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County Commissioners Monday listened to more than 20 people speak about transit before voting down a resolution to move forward with a transit plan and half-cent sales tax referendum.
Raleigh city councilors are urging Wake County Commissioners to include a half-cent sales tax increase to fund transit improvements. In other news, the Raleigh Times Bar is expanding with the help of a city backed loan, Northeast Raleigh is getting a new park and an affordable housing community and Lake Wheeler Road improvements were approved at the City Council meeting on Monday.
The city recently released a draft study to change the face of Capital Boulevard. Residents can comment on the draft through April 12.
Raleigh Councilors Tuesday endorsed commuter rail station locations, approved a WalkRaleigh program and decided to make taking recycling cans a crime.
Transit advocates are pushing for a fall referendum asking voters to approve a half-cent sales tax increase. The money would be spent to improve transit in Wake County, starting with buses and commuter rail. But getting the referendum on the ballot this fall is a delicate balance of timing and politics.
Members of Raleigh’s Passenger Rail Task Force took a tour of a proposed downtown train station site Wednesday. State transportation officials say the station could be built in two years once funding is secure.
More bus shelters are coming to Raleigh, and the Planning Commission’s Committee of the Whole endorsed new guidelines this week to make stops and shelters more artistic. The Raleigh Transit Authority will vote on the guide in July.
On Day 10 of our UDO coverage we told you that the section of Chapter 5 that deals with Transit Oriented Development hadn’t been completed. The TOD section was released on Friday and can now be found with the rest of Chapter 5.
The last two days we paused in our cover-to-cover read of the new Unified Development Ordinance to jump ahead and look at the changing duties for city staff. There’s one more question we should answer before we get back to reading through the UDO: What’s missing?
Triangle Transit officials are working toward this vision, called the Triangle Regional Transit Program. Starting next week, the public will get a chance to weigh in on the latest plans for a light and commuter rail systems along with improved bus routes.
