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Council Pans 1000 MLK project
On April 17, Town Council members agreed that the concept plan for 1000 MLK was the wrong project for the busy Estes/MLK intersection. The owner had proposed a concept plan with 269 rental dwelling units with minor amounts of retail and office, and two parking...
GoTriangle Trustees Vote to End Light Rail
On Wednesday, March 27th, the GoTriangle Board of Trustees voted unanimously to recommend terminating the Durham - Orange Light Rail project. Leading up to the vote, GoTriangle President & CEO Jeff Mann listed numerous impediments the project faced,...
Pictures from World Water Day
Young and old celebrated World Water Day at Umstead Park Saturday, March 23rd. Music accompanied a crowd of children and adults as they strolled down Bolin Creek greenway. Learning stations on water quality, healthy creeks, trees, and the coal ash dump featured a...
Climate Change Workshop
Join us on Thursday, March 21st from 5:30 - 7:30 pm for presentations from experts about what local governments can do to address the challenge of climate change. The talks are designed to spark citizen activism and advocacy in our communities.
What’s Next for Regional Transit?
Last week the Durham Orange Rail project hit a series of setbacks which led GoTriangle Board spokesperson Sig Hutchinson to liken the rail project to a “broken puzzle”. On Tuesday, the FTA told GoTriangle to increase their budget by $237 million. The next day, Duke...
Transit Dream
Thirty years ago, our local community leaders had a vision for regional transportation that used light rail to connect the Triangle. The vision included light rail lines that went everywhere and had the potential to reduce sprawl and make the Triangle a bustling...
Light Rail at a Tipping Point?
Midst the unseasonably warm temperatures Thursday, about 175 people gathered at the Durham train station at West Pettigrew Street to extol the virtues of the light rail plan. Many speakers, some Duke employees, focused on Duke as the impediment to the project moving...
Open Meetings and DOLRT
On January 10th, 2019, GoTriangle officials met with Orange County and Durham County elected officials around a conference table in downtown Durham to discuss recent route and cost challenges to the Durham Orange Light Rail project. (This is not a photo of the actual...
Transit Challenge: How will we get around?
In 2019, Chapel Hill and environs is facing increased congestion and badly needs good public transit on our interstate highways, Routes 86 and 15 – 501. Compounding the challenge are the fiscal realities facing our Chapel Hill Transit bus system, barely able to...
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