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[Sloan]

[quote]Planning expert: Raleigh not suited for light rail


RALEIGH, N.C. — An urban transportation expert on Friday advised Triangle officials to rethink the push to create a regional transit system, saying it wouldn't work in Raleigh.[/quote][quote]



http://www.wral.com/...-rail/12228583/

[Sloan]

]Light rail may improve Duke-Durham connections

A light rail connecting Durham and Orange counties is scheduled to be completed over the next 12 years. The track—proposed by Triangle Transit—will contain three stops bordering the University’s campus.

http://www.dukechron...ham-connections

[Sloan]

Plans to build a light rail connecting Durham and Orange Counties will continue as scheduled, whether Wake County wants to participate or not.

The proposed 17.3- mile light rail would connect UNC Hospitals to East Durham via N.C. Highway 54.

http://www.dailytarh...t-moves-forward

[Sloan]

Triangle Transit gets federal approval to plan Durham-Orange light rail

A first-step approval issued Tuesday by the Federal Transit Administration means that Triangle Transit can get rolling on plans for a 17-mile light-rail line to connect UNC-Chapel Hill and East Durham.

http://www.newsobser...le-transit.html

I would hope there would be sufficient spare capacity to handle football crowds from Duke University.

Sloan

[Sloan]

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Wake commissioners lukewarm on light rail

RALEIGH, N.C. — Regional transit officials are excited over federal approval on Tuesday to enter project development on a 17-mile light rail system in Durham and Orange counties, but Wake County commissioners remain light on the idea.

http://www.wral.com/...-rail/13432425/

[Sloan]

How will the Durham-Orange Light Rail brand itself?

As the Durham-Orange Light Rail heads into project development after being approved by the Federal Transit Administration in February, questions among the public are mounting.

http://www.bizjourna...and-itself.html

[Sloan]

Learn more about light rail project at upcoming meetings

Four workshops this fall will provide updates and a chance to comment on the proposed Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit Project.

http://www.chapelhil...il-project.html

[KevinKorell]

Progressive Railroading, October 2014:

Rail projects rise on the urgency meter for North Carolina's Triangle Transit

Triangle Transit is advancing plans to build a light-rail line that will connect Chapel Hill and East Durham, N.C. The 17-mile Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit Project would include stops at the University of North Carolina, its hospitals, residential and business districts, Duke University and Duke Medical Center, downtown Durham and North Carolina Central University.

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[Sloan]

DURHAM -- If your commute takes you between Durham and Orange Counties, you’ll want to know about this.

This week you’ll have a chance to weigh in on a proposed light rail transit project that’s in the works.

http://centralnc.twc...ight-rail-line/

[Sloan]

 

 

The state’s new 10-year plan for major transportation projects is the first to follow Gov. Pat McCrory’s funding formula that aims to take politics out of road construction.

 

 

http://www.newsobser...-hill.html?rh=1

Edited by Sloan, 04 December 2014 - 02:14 PM.