Real Homewood Neighborhood Conversation on Dead-ending Roads

Backstory

On Nextdoor, for Hollywood, I picked my lowest-cost proposal for improving streets and pitched it to them. I wanted to know how my neighbors felt about changes. This is the thread…

Source of Homewood’s traffic issues

Homewood is a small 8.301 mi² city with 25,000 people that is 3 miles south of Birmingham’s business district. The majority of people who work in Birmingham’s business district live to the south. When thinking of Birmingham regional population, Homewood is near the…

Walking to the grocery store

One strong memory of my childhood was my mom allowing me to go to the grocery store by myself. The purpose of the trip was to buy candy with my own money. She didn’t carry me in the car or walk beside me, she allowed me to go. I was probably 10.

A simple, minimal cost way to reduce road speeds: post signs & enforce stopping before right on red

Riding bikes to school

Lately, I’ve been riding bicycles with my kids to take them to school. Homewood is perfect for riding to school for two…

Real Life Example of I-65 backup overflowing in Homewood

Homewood will stop prioritizing for cars, and what we are learning from the Dutch