Wake continues to grow! Many towns in North Carolina are showing significant growth, and 6 out of the 10 fastest growing municipalities are in Wake County. Perhaps more surprising is that Rolesville is the fastest-growing town in the state! According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Rolesville has grown 52 percent …
Inputs from the Wake Transit survey are now being used to develop four scenarios for transportation plans in Wake County as the next phase of the transit planning process. This week, the transit advisory committee, a 70 member committee representing all corners of Wake County, came together to learn about …
Transportation for America’s Transit Innovation Academy is off and running! The Academy aims to develop civic leaders as community educators and advocates for transit. Teams of civic leaders were chosen from Raleigh-Wake, Nashville, and Indianapolis, which are cities with high potential to upgrade their public transit systems in the coming …
Raleigh is moving forward on water quality! City Council has approved a Low Impact Development work plan that will impact the entire city of Raleigh. Low Impact Development (LID) is a development framework that aims to improve water quality by reducing pollution that coming from stormwater runoff. Because much of …
A Raleigh bike sharing proposal may receive more funding in the coming months. City officials have been assessing plans for stations located around downtown as part of a feasibility study that was launched in 2013 and completed in 2014. Now the city must choose if they will pay to further …
Raleigh-Cary ranked #10 in the country for reducing sprawl from the years 2000-2010, according to a recent study by Thomas Laidley of NYU. Reducing sprawl is good news for a fast growing area like ours! This study is attempting to measure the sprawl of cities using aerial images and census …
The next step in the planning process for expanding Wake transit came with the second meeting of the Wake Transit Advisory Committee on January 20th, The 70 member committee represents all corners of Wake and are critical to providing public input. The Advisory Committee got a better understanding about how …
Wake residents have waited three years to see action on a plan to expand and improve public transit in our county. Finally, concrete steps are ahead to create a refreshed plan for transit, now called the Wake County Transit Investment Strategy (WTIS). Key transit stakeholders – local governments, Triangle Transit, …
