speeds: a ‘road diet.’ Here’s what that is While it doesn’t fully capture the neighborhood greenways concept Ride Robins is advocating, it’s much closer than anything under discussion in Houston County. The model of residents engaging to…
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Ride Robins Routes
Ride Robins’ goal is to establish safe for all ages and abilities active transportation routes to meaningful locations throughout the Robins Region. At the outset, these will be informal routes built on folk knowledge and crowdsourcing. Over time, with support from local governments, these routes can be formalized. In a separate article we will explore…
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Villages?
The Houston County Joint Comprehensive Plan identifies two ideas to integrate development with neighborhoods. The first, under the subheading “Industrial Areas”, describes “nodes along major corridors”. What nodes, and where? That’s not defined, but the implication is commercial and residential development concentrated around “industrial parks”. That our large work centers should be well-connected to nearby…
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Appointed to a Transportation Committee!
The city council meeting yesterday was quite eventful— the major event that hit the news was that Warner Robins city council decided to revoke CRU Lounge’s liquor license. But, the next item on the agenda was that I was appointed to the Warner Robins Area Transportation Study Citizens Advisory Committee by unanimous decision of city…
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A quick primer on “Urbanist YouTube.”
Hi once again! I’d like to share two of the videos that inspired us to get into bicycle and micromobility advocacy here at Ride Robins. Each video is a little under 20 minutes long. The first is a fairly typical NotJustBikes video, which describes some of the current issues with auto-centric infrastructure in the United…
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