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30 <br /> vt <br /> Connect' us with each other and the larger community <br /> Improve bus service & Build a new road into the Greene tract from the East, preferably one <br /> roads, pathways, and that utilizes existing pathways or clearings. New development on the tract <br /> sidewalks to connect — even just for recreational use — will increase traffic into the neighborhood, <br /> us to key places and largely from the MLK Boulevard corridor. Purefoy Drive is not suited to handling <br /> to one another through-traffic into the Greene tract at this level, nor should it be. Expanding this <br /> road without connection to the other side would endanger the neighborhood <br /> patterns, safety, and feel. The best design for a new road would connect Purefoy <br /> Drive on the West with Weaver Dairy Extension on the East, a route that passes <br /> through Town and County-owned land exclusively (except for the railroad <br /> crossing). An alternate route would be a North-South connector from Eubanks into <br /> the Greene tract. <br /> Improve bus service to the neighborhood that connects with <br /> Timberlyne and employment centers. Chapel Hill Transit is already taking <br /> some steps in this direction, following on the heels of organizing by RENA and <br /> Justice United. The routes could still be improved to connect to essential retail <br /> services and employment centers. <br /> Add bus shelters at the bus stops along Rogers Road. Currently, young <br /> children and elderly neighbors stand by the curb signs without any shelter from <br /> the rain or a bench to rest upon. Adding attractive bus shelters would improve <br /> safety, increase ridership, and improve aesthetics of Rogers Road. This should be <br /> an immediate action in the near future. <br /> Create greenway and walking path improvements throughout the <br /> neighborhood. Residents recommended using existing utility easements as <br /> walking paths. These would ideally be unpaved and minimally improved to retain <br /> the rural feel of the neighborhood, but officially designating these as paths and <br /> adding signage would increase recreational opportunities for residents as well as <br /> aiding privacy since folks who are walking through the neighborhood would use <br /> walking paths rather than cutting through residential lots. Ideally, greenway <br /> improvements would allow pedestrian access — on walking paths or sidewalks the <br /> 'Connectivity: Connection is often limited to physical infrastructure. A new subdivision is sometimes considered "connected" <br /> if it ties into the main road and has access to Weaver Dairy,for example. The term here means more integration of spaces: <br /> connection that is physical,social,and cultural. Connectivity prioritizes historic Rogers Road residents and requires integration of <br /> new development into the existing fabric of the community. <br /> 13 <br />