Recent Streetsblog USA posts about North Carolina

The proposed “Complete 540” highway through the southern suburbs of Raleigh would divide
neighborhoods and encourage sprawl. Image: North Carolina Dept. of Transportation

Boondoggle: N.C. Road Expansion Disaster

By Gideon Weissman and Matt Casale | Jun 19, 2019 | 3 Comments

It's the first of nine installments! This edition focuses on North Carolina’s plan to complete the southern half of a loop highway around Raleigh. It's a boondoggle with epic environmental repercussions.

North Carolina Tries to Deflect Blame for Coming Demise of “Safe Routes” Program

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 28, 2018

The State DOT is trying to blame the feds for the abrupt cancellation of a beloved safety program for children. But other states have been managing just fine.

North Carolina DOT is ending a program aimed at reducing obesity by encouraging children to walk or bike to school. Photo: Transforming Health NC

NC Cuts Safety Program For Kids While Pouring Billions into Roads

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 24, 2018 | 1 Comment

North Carolina is ending a relatively inexpensive program aimed at helping students walk and bike to school. Meanwhile there's no shortage of money for highways.

North Carolina DOT wants to widen Ashville's Merrimon Avenue, which is already a four lane commercial speedway. Photo: Google Maps

North Carolina DOT Needs a Culture Change to Translate Complete Streets Policy Into Action

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 19, 2018 | 48 Comments

Changing the entrenched practices of transportation agencies is easier said than done.

Durham-Orange Light Rail Survives GOP Assassination Attempt in State Budget

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 21, 2018 | 8 Comments

Advocates mobilized quickly to strip a rider that would have killed the project out of the state budget.

Republicans in the North Carolina legislature are trying to snuff out an 18-mile light rail project, approved by voters in Chapel Hill and Durham. Map: GoTriangle

North Carolina Republicans Launch 11th Hour Attack on Durham-Chapel Hill Light Rail

By Angie Schmitt | May 30, 2018 | 31 Comments

A budget bill heading for a vote in the North Carolina statehouse this week could sabotage a light rail project for the Research Triangle region that's on the verge of construction.

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