Posts Tagged ‘ncdot’
Monday, April 12th, 2010
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, March 24th, 2010
One might think it’s simple to get an old bridge replaced and a road widened, bringing it up to par with the rest of Tryon road just to the west. But nothing is easy in South West Raleigh. Neglected for our brethren to the North and downtown, from goat trails on Lake Wheeler Road to abandoned infrastructure at Renaissance Park, our roadway priorities our toyed with on a long list of projects that are years away from completion. But some of the folks are working diligently in the community to bring awareness about the lack of coordination and funding to complete Tryon Road.
We have this 17 page accident report to share. It tells the story of 56 crashes, 1 fatal, from 06/01/2004 to 06/01/2009. The report is on Tryon Road [State Road (SR) 1370] between Fairway Drive & Junction Blvd. (more…)
Tags: growth, lake_wheeler_road, ncdot, raleigh, renaissance_park, RGA, tryon_road, U-4432, wake county
Posted in Lineberry Alliance, Renaissance Park, SWCAC | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
UPDATE March 9, 2010
Please see the following update provided by Ed Johnson, CAMPO, in response to No Funding for Tryon Road Bridge, which has some important information not captured in the original post. We want to make sure that you have all the facts and this is vital to making sure we have posted accurate information. Thank you Ed for making sure we have the most complete information that we can about this project.
Your very good report has one factual error. It was NCDOT’s decision not to include subregional tier projects in this first round of prioritizations, not CAMPO’s. This was purportedly due to concerns about data adequacy, but lack of time and resouces probably figured in as well.
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Tags: CAMPO, equity, lake_wheeler_road, ncdot, NEPA, raleigh, renaissance_park, SEPA, tryon_road, U-4432, wake county
Posted in DDNA, Renaissance Park, SWCAC, Transportation | Comments Off
Thursday, March 4th, 2010
UPDATE: See important follow-up information from CAMPO posted on March 9, 2010.
The Tryon Road project, also known as U-4432, is not funded for construction in the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s (NCDOT) current 5-year work program [138 page PDF]. This could spell trouble for the commercial and mixed use part of the Renaissance Park development as well as the widening (Part C) and realignment of Tryon Road from Lake Wheeler Road to South Wilmington Street. Finishing the Tryon Road expansion project from Cary, NC to Garner, NC would complete a major artery between Raleigh, Cary, and Garner and reduce the amount of congestion along this corridor.
Tryon Road project, courtesy, Anthony McLeod
It’s not like we’ll need the estimated $300,000,000.00 to replace the Oregon Inlet bridge (I’m a Dare County boy so I can say that), but we need more than zero. And I think we need it faster than five years from now. Maybe we could borrow a few pylons?
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Tags: CAMPO, deborah_ross, delta_sigma_phi, equity, lake_wheeler_road, ncdot, NEPA, raleigh, renaissance_park, RGA, SEPA, tryon_road, U-4432, wake county
Posted in DDNA, Renaissance Park, SWCAC, Transportation | 9 Comments »
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Last week, Renaissance Park resident, Anthony McLeod and I headed down to the North Carolina Legislature to meet with our House Representative, Deborah Ross. I’ve known Representative Ross for many years and had her guidance when I was working to get Lineberry Drive paved. She is a positive voice for her constituents and helpful legislature when you need advice.
Anthony and I meet with Representative Ross on the morning of February 15, 2010 regarding the Tryon Road realignment project (sign the petition at http://renparkonline.com/tryonroad/). (more…)
Tags: CAMPO, deborah_ross, ncdot, nc_general_assembly, renaissance_park, tryon_road
Posted in Renaissance Park, SWCAC, Transportation | Comments Off
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
I came across this article that I found interesting:
DOT changes process for prioritizing projects (abc11.com)
Under the old system, the Board of Transportation decided what was completed first, leading to allegation of back room deal making and cronyism.
The new process is data driven. All 2,000 projects the state wants to complete in the next ten years are rated based on hard data, such as accident reports and road congestion. The data also will include local input.
Will this change the old in/equity formula? Will urban areas get more attention now and rural area’s get shafted? (more…)
Tags: abc11, congestion, Jim Trogdon, ncdot, projects, roads
Posted in Transportation | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
If you travel on Tryon Road between Raleigh’s Lake Wheeler Road and US 70-401 then you know what the Garner death curve is. At least, that’s what I call it. As you approach the two-lane, Norfolk-Southern Railroad bridge from either direction, your hands tend to migrate towards the 10 and 2 position on your steering wheel. You might even tense up a bit. This is the Garner death curve.
Tryon Road / Norfolk Southern Rail, Raleigh, NC (Google Maps)
Why is this section of Tryon Road being neglected? The parts from Cary, NC to Lake Wheeler Road are mostly complete and practically done. Four glorious lanes of asphalt with a median. We might even get to participate in choosing some of the landscape for that median. Update 2/10/10 see comments for corrections from Eric Lamb, City of Raleigh.
Last December, a group of citizens started brainstorming on how South West Raleigh could get some attention to this forgotten part of Tryon Road. A group of neighbors from Renaissance Park are leading the effort to widen Tryon Road and complete the realignment project. You should sign their online petition if you haven’t already: (more…)
Tags: lake_wheeler_road, ncdot, norfolk_southern_railroad, petition, raleigh, renaissance_park, road_project, transportation_plan, tryon_road
Posted in Renaissance Park, SWCAC, Transportation | 8 Comments »
Monday, December 21st, 2009
On Monday, December 14, 2009, I lead a design thinking session at the South West Citizens Advisory Council (SWCAC) meeting at Carolina Pines park in Raleigh, NC. Our goal for this meeting? To solve neighborhood problems the open source way. I told the SWCAC Chair, Mary Belle Pate, that I wanted to foster participation, collaboration, and shared benefit to tackle these topics. What I didn’t anticipate was the shared knowledge and community that came out of the hour-long session.
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Tags: collaboration, community, design_thinking, ncdot, open_source_way, participation, shared_benefit, shared_knowledge, sidewalks, SWCAC, tryon_road
Posted in Community Services Department, Lineberry Alliance, SWCAC | 3 Comments »
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
The December 2009 agenda for the South West Citizen Advisory Council (SWCAC) is below. The meeting will be held on Monday, December 14, 2009 at 7:00 PM at Carolina Pines.
Special note – please bring new socks and/or underwear for either men or women to this meeting. they will be our holiday gifts to our neighbors, the men of the healing place for men and the women of the healing place for women.
- Police report and safety suggestions – Officer Upchurch
- Parks & Recreation activities – Nickey Brewster
- The Healing Place – Executive Director Dennis Parnell will explain the purpose of our valuable neighbor, The Healing Place for Men, and The Healing Place for Women, located in northwest Raleigh, and then update us on their accomplishments.
- A major strategy session on the following topics: (more…)
Tags: healing_place, ncdot, sidewalks, tryon_road, WCPSS
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Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Many residents in the South West Citizens Advisory Council (SWCAC) are eager to see Tryon Road widened to four lanes from Cary to Garner. Some sections have been completed and others are still waiting for design and funding. The section of Tryon Road between Lake Wheeler Road and South Saunders Street is waiting on funding to build a new bridge over the railroad corridor East of RGA Golf Course. Some SWCAC citizens were curious about some of the roadway that is already complete, but lacks the landscaping elements shown in the design.
Senior Project Engineer , James Lynn Raynor, PE , with the City of Raleigh Public Works Department answered questions over email. The section of concern is the area of Tryon Road between Gorman Street and Lake Wheeler Road, which has been completed for quite some time now. Currently, the section is mostly four lanes with a median and four lanes with a center turn lane in some areas. The median is supposed to have landscaping. For the purposes of this article, landscaping will mean more than just mulch. Currently, the medians are only mulched. We would like to think that trees, shrubs, and other landscaping elements will add some beauty to the baron, mulched median.
Tryon Road Median, courtesy Google Maps & Streetview
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Tags: district D, lake_wheeler_road, landscape, ncdot, road_project, tryon_road
Posted in SWCAC, Transportation | 1 Comment »
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