Forbes Magazine has recently released its annual list of America’s fastest-growing cities. This year, Raleigh is ranked number 2 in the nation, based on its rate of population and economic growth. Raleigh jumped two spots from last year’s number 4 position on the list, and the growth rate is only …
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) recently sought public input on the transportation priorities across the state. WakeUP Wake County contributed comments to Division 5, which includes Wake County. WakeUP’s comments encouraged NCDOT to include population growth and its potential effects on transportation in their list of priorities. Read …
State leaders should be trying to clean up polluted Jordan Lake as fast as possible. Instead, they have chosen to allow pollution to mount and to award a no-bid contract to a company for installing a product that won’t clean up our drinking water. Especially troubling is that legislators actually …
North Carolina will soon be the 9th largest state in the US. We are moving upwards in population with a current census of 9,850,000 — only 48,000 fewer than Michigan (read more). The Triangle is experiencing much of this growth, and with it comes the need for more development. Towns …
A variety of perspectives were represented at the Triennial Water Quality Public Hearing with DENR last week. The hearing took place in the Archdale Building downtown on November 19th at 1:30pm With twenty seven people speaking out for clean water and many more in attendance and agreement, the hearing definitely …
On Nov. 12th, the Wake Board of Comissioners heard from a panel of transportation experts who gave comments about the transportation needs of Wake County. These pre-selected consultants (who are known for their bias towards bus transit) recommended that Wake County move incrementally on transit, with expanding bus service first. One …
The Transit Summit: Transit Makes $en$e was a huge success with many transit leaders in attendance and an active communication of social media hits. Case studies were reviewed from Charlotte, St. Louis, Minneapolis-St. Paul, and Cleveland. Supported by Citrix, TransLoc, Workplace Options, and North Carolina State University the event was …
Wake County’s Transit Plan sparked a fiery discussion at the Wake Board of Commissioner’s meeting Tuesday. By a unanimous vote the the board decided to suspend action on the Wake Transit Plan that was proposed to them in November 2011, in order to assemble a transit panel to examine the county’s transportation needs. Commissioner Betty Lou Ward expressed her …
