The City’s been quietly looking for citizen feedback on two policy changes to help build denser housing more easily, as well as to make buses and BRT run faster.
First is a change to the city’s Comprehensive Plan. This will change the names and definitions of some policies, and expand the area where development cases would be expected to enable denser housing and buildings that are friendlier to pedestrians and transit users. This walkability-friendly policy will also be defined based on corridors with frequent transit, too, instead of just BRT stations (which means more parts of Raleigh can benefit from density-friendly policies).
The other could change the city’s street plan to enable BRT to happen. This could let BRT in the New Bern, Western, and Wilmington corridors run in their own, exclusive lanes without cars getting in the way.