The Wake Board of Commissioners offered their thoughts about the Wake transit plan for the first time at a work session on September 14. They also reviewed citizen input on the plan. After months of extensive outreach, over 4700 people have responded to the transit survey, 16,000 people have viewed …
The Wake County Public School System has joined with the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center (UNC-HSRC), Advocates for Health in Action, WakeUP Wake County and, CAMPO to work with elementary and middle schools to improve child pedestrian safety and support walking and bicycling to school. This exciting …
Today the Wake County Board of Commissioners voted 5-2 to increase funding for Wake County public schools, as part of the 2015-16 County budget. The Commission has been working to reach a compromise that would fund teacher and staff salary increases for up to 3% as well as support the …
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 …
