Recent Streetsblog USA posts about North Carolina

Highway Boondoggles: North Carolina’s I-77 Express Lanes

By Jeff Inglis and John Olivieri | Jan 26, 2016 | No Comments

In a new report, Highway Boondoggles 2, U.S. PIRG and the Frontier Group profile the most wasteful highway projects that state DOTs are building. Today we look at an expansion of I-77 in North Carolina that circumvented the normal project selection process thanks to a dubious financing plan. A $637 million highway project that doesn’t […]

North Carolina Lawmakers May Quickly Reverse Anti-Light Rail Measure

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 25, 2015 | 8 Comments

The last-minute legislative sneak attack on light rail plans for Durham and Orange counties in North Carolina was an example of politics at its worst. Thankfully, it may not have staying power. Lawmakers who still won’t identify themselves inserted language into a state budget bill sabotaging the light rail project. There was no public debate. There was no warning […]

Advocates Prevail Over Road Diet Ban in North Carolina

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 22, 2015 | 3 Comments

Advocates for safer streets in North Carolina have beaten back an attempt to outlaw street designs that put people first. A provision inserted by state senators Trudy Wade and Andrew Brock would have forbidden road diets in North Carolina cities under certain circumstances. The amendment threatened to outlaw what are some of the most successful examples of […]

North Carolina Lawmakers Try to Sabotage Durham-Orange Light Rail

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 17, 2015 | 14 Comments

State lawmakers in North Carolina launched a sneak attack this week on plans for light rail between Durham and Orange County — and nobody’s sure exactly who’s behind it or why they did it. Leaders in Durham and Orange are counting on the state to deliver about 10 percent of the funding for the $1.5 billion, […]

North Carolina: Tell State Lawmakers Not to Outlaw Road Diets — Today

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 14, 2015 | 3 Comments

The language of a bill being hashed out right now in Raleigh could determine whether North Carolina cities have the freedom to redesign streets to improve safety and promote a healthier range of transportation options. A provision of House Bill 44 — specifically Section 7 — would prohibit reducing the width of state-managed roads to add bike lanes […]

Parking Madness 2015: Asheville vs. Syracuse

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 20, 2015 | 15 Comments

Only two spots remain in the Elite Eight of Streetsblog’s Parking Madness bracket. Yesterday, the parking fields by GM headquarters along the Detroit waterfront prevailed over the parking crater around the BART station in Bay Area suburb Walnut Creek. Today, Asheville, North Carolina, faces Rust Belt stalwart Syracuse. Asheville This entry comes to us from the fine folks at Kostelec Planning, […]

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