Will probably be successful in Alamance County.
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A couple things:
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The data are based on Urbanized Area as opposed to MSA, which have different definitions although the distinction escapes me. For context though Raleighâs Urbanized Area pop. is only ~885,000
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I enjoy bashing Charlotte as much as anyone here, but Raleigh is only marginally better in this stat, and notably worse for some things (ex. population density). Raleighâs DVMT is 39.1 to Charlotteâs 39.6
You can see the full table here:
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Yeah I canât say Iâm too surprised. Frankly the measures we need to be taking are more radical than anything the area is doing and itâs not a good omen. Scoring worse than Dallas, Houston, or âExtra Large Charlotteâ is unacceptable.
RTP is an albatross that will always weigh us down forever, and the sprawl in Apex/Holly Springs/Wake Forest encouraged by the induced demand of 540 is making it worse.
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First of all, thanks for the chart. I am a geek for stuff like that.
I never said that I expected Raleigh to perform substantially better than Charlotte, and frankly I was holding my breath that Raleigh wasnât a dishonorable mention in the video.
That said, I am confused as to why the data shows that both Nashville and Birmingham are even worse than Charlotte and neither appears in the video. Nashville is exponentially worse! Also, the urbanized area data in that chart is now 13 years old. Thatâs from 2010.
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Ah, I missed that the population numbers were that old. That makes sense, and I hope with the recent growth in and around downtown that these numbers would improve slightly.
As to why Nashville and Birmingham donât appear, I think itâs because he was only considering cities with populations over 1,000,000
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Apex, Holly Springs, Wale Forest are actually fairly well designed for what they are. Land use in these cities has to be better than the area between ITB and 540 in Raleigh. Lots are smaller in the newer suburbs,. Those neighborhoods that abut Capital, Six Forks, Glenwood are on some big lots, even the smaller houses.
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Ladies and gentlemen, your average Cambodian police officer. I think my guy means business. The other guy is private security inside a large labyrinth of a market. This section has a lot of gold and electronics for sale. Heâs mean mugginâ for the camera, but all these guys were super cool. The guy in the blue shirt spoke decent English and we chatted for about 20 minutes. Nice guys. Be warned though, donât steal gold in Cambodia. These dudes arenât playing around.
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BRT going through some up and coming areas. Tons of construction and breweries nearby too. Like this area.
Richmond, VA
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I was back in Charleston, probably my favorite Southern city, for the Fourth. On top of the dreamy food and palmettos and beaches and nightlife, it also has some brilliant examples of urban form it would be lovely if they could be replicated in Raleigh. None of this is dependent on subways or types of building we canât do anymore:
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LOVE Scottâs Addition. So much to do, and in a neighborhood that was absolutely frightening in recent memory.
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Hopefully that will happen along Raleigh BRT lines as well. Iâm sure it will, but how fast?
Also I initially misread that station name as âScottâs Addictionâ as in Janeâs Addiction.
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there had been some very good drug research done thereâŚeven if the drive got irritating.
Yup, much more character and street activation than sterile highrises. Best kind of urban IMO, livable.
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Agree - when I lived in Boston, I opted to live in Charlestown in structures similar to those from the Charleston pics above. It never occurred to me to live in any kind of high rise. I worked in one, didnât want to live in one.
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Love it when churches are actually put to good use!
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With that stocked bar, it had to be a Catholic Church.
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Thatâs awesome! Tulsa has such a wealth of gorgeous oil boom architecture, epsecially the Art Deco churches.
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We did walked around downtown art deco district. Next time we will take the tour. Lots of folks were showing up to take it as we were leaving. This part of town was clean and largely empty on a Saturday morning.
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