This Tuesday, City Council will talk about buying three parcels of land for a park-and-ride (and eventual Transit Center) at the end of the New Bern BRT line.
That “Transit Center” is not just a bus station, since means a specific kind of fancy bus terminal in Wake County’s 10-year Bus Plan. It’s meant to be a major hub for local transit that includes super-useful amenities like:
- on-site staff
- benches and lighting
- security cameras and public restrooms
- wi-fi
- real-time maps and bus trackers
- bike racks and storage.
The BRT station and park-and-ride will be built before this facility -since the new services to justify it will be running after the New Bern line is open:
The city is expected to add a transit-overlay district around this future station on its own. So by the time BRT (and later, the transit center) is built, we should really be able to expect the New Hope station area to become much more walkable and friendly to car-free lifestyles!