How Will Recent Statewide Funding Cuts Impact Transportation Projects in Wake County? Join Capital Area Friends of Transit (CAFT) on Friday, July 17th, in a conversation about the state of transportation funding in our county and throughout North Carolina. During this free virtual event, we’ll be joined by NC Senator …
Let’s Talk Greenways Learn about the Raleigh Greenway Master Plan Update For the first time since 1989, Raleigh is updating it’s Greenway Master Plan. With over 100 miles of mostly interconnected trails and pathways, the Capital Area Greenway system has grown and evolved considerably over the past 30 years. As …
How does transit work in a social distant world? What do sidewalks look like if we’re staying socially distant? How do we safely ride bikes now that traffic is lighter? These and other questions are driving planners to imagine a post-lockdown world. WakeUP Wake County wrote a blog post about …
Safer Streets in a Post-COVID-19 World With the need to protect people from the coronavirus in the near-term, but also the opportunity to create safer commuting areas and reduce our overall emissions, re-envisioning our roads in commercial and residential areas has to be a priority as we reopen. Going to …
WakeUP Wake County and Bike DurhamJoin National Alliance To Tell White House:Transit Workers Need Better Protection From COVID-19 WakeUP Wake County and Bike Durham joined a broad alliance of labor, business, and community advocates demanding the White House and CDC supply better protective equipment and guidance to safeguard the transit …
In 2016 the voters approved a referendum to design and build a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system spanning 20 miles from downtown Raleigh in four directions. At the time, there was a fair amount of debate about whether we wanted light rail or BRT. In the end, BRT won out …
