{"id":319,"date":"2017-07-25T11:02:25","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T11:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/http:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/?p=319"},"modified":"2017-07-25T11:02:25","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T11:02:25","slug":"goraleigh-increasing-services-with-help-of-wake-transit-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/inboundraleigh\/2017\/07\/25\/goraleigh-increasing-services-with-help-of-wake-transit-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"GoRaleigh Increasing Services With Help of Wake Transit Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

It starts! A press release from GoRaleigh:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

GoRaleigh, the City of Raleigh\u2019s transit system, is increasing bus service frequencies on 25 routes starting on\u00a0Sunday, Aug. 6. Currently,\u00a0Sunday\u00a0connector routes and other routes do not run as frequently as\u00a0Saturday\u00a0services. Beginning\u00a0Aug. 6,\u00a0Sunday\u00a0services will match\u00a0Saturday\u00a0services.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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“Fiscal Year 2018 is an exciting year as it marks GoRaleigh’s first improvements associated with the new funding dedicated for improved transit services and infrastructure,\u201d said David Eatman, City of Raleigh transit administrator. “GoRaleigh’s first year of improvements will include new buses, improved and expanded passenger shelters and weekend and mid-day service improvements. All of these improvements ranked high on our riders list of top priorities during our rider survey in early 2016.”<\/span><\/p>\n

These changes are being funded by the one-half cent sales tax approved last November by voters in Wake County as part of the Wake Transit Plan. Taxpayers started paying the half-cent sales tax increase in April. Now,\u00a0four months later, service changes are already being implemented. The Wake Transit Plan includes four \u201cBig Moves.\u201d They encompass the goals of the plan to:<\/span><\/p>\n