Saturday, May 15th, 2010
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District D Neighborhood Alliance (DDNA) met on May 15, 2010 at the Whole Foods community room at Wade Avenue. District D Councilor Thomas Crowder was unable to attend so Jason Hibbets ran the meeting in his place. At-Large Councilor Russ Stephenson was in attendance. The group got a report on this years intercity Chamber of Commerce trip to Fairfax, Virginia from Councilor Stephenson. Additionally, we discussed the upcoming Raleigh budget review, Union Station, the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), and got an update from the neighborhoods around the district. (more…)
Tags: budget, chamber, DC, hillsborough_street, housing, inclusionary zoning, raleigh, transit, udo, union station, wake county
Posted in DDNA, Raleigh City Council, Transportation | 1 Comment »
Monday, April 12th, 2010
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I got a chance to catch up with Eric Lamb, Manager, Transportation Services Division, City of Raleigh Public Works Department or as I like to call him, guru of all things transit-related. If he doesn’t know the answer to something, he’ll be sure to find out. Eric is probably one of the most outgoing and knowledgeable city staffers I’ve had the pleasure of working with. When I asked him to do a five questions interview for the blog, he was on it. I was curious about a few things from all the chatter about rail in Raleigh to Neighborhood Traffic Management (does this mean speed bumps on your neighborhood streets?). Let’s see what Eric has to say:
Image provided by Eric Lamb
1) There is a lot of talk about rail. Is the City of Raleigh ready for rail? What are the current financing options being discussed?
First, some full disclosure: I love trains. When I travel to other cities, I spend part of my free time exploring their transit systems (and my generous family puts up with me). I recently had the pleasure of exploring the London Underground system, which was both spectacular and overwhelming. (more…)
Tags: avent ferry, bike plan, BPAC, cars, cip, crabtree valley, CTP, curbside, downtown, Eric Lamb, hillsborough_street, LED, ncdot, pedestrians, people, rail, raleigh, road_diet, sehsr, sidewalks, speeding, speed_bumps, traffic_calming, trains, transportation_plan, udo
Posted in DDNA, Raleigh Planning, Transportation | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
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With the new year starting, I thought it was a good time to find out what’s going on at Raleigh’s Department of City Planning for 2010. Lots of folks spent countless hours on the 2030 Comprehensive Plan last year and Raleigh’s New Development Code is ramping up. I sent Mitchell Silver, Director, Department of City Planning & Urban Design Center and Ken Bowers, Deputy Director, Department of City Planning the following questions to see what’s on tap for 2010.
1) Why is Raleigh’s New Development Code so important?
Planning and development regulations should be regularly reviewed and updated due to such things as new development trends and new environmental legislation. Although the City’s Zoning Code and Subdivision Regulations have been (more…)
Tags: 2030, gateway_plan, hillsborough_street, ken_bowers, mitch silver, new_code, raleigh
Posted in 2030 Comp Plan, Raleigh Planning | No Comments »
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