http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/state-engineer-files-complaint-against-group-that-challenged-traffic-study/Content?oid=2000083 Comments On: State engineer files complaint against group that challenged traffic study by Bob Geary en-us Copyright 2013 Indy Week. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Indy Week readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Indy Week. pweber@indyweek.com (Indy Week Webmaster) Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:01 -0400 Sat, 25 May 2013 21:45:00 -0400 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by Out of State Traffic PE]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 11:29:14 -0500 Indy Week Posted by ct]]> Fri, 11 Feb 2011 07:21:58 -0500 Indy Week
This cheapens the hard work many of us have done to become licensed.
Posted by jdag]]> Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:57:14 -0500 Indy Week
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Posted by Szplendid]]> Mon, 07 Feb 2011 13:31:25 -0500 Indy Week Posted by ct]]> Sat, 05 Feb 2011 12:14:51 -0500 Indy Week Posted by fan]]> Fri, 04 Feb 2011 10:15:51 -0500 Indy Week Posted by NotATeaPartyNut]]> Fri, 04 Feb 2011 08:18:13 -0500 Indy Week Posted by FONCitizen]]> Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:54:52 -0500 Indy Week 1.
Posted by Givens]]> Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:17:57 -0500 Indy Week

Statement from North Carolina Transportation Secretary Gene Conti regarding Falls of Neuse project

Governor Perdue told me to take the politics out of transportation planning - it appears the Wake County GOP wants to put it back in!

Transportation decisions - especially those involving safety - need to be made based on data and the decisions of educated, trained and licensed professional engineers.
Posted by Bob Geary, INDY Opinion Columnist]]> Thu, 03 Feb 2011 16:25:09 -0500 Indy Week http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/02/03/964…

Wake Republicans are on it, though apparently not keeping up with the Indy the way we'd like:

"Wake County Republican Chair Susan Bryant today called on Governor Beverly Perdue to disavow the actions of her employee, Chief Traffic Engineer Kevin Lacy, who is attempting to squelch the first amendment rights of citizens to complain about government actions and comment on pending public works projects.

According to a front page story in today’s News & Observer, Lacy has “raised allegations” that Mr. David N. Cox, a Raleigh resident, “committed a misdemeanor: practicing engineering without a license.”

“What apparently happened here was that Mr. Cox and a group of other area citizens felt there should be two additional traffic lights included in the plan for the widening Falls of Neuse Road, so they did their homework and prepared an explanation for their point of view, “ Ms. Bryant said.

“But apparently they did their job too well,” she added, and now this state bureaucrat in DOT wants them to face misdemeanor charges. It’s a clear attempt to stifle free expression, freedom of speech and the right to petition the government for redress of grievances.
Posted by Bob Geary, INDY Opinion Columnist]]> Thu, 03 Feb 2011 13:53:49 -0500 Indy Week Posted by Denise Prickett, INDY Editorial Web Director]]> Thu, 03 Feb 2011 11:30:23 -0500 Indy Week Idiot engineer, fully licensed to practice nepotism with a dash of hubris, decides to add a stop light on mebane oaks road at an intersection that has worked smoothly for years.
Posted by Dr M!ke]]> Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:27:39 -0500 Indy Week
"llegally practicing traffic engineering without a license?" You have got to be kidding me! It sounds like the punchline of a joke.
Posted by layla]]> Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:10:21 -0500 Indy Week Posted by Amicares]]> Thu, 03 Feb 2011 02:25:37 -0500 Indy Week Mr. Lacy says..."the details of the analyses requires the understanding of a experienced engineer that is liscensed in the State of NC." It is this misunderstanding, and the assumption of the uninvolved that this type of person is an "expert," that leads to one fiasco after another in our world.
Posted by Givens]]> Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:03:24 -0500 Indy Week
It doesn't sound like that's the case here, so these accusations are preposterous. I think it is extremely useful and excellent or a layperson citizen to use the best tools they have at their disposal to provide feedback at public forums that is as precise and detailed as possible.

Clearly a report submitted by a layperson citizen should be considered for what it is, and should obviously not be given the same weight as a report created by licensed engineers.
Posted by orulz]]> Wed, 02 Feb 2011 18:44:58 -0500 Indy Week