# Show Off Things From Other Cities **URL:** \ **Category:** The Pub\ **Created:** [January 22, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/show-off-things-from-other-cities/859 "2019-01-22T17:09:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1327
**Author:** ![keita](https://community.dtraleigh.com/user_avatar/community.dtraleigh.com/keita/32/354_2.png) [@keita](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/keita)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 5:32am UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/show-off-things-from-other-cities/859/1327 "2021-04-29T05:32:33Z")
The (for Raleigh residents, probably) odd feeling when Chapel Hill somehow ends up getting cool cycling and walkable downtown amenities [Raleigh is struggling with](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/bike-lanes-in-and-around-dtr/484)… ![image](https://d3tmycllq5yp1y.cloudfront.net/original/2X/6/66a934285f5b7b9529cd6c813c2d7fad369cf655.jpeg) That is a concept sketch for one of several upgrades the Town of Chapel Hill’s thinking of building for [the bus stop](https://www.google.com/maps/place/West+Franklin+Street+at+Municipal+Parking/@35.9109714,-79.0642258,16.09z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89acc2e1a79e6d69:0xa7e9642224646834!8m2!3d35.9107001!4d-79.0618586) next to the Italian restaurant 411 West. Franklin St. is the main street running through downtown Chapel Hill, and used to be a 4/5-lane road with curbside parking (read: a pain to drive, cycle, or bus through). So [it decided to](https://www.townofchapelhill.org/government/departments-services/town-manager/downtown-investments/w-franklin-st-lane-reallocation) work with NCDOT to use fewer car lanes and add bike lanes -but the pandemic gave the town [an excuse to have](https://www.townofchapelhill.org/government/departments-services/planning/franklin-street-lane-reallocation) a temporary head start: ![Example image of Chapel Hill's temporary bike lane](https://www.townofchapelhill.org/home/showpublishedimage/30773/637323250853470000) Just a reminder that your stereotypically-NIMBY town can have nice things, too, sometimes 😉 Several restaurants in Chapel Hill have been taking advantage of the above experiment to expand outdoor seating onto what used to be the sidewalk. I’m kinda surprised I haven’t seen anything like this in Raleigh… You can see this and more in [the meeting packet](https://www.townofchapelhill.org/home/showdocument?id=48799&t=637547957401628956) for the town’s Public Transit Committee meeting this past Tuesday. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/show-off-things-from-other-cities/859)._