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Proposed downtown street to be named Oklahoma City Boulevard
The roughly two-and-a-half-mile road would stretch from near Byers Avenue on the east to near Villa Avenue on the west United announces nonstop service between OKC and San Francisco
Flights to seat 66 Expert Q&A: Legal
With David Slane, Senior Partner at Slane, Phillips & Bailey PLLC Bus transit a concern for OKC in fiscal year 2012
Public transportation and parking budget proposal includes new buses Year-end holiday travel volume will hit five-year high, AAA predicts
Destination: anywhere
Experts explain current travel trends, with leisure trips comprising bulk of $704 billion industry Run (this) way
Annual Oklahoma Aerospace Summit and Expo to focus on workforce development Destination: relevance
Travel agents sell service in Internet age United to start OKC-San Francisco service
66 seats daily, starting Aug. 29 AAA projects a decline in Oklahomans’ July 4 travel
National rates are predicted to decline as well
The roughly two-and-a-half-mile road would stretch from near Byers Avenue on the east to near Villa Avenue on the west United announces nonstop service between OKC and San Francisco
Flights to seat 66 Expert Q&A: Legal
With David Slane, Senior Partner at Slane, Phillips & Bailey PLLC Bus transit a concern for OKC in fiscal year 2012
Public transportation and parking budget proposal includes new buses Year-end holiday travel volume will hit five-year high, AAA predicts
Destination: anywhere
Experts explain current travel trends, with leisure trips comprising bulk of $704 billion industry Run (this) way
Annual Oklahoma Aerospace Summit and Expo to focus on workforce development Destination: relevance
Travel agents sell service in Internet age United to start OKC-San Francisco service
66 seats daily, starting Aug. 29 AAA projects a decline in Oklahomans’ July 4 travel
National rates are predicted to decline as well
Transportation - 02.21.2013
Boulevard of compromise
Oklahoma City Council votes on controversial section of proposed boulevard Downtown
Despite opposition, a measure to approve a compromise on the design of
one portion of a boulevard to run through Downtown Oklahoma City passed
the city council Jan. 8 with a 7-2 vote. The boulevard plan dates back
to the 1990s when state and federal authorities determined the
Interstate 40 crosstown would be moved south, and a boulevard would sit
in its previous alignment. Read more
Transportation - 12.04.2012
Alternatives for proposed boulevard meet opposition
by okcBIZ Staff
A firm hired to look at engineering
options for part of the future boulevard in Downtown Oklahoma City is
recommending that an overpass be used to solve possible traffic
issues, against protests by some who favor other options – or more
analysis in general. Read more
Transportation - 08.22.2012
City, state officials discuss boulevard plans
Officials with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation attended a public meeting with hat in hand Aug. 22 concerning plans for the new boulevard in downtown Oklahoma City. Tempers flared in the audience, but there was no acrimony from ODOT officials who acknowledged that there have been misconceptions and misunderstandings as to the plans for the $80 million, 10.5-block stretch of road that will sit where the Interstate 40 bridges once stood.
Read more
Transportation - 05.22.2012
AAA projects 510,000 Oklahomans will hit the road Memorial Day weekend
by okcBIZ Staff
More Oklahomans will hop in their cars rather than board planes
this Memorial Day weekend, according to AAA. The auto travel assistance
organization expects increases in auto travel, but for shorter trips due to
high gas prices. And air travel is expected to take a hit as more people jump in their
cars for destinations from May 24 through May 28. Read more
Transportation - 04.30.2012
As airport gets busier, lines get longer
by okcBIZ Staff
Come as you are, but come early if you have a flight to
catch at Will Rogers World Airport. With passenger traffic numbers up nearly 7
percent over last year, airport officials are seeing larger crowds, especially
in the mornings, and some passengers who have not allotted enough time and ending
up missing their flights. Read more
Transportation - 04.23.2012
City, state leaders dedicate SkyDance Bridge
Oklahoma
Mayor Mick Cornett officiated over the ribbon cutting of the $5.8 million,
380-foot SkyDance Bridge April 23 Downtown. Read more
Transportation - 02.24.2012
Destination: relevance
Travel agents sell service in Internet age
Ivy Bradford’s career as a travel agent has followed a path different
than most. The manager of Prime Time Travel in Edmond got into the
business in 1987 and worked through 2000 before taking a break for
motherhood. Read more
Transportation - 12.19.2011
AAA Estimates it will rescue 5,800 Oklahoma motorists
Holiday season to leave leave many drivers stranded.
Transportation - 08.01.2011
Use it or lose it
Gaining nonstop service to a new destination is one thing, but keeping it is altogether another
In 2000, officials at Will
Rogers World Airport ramped up efforts to add nonstop flights from
Oklahoma City to destinations on the East Coast, the West Coast and key
points in between. Starting with nonstop service to Minneapolis-St. Paul
in 2001, the airport has added a number of nonstop flights — including
Newark, N.J., and Los Angeles — but lost a few along the way. Read more
Transportation - 06.23.2011
AAA projects a decline in Oklahomans’ July 4 travel
National rates are predicted to decline as well
by OKCBiz Staff
Two percent
fewer Oklahomans are predicted by AAA to travel over the Independence
Day weekend. Read more
Transportation - 06.20.2011
United to start OKC-San Francisco service
66 seats daily, starting Aug. 29
by OKCBiz Staff
Flight 6241 will leave Oklahoma City daily at 7:14 a.m. and arrive in San Francisco at 8:50 a.m. The daily return flight will leave San Francisco at 4 p.m. and arrive in Oklahoma City at 9:16 p.m. Of the 66 seats, six will be first class, 28 in economy plus, and 32 in economy. Read more
Transportation - 06.10.2011
Bus transit a concern for OKC in fiscal year 2012
Public transportation and parking budget proposal includes new buses
by Dylan Smith
Oklahoma City Council members listened to a presentation of the public
transportation and parking budget proposal June 6, as director Rick Cain
explained what steps need to be taken to improve a lackluster transit
system in the metro. Read more
Transportation - 05.31.2011
Proposed downtown street to be named Oklahoma City Boulevard
The roughly two-and-a-half-mile road would stretch from near Byers Avenue on the east to near Villa Avenue on the west
by Dylan Smith
The Oklahoma City Council approved a measure May 31 to name a proposed downtown street "Oklahoma City Boulevard" by an 8-1 vote. Read more
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