Light Rail

Planning For Affordable Housing Near Durham-Orange Rail Line

Will Michaels — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:06:59 +0000

Advocates of the proposed light rail line from Chapel Hill to Durham say local governments should plan early to set aside money for affordable housing near train stations. Researchers with Triangle Transit Authority met with Durham residents earlier this month.

TTA research associate Geoff Green says the agency examined how property values changed when other metropolitan areas decided to build light rail.

Orange, Durham To Start Collecting Transit Tax

Will Michaels — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:30:00 +0000

Orange County Commissioners have given final approval to levy a half-cent sales tax for transit projects starting this Spring. Commissioners decided this week to collect the tax beginning on April 1. Voters in Orange County approved the tax on a ballot referendum in November. Durham residents did the same last year and will start paying the tax at the same time. Revenue goes toward a $1.4 billion plan from Triangle Transit Authority to expand bus services and build a light rail line from UNC Hospitals to downtown Durham.

Council Endorses Light Rail Plan for Raleigh

Will Michaels — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:42:00 +0000

The Raleigh City Council has approved a proposal for a downtown light rail line.

City council members voted last night to support a route that goes through the west side of downtown along Harrington Avenue. It's a segment of the light rail proposal from Triangle Transit Authority that would eventually run from Chapel Hill to Garner. The council's plan breaks from a recommendation by the city's Passenger Rail Task Force. That route would have brought tracks into the heart of downtown on both sides of the Capitol building.

Raleigh Revisits Downtown Light Rail Plan

Will Michaels — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:15:00 +0000

City Council members in Raleigh are holding a public hearing today to get feedback about a light rail line proposal.

The recommendation from Raleigh's Passenger Rail Task Force takes light rail tracks down Morgan Street to the Capitol building. There, they split in two and run north along Wilmington Street and south on Salisbury Street. It's part of Triangle Transit Authority's plan to build commuter train and light rail tracks from Chapel Hill to Garner by 2025.

Raleigh's Downtown Light Rail Plan

Will Michaels — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:21:00 +0000

A Raleigh task force has recommended a $300 million light rail route for the downtown area. It's part of a proposal from Triangle Transit Authority to complete commuter train and light rail systems from Orange to Wake Counties by 2025. Eric Lamb is Raleigh's transportation planning director. He says the proposed route leaves the existing tracks at Morgan Street and splits into two tracks that wrap around the Capitol Building at Wilmington and Salisbury Streets.