Officials in Durham and Orange Counties have offered their support for a regional transit plan that will encompass bus improvements and the eventual light rail and commuter rail projects. This is an exciting time for Durham and Orange, with a potential referendum on a half-cent sales tax to fund a …
The Triangle region has recently received a number “quality of life” awards and remains a desirable region for newcomers for the time being. However, the realities of unplanned growth are beginning to emerge. Forbes Magazine recently ranked Raleigh-Durham as THE biggest gas-guzzler in the nation! Raleigh-Durham residents drive and consume …
Executive Director of WakeUP Wake County received the Women in Transportation (WTS) Triangle Chapter 2011 Woman of the Year Award: “Ms. Rindge is Executive Director of WakeUP Wake County, a growing grassroots non-profit organization. WakeUP focuses on transit, water quality, land use and schools. In this work she has raised …
The City of Raleigh invites you to participate in the first phase of the project’s public comment period from April 6, 2011 through June 6, 2011 for the “Public Review Draft of the Unified Development Ordinance”. Raleigh’s New Code aims to streamline the approval process for compact, high quality development …
Please help spread the word about the UDO. The schedule has only allocated two months for the public’s review of the initial draft of the UDO. Over the last 10 months, the City of Raleigh, several outside consultants and a UDO Advisory Group have been working on an initial draft …
Over the past decade and then some, Raleigh, North Carolina, has piled up a litany of placements at the top of livability lists. The city has been called the best place to reside, work, play, start a small business and relocate. The result: Raleigh’s population has grown faster than nearly …
The (Raleigh City) council is moving toward a bond issue of an undetermined size to allow for “people-friendly” projects including city-financed sidewalks and greenways, Meeker said… …Meeker did not ask that a half-cent sales tax increase for mass transit be added to the ballot this fall, but said afterward that …
75 more people each day. That adds up to a whopping 43.5% growth rate for Wake County this past decade. New census data confirms what our communities know is true – that we’re growing faster than national averages, and we’re experiencing the challenges of growth every day — from traffic …
