The City of Lawrence is conducting a study to develop new multimodal infrastructure along a stretch of Massachusetts Street, and it’s asking for community input on goals and priorities for any future improvements.
Multimodal transportation infrastructure accounts for all types of transportation — like walking, biking, driving and riding public transit — rather than just one type.
The city is hosting an ...
Construction work is well underway at Lawrence’s new bus station, and passengers may be able to catch a ride to or from the new facility by the start of 2024.
Members of the city’s Public Transit Advisory Committee got a chance to tour Lawrence Transit’s Central Station at 2315 Bob Billings Parkway on Monday, as work to bring the facility online continues. As the Journal-World reported, the new station ...
This story was updated at 7:45 p.m., Monday, October 16, 2023.
Lawrence leaders could take action this week to approve the process for appointing members of the Lawrence Community Shelter Board of Directors under a new shared governance model and grant the shelter additional city funding.
At this week’s Lawrence City Commission meeting, commissioners will consider adopting a joint resolution with the Douglas ...
In the upcoming general election on Tuesday, Nov. 7, Lawrence voters will decide which three candidates will serve on the Lawrence City Commission.
Incumbents Brad Finkeldei, Amber Sellers and Courtney Shipley, former commissioner Mike Dever, and newcomers Justine Burton and Dustin Stumblingbear are all running for a seat on the City Commission. All of the seats are at-large positions, meaning the same six ...
About a year after Lawrence leaders started the process of consolidating the city’s volunteer boards and commissions, the committee formed to perform that work has settled on its final recommendations.
As the Journal-World reported, city leaders last November formed a Board and Commissions Structure Committee, which would be tasked with examining the city’s 45 existing boards, commissions, steering ...
Dan Yunghans’ five-and-a-half-month journey along the Appalachian Trail, one of the best-known long-distance hikes in the U.S., came with plenty of lessons learned — or “hiker pro-tips.”
One of them was “If you see a bench, sit on it” — a reminder to take advantage of small chances to rest along the nearly 2,200-mile route from Georgia’s Springer Mountain to central Maine's Mount Katahdin. ...
