Next B-TOP meeting

Thursday, February 11, 2010, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Monroe County Public Library, Indiana Room 207

B-TOP will have its regular monthly meeting on Thursday February 11th at 6:30 p.m. in Indiana Room 207 (behind the reference desk in the Indiana Room) at the Monroe County Public Library (303 E. Kirkwood). The public is welcome to attend.

Sare & Rogers Rd Roundabout

B-TOP would like to call attention to the proposed roundabout design for the intersection of Sare Rd with Rogers Rd (south of College Mall). Click here to view a diagram of the intersection (PDF). Or click here to view the complete engineering plans. The proposed roundabout is VERY large and is designed to pass most traffic at 35mph without slowing. This article from New Urban News describes some of the benefits of roundabouts, but warns that they are only safe for "multi-modal traffic" (that means people outside of cars) when they are designed to slow traffic to about 15mph.

Call to action & IDS guest column on merging IU bus service with Bloomington Transit

Ray Vanlanot wrote an excellent guest column in the Indiana Daily Student explaining the benefits of mergining IU's Campus Bus Service with Bloomington Transit. Click here to read it. After you read it, you should consider sending an email to IU President Michael McRobbie (iupres@indiana.edu) asking him to implement the recommendations of the Student Transportation Board. Here is a sample letter, but don't hesitate to use your own words!

Bypass widening project blog

B-TOP is hosting a blog for discussion of issues relating to the widening of the 45/46 bypass in Bloomington.

Transportation for America

B-TOP is now a partner of Transportation for America, a broad coalition of organizations and elected officials working towards reform of the federal transportation bill. T4America is promoting a smarter transportation system for the 21st century, one that gives more mobility options besides driving, improves health and safety outcomes, decreases pollution levels and greenhouse gases, increases energy security, supports community development, and helps individual families save money on transportation. Check out http://t4america.org/ to see what they stand for and how you can help influence your elected representatives at the national level -- and also get information that will help us make the case for similar changes here in Bloomington."