Not sure what the original intent was, but RUSBUS clearly functions as a hub for regional buses and GoRaleigh station as hub for local Raleigh buses. That seems to make perfect sense to me, although I’m certainly not opposed to GoRaleigh getting away from the mindset of all downtown buses terminating at a station. For regional buses, it makes a lot of sense to have the various GoTriangle routes meet at a station, and even better that the station is part of the Union Station complex for connections with Amtrak and NC rail services.
Yikes - Taking all the car traffic on hillsborough and putting it on Clark would be wild. The street parking paired with the medians is a physical and literal bottleneck
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I’d like a “wade ave is an abomination” t shirt
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Don’t speak of my beloved Wade Ave rollercoaster like that
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We should just “Big Dig“ Wade Ave, but to keep it a rollercoaster there should be some underground loops like space mountain!
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Do we know yet what the frequency on the new Route 14 will be? As part of the new route coming online, it looks like routes 1 and 2 will be rerouted so Route 1 will no longer serve N. Person St/Wake Forest Rd. I live in that area so losing 10-minute frequency bus service is not something I’m looking forward to. 
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decades back wade was fun
March 22, 2026 Service Changes
GoRaleigh will implement service improvements designed to increase frequency, improve reliability, and expand access across the system. With the addition on Route 2 increasing to 15-Minute frequency, GoRaleigh now operates 11 high-frequency routes providing 15-minute service or better throughout the city within the network.
Funding through the Wake Transit half-cent sales tax allows GoRaleigh to continue growth in one of the Four Big Moves from the Wake Transit Plan, increasing our frequent, reliable urban network.
Route 14 | New Route
GoRaleigh is introducing Route 14 - Atlantic, providing service every 30 minutes. This will expand service coverage and provide new travel options along the corridor.
Route 14 will:
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Run every 30 minutes
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Improve access to key destinations
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Strengthen connections to other GoRaleigh routes
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Support growing ridership demand in the corridor
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I hope they keep buying New Flyer buses now that they do have the XN60s. The state seems to absolutely love New Flyer (seeing as their NC State and UNC Charlotte contracts essentially REQUIRE New Flyer buses in their 2027-2037 contracts), so hopefully GoRaleigh is the same
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Completely agree, I much prefer the New Flyers, but I know they also just took delivery of like 15 new Gilligs so unless maintaining both is not a huge problem, I have to think they’ll stick with Gillig for the foreseeable future.
Also, do you know where I can find any details on the NCSU 2027-37 contract? I’m curious to read about it. I have to say, though, their buses are in great shape. Whatever cleaning regimen the Wolfline folks are up to is working. I wish the other Triangle agencies would take notes! (Although, the new vinyl seats have certainly helped).
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This CityNerd video takes a look at North American cities and tries to see who has the highest rides per capita. When he rags on Dallas for having one of the worst ratios at around 7 transit rides per capita, I couldn’t help but look for Raleigh’s. We’re not much better at 9.2 rides per capita. (using 2024 data) I’m sure it’s a pretty big simplification to calculate rides per capita this way but at the same time, I’m not surprised. There’s so much room to grow here.
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I think we have to take into account that Dallas has a fairly extensive light rail network, and we have no rapid transit whatsoever.
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NCSU hasn’t released their RFP for the 27-37 term yet, so a lot of that was loosely based on the last contract, but UNC Charlotte’s incredibly long RFP can be found here.
Notably, the state specifically outlines the standard being New Flyer clean diesel 40’ buses and are pretty strict with what types of buses can be used, even for interim periods. One of the requirements is that every bus in service is washed daily… someone quite literally asked a question along the lines of “that seems excessive, can we do less” and the state flat out responded “No.”
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NC State’s 35 buses are also owned by the university, while UNC Charlotte’s are provided by the contractor. However their RFP says the fleet of 15 buses will be procured & owned by contractor until the end of the contract when they will fall to state ownership.
I imagine the fact that the state physically owns the buses scares those contractors A LOT so they make sure they do it right
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And we also have to take into account that DFW is approaching 4X the population of the Triangle while its overall density is only about 11% higher. DFW is what the Triangle becomes if we stay on our current trajectory of incrementally increasing our density while continually developing never-ending suburbia.
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im not sure on this stuff….if you came from a high denstiy area and rode transit (and didnt like it) sometimnes and drove 45 minute commutes and then fled to the south to get a 27 min car commute and avoid transit…why wouldnt you by the thousands if you have portable skills? i know raleigh is growing in a great way…ive read of many so called boondoogle transit schemes in areas denser than raleigh…fake? price to ridership metrics. some of that stuff has to be settled, sure.
Really good article on the topic of GoRaleigh Station and how changes are needed.
Moore Square Bus Station Relocation— Is It Time?
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If in fact the station were to move, and if it were to stay in our tiny downtown footprint, I’m curious where they’d propose it should go?
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I think we’ll see more on this topic this year but I’m hoping it’s a move combined with a system overhaul. As I said before, I think we need to transition (or even just drop and start over) away from the hub and spoke model and get some nice cross town routes. There should still be a station in downtown but something smaller than what GoRaleigh is currently.
I like @orulz 's plan to put it behind City Hall. I think having it there in combination with servicing less routes than today’s GoRaleigh Station should be considered.
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