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This Land Press
By now you've surely heard one of the wonderful podcast tributes to recently departed Tulsans at Goodbye Tulsa. But Goodbye Tulsa is part of something bigger. This Land Press describes itself: As a collaboration of Oklahoma's best writers, thinkers, and artists, the aim of This Land is to deliver engaging...
PLANiTULSA: My comments to the TMAPC
Here is the text of my email to the TMAPC, submitted prior to the March 10, 2010, public hearing on PLANiTULSA. I also spoke to the TMAPC at that hearing, which you can view at TGOV Online. My remarks begin at 2:46:30.My list of five key qualities of an ideal...
Dear TMAPC, please don't dismember PLANiTULSA
Today is the final public hearing before the Tulsa Metropolitan Area Planning Commission for adoption of the PLANiTULSA vision and policy documents as Tulsa's first comprehensive plan in a generation. The hearing is in the City Council chambers today at 1:30, and I urge you either to attend and speak...
District 6: Jim Mautino vs. Councilor Crocs on high-speed rail
Some time ago, Steven Roemerman sent a set of questions to all incumbent councilors to get their opinion on high speed rail, whether Tulsa needs it and how it should be funded. So far three have responded: District 2's Rick Westcott, who was reelected with a primary victory, District 9's...
More Tulsa and Oklahoma blogs
Some recent finds worth telling you about: Here are two fairly new "news around town" blogs devoted to Tulsa: Tulsa Loop and This Tulsa. This Tulsa has a very cool logo (featuring the BOK Tower, the Mid-Continent Tower, and University Club Tower), and they encourage readers to submit links of...
Off with his headways!
This week in Urban Tulsa Weekly, I reflect upon last Thursday's "What about Rail?" public forum, which featured panelists involved with the Denver and Austin public transit systems and the National Transit Authority, the Federal agency that manages grants for things like light rail systems. Jack Crowley, the Mayor's special...
Riding out of town on a rail
On April 24, INCOG, the regional planning agency, is presenting a program to "begin a community dialogue about transportation options, including rail," although from the description, it looks like rail will be the predominant topic: What about RAIL? Public Open House Jazz Hall of Fame at Union Station Tulsa, OK...
If I were the Zoning Czar
An edited version of this column was published in Urban Tulsa Weekly on April 19, 2006. Posted to BatesLine on March 10, 2010. The archived column is no longer available on the UTW website. Zoning Czar By Michael D. Bates Toward the end of his late campaign for re-election as...
Do we need a downtown?
No time to comment at length, but I want to call your attention to Joe Kelley's latest entry: "Downtown Takes Another Hit." In light of layoffs at two major downtown Tulsa employers, he questions all the effort and money put into downtown revitalization. I think we do need a downtown...
Car-free cities?
It's audience participation time -- I'm going to throw out a question, and I'd like to see your answers in the comments or via trackback. There are cities like Tulsa where a car is an absolute necessity for survival. Nearly the entire city was built post-Model T, with the assumption...
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