{"id":305,"date":"2017-06-29T00:18:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T00:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/http:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/?p=305"},"modified":"2017-06-29T00:18:04","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T00:18:04","slug":"ep-21-the-raleigh-transportation-bond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/2017\/06\/29\/ep-21-the-raleigh-transportation-bond\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep. 21 &#8211; The Raleigh Transportation Bond"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4263\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-305-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/inbound_raleigh\/p\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-content\/Podcasts\/Ep21_TransportationBond.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/inbound_raleigh\/p\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-content\/Podcasts\/Ep21_TransportationBond.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/inbound_raleigh\/p\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-content\/Podcasts\/Ep21_TransportationBond.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/inbound_raleigh\/p\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-content\/Podcasts\/Ep21_TransportationBond.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/?powerpress_pinw=305-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/inbound_raleigh\/s\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-content\/Podcasts\/Ep21_TransportationBond.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Ep21_TransportationBond.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>This fall, Raleigh voters will consider whether the city should borrow money \u2014 more than $200 million \u2014 to tackle several road projects. The vote likely means a property tax increase. We spoke with Transportation Planning Manager Eric Lamb about the bond, its goals, what it means for Raleigh residents, and what projects you might see on the list \u2014 including some roundabouts.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_306\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-306\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-306\" src=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/hillsborough_st_roundabout_leo_suarez-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/hillsborough_st_roundabout_leo_suarez-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/hillsborough_st_roundabout_leo_suarez-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/hillsborough_st_roundabout_leo_suarez-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/hillsborough_st_roundabout_leo_suarez.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-306\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Leo Suarez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The city is still creating the project page for the bond projects. Check back and we&#8217;ll add that link once it&#8217;s available. Meanwhile, some other helpful links:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wncn.com\/2017\/06\/06\/raleigh-city-council-puts-206-7m-transportation-bond-on-the-ballot\/\">Raleigh Puts $206.7M Transportation Bond on the Ballot<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; WNCN, June 6, 2017<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/local\/counties\/wake-county\/raleigh-report-blog\/article143133569.html\">Raleigh Leaning Toward $200M Transportation Bond<\/a> &#8211; News &amp; Observer, April 6, 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This fall, Raleigh voters will consider whether the city should borrow money \u2014 more than $200 million \u2014 to tackle several road projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[59,60],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":307,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305\/revisions\/307"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}