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Size | 4.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 2000 items) |
Abstract | George T. Lathrop was the chair of the Town of Chapel Hill (N.C.) Transportation Board, 1974-1982. Afterwards, he became deputy director of the Charlotte (N.C.) Department of Transportation. Lathrop also worked as a consultant for Kimley-Horn Associates and John Hamburg and Associates, 1973-1982. Lathrop earned his doctorate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and taught at the University, 1966-1973. The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, meeting minutes, reports, studies, research data, and other materials related to George T. Lathrop's work on transportation issues in the Triangle area of North Carolina, including Chapel Hill, N.C., Durham, N.C., and Raleigh, N.C. Most of the records relate to Lathrop's tenure as chair of the Town of Chapel Hill Transportation Board, 1974-1982. They reflect the functioning of the Transportation Board as an advisory group for the Chapel Hill Town Manager and Chapel Hill Town Council on matters related to public transit, traffic congestion, road construction, parking, bicyclists, and pedestrians. Included are meeting minutes and agendas for virtually every monthly meeting of the Transportation Board between 1975 and 1982. Many documents deal specifically with the Chapel Hill Community Transit system or the local bus system, while others are related to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, including correspondence with the University about campus parking and bus service. Other materials deal with Lathrop's work outside of his role on the Chapel Hill Transportation Board. Included are items relating to the Chapel Hill Central Business District Study Group; the Joint Committee on Public Transportation; and the Triangle J Council of Governments, for which Lathrop worked as a consultant from John Hamburg and Associates. There are also class materials from a course Lathrop taught at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1982; a collection of recommendations made to the Triangle Transit Authority concerning a regional transit plan for the Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill area; a 1975 North Carolina legislative report discussing the Transportation Improvement Plan of Chapel Hill; and other items. |
Creator | Lathrop, George T. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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George T. Lathrop was the chair of the Town of Chapel Hill (N.C.) Transportation Board, 1974-1982. Afterwards, he became deputy director of the Charlotte (N.C.) Department of Transportation. Lathrop also worked as a consultant for Kimley-Horn Associates and John Hamburg and Associates, 1973-1982. Lathrop earned his doctorate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and taught at the University, 1966-1973.
Back to TopThe collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, meeting minutes, reports, studies, research data, and other materials related to George T. Lathrop's work on transportation issues in the Triangle area of North Carolina, including Chapel Hill, N.C., Durham, N.C., and Raleigh, N.C. Most of the records relate to Lathrop's tenure as chair of the Town of Chapel Hill Transportation Board, 1974-1982. They reflect the functioning of the Transportation Board as an advisory group for the Chapel Hill Town Manager and Chapel Hill Town Council on matters related to public transit, traffic congestion, road construction, parking, bicyclists, and pedestrians. Included are meeting minutes and agendas for virtually every monthly meeting of the Transportation Board between 1975 and 1982. Many documents deal specifically with the Chapel Hill Community Transit system or the local bus system, while others are related to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, including correspondence with the University about campus parking and bus service. Other materials deal with Lathrop's work outside of his role on the Chapel Hill Transportation Board. Included are items relating to the Chapel Hill Central Business District Study Group; the Joint Committee on Public Transportation; and the Triangle J Council of Governments, for which Lathrop worked as a consultant from John Hamburg and Associates. There are also class materials from a course Lathrop taught at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1982; a collection of recommendations made to the Triangle Transit Authority concerning a regional transit plan for the Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill area; a 1975 North Carolina legislative report discussing the Transportation Improvement Plan of Chapel Hill; and other items.
Back to TopArrangement: subject.
Correspondence, memoranda, meeting minutes, reports, and other materials related to George T. Lathrop's tenure as chair of the Town of Chapel Hill Transportation Board from 1974 to 1982. These records reflect the functioning of the Transportation Board as an advisory group for the Chapel Hill Town Manager and Town Council on matters related to public transit, traffic congestion, road construction, parking, bicyclists, and pedestrians. Included in the series are meeting minutes and agendas for virtually every monthly meeting of the Transportation Board between 1975 and 1982. Other documents related directly to the functioning of the Transportation Board include the Board's bylaws and organizational guidelines. Many of the documents deal specifically with the Chapel Hill Community Transit system or the local bus system. These include studies measuring the usage patterns of the Chapel Hill bus system, including the system's Park and Ride lots, tables and charts detailing the finances of the Chapel Hill Community Transit System, and reports and correspondence related to the addition of bus lines, including the expansion of bus service to the neighboring town of Carrboro, N.C. Also, there are many materials related to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, including correspondence with the University related to campus parking and bus service on campus, drawings and memoranda related to a proposed parking garage on the Chapel Hill campus, and a report of a study on student use of the bus system.
Arrangement: subject.
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, research data, and other materials related to transportation-related work completed by George T. Lathrop outside of his role as chair of the Town of Chapel Hill Transportation Board. Organizations relating to these materials include the Chapel Hill Central Business District Study Group, of which Lathrop was a member from 1972 to 1973; the Joint Committee on Public Transportation, a group consisting of representatives from the Town of Chapel Hill, the Town of Carrboro, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which Lathrop chaired in the early 1970s; and the Triangle J Council of Governments, an association of government leaders from Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, for which Lathrop performed work as a consultant from John Hamburg and Associates. The Triangle J Council of Governments records include memoranda, data printouts, and reports from a project Lathrop undertook to estimate travel demand in the Triangle area using records from the 1970 Census. Other materials include student papers, class rosters, assignments, and class materials documenting a Spring 1982 course Lathrop taught at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of City and Regional Planning, entitled Transportation Planning Models.
Folder 54-55
Folder 54Folder 55 |
Chapel Hill Central Business District Study Group |
Folder 56 |
Joint Committee on Public Transportation: Findings and recommendations |
Folder 57-58
Folder 57Folder 58 |
Joint Committee on Public Transportation: Memoranda and other documents |
Folder 59-60
Folder 59Folder 60 |
North Carolina Bus Systems, 1970 |
Folder 61-62
Folder 61Folder 62 |
PL-207 class materials |
Folder 63-65
Folder 63Folder 64Folder 65 |
Triangle J Council of Governments: Estimation of travel demand from 1970 census |
Folder 66-68
Folder 66Folder 67Folder 68 |
Triangle J Council of Governments: Reports and memoranda |
Arrangement: form.
Reports dealing with various issues and studies related to transportation in the Piedmont area of North Carolina, in particular the Town of Chapel Hill. Other documents include a collection of recommendations made to the Triangle Transit Authority concerning a regional transit plan for the Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill area, as well as a North Carolina legislative report from 1985 discussing the Transportation Improvement Plan of Chapel Hill, N.C.
Folder 69-72
Folder 69Folder 70Folder 71Folder 72 |
Reports |
Folder 73 |
Miscellaneous documents |