Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Durham

Talking Headways Podcast: A New Way of Public Engagement in Durham

By Jeff Wood | Apr 7, 2022 | No Comments

This week, Aidil Ortiz, principal at Aidilisms, and Mary Kate Morookian, a transit planner at Kimley Horn, speak one-on-one about the Durham Transit Plan and how they approached public engagement.

Biking on a trail in Kellogg, Idaho. Photo: Don Kostelec

The Small-City Vision Zero Challenge

By Don Kostelec | Sep 23, 2019 | 7 Comments

Smaller cities with limited budgets present particular traffic-safety problems. Here's how some transportation planners managed the issues.

Minnapolis' Washington Avenue is thriving after the addition of light rail and bike facilities. Photo: Greater Greater Washington

Other Cities Overcame Duke’s Objections to Light Rail

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 12, 2019 | 9 Comments

In Minneapolis and Seattle, a "floating slab" helped mitigate hospitals' concerns about "vibrations" and electromagnetic fields from light rail. So in other words, Duke University basically ignored the facts when it opposed a light rail project.

Light rail between Chapel Hill and Durham, North Carolina, is expected to draw 26,000 riders a day. Image: Triangle Transit

'Elitist' Duke Kills Rail Project A Decade in the Making

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 28, 2019 | 21 Comments

City Council members call Duke University top brass elitist for killing a project the community spent 10 years planning and voted to support.

Duke Staff: School Must Support Light Rail Project

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 27, 2019 | 12 Comments

Duke University's objections might sink a $3.3-billion light rail plan for Durham. It flies in the face of the University's stated climate convictions, says professor Drew Shindell.

City Manager Tom Bonfield has resisted the idea of a protected bike lane for Broad Street. Photo via Google Maps

Will Durham Get Serious About Biking?

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 10, 2018 | 1 Comment

The city has made a lot of gestures. But officials haven't found the will to change Durham's streets.