What’s Next for Regional Transit?

by | Mar 3, 2019 | Mobility

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

by | Feb 26, 2019 | Mobility

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?

by | Feb 8, 2019 | Mobility

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

by | Jan 12, 2019 | Mobility

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?

by | Jan 10, 2019 | Mobility

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...