By on December 2, 2006
On October 24, 2006, results from a survey sponsored by WRAL and the News & Observer reported fairly strong interest in mass transit options for the Triangle by residents. The survey included approximately 600 likely voters and among many political questions, asked what the region’s biggest problems are. 28% of those surveyed selected “controlling growth/development” [...]
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By Rhonda on October 12, 2005
Yarmouth Drive map it #1, #2I heard a friend recently say,"We live on Yarmouth." I replied,"Which one?" Yes, once again, I’m on Raleigh’s case for having two streets with the same name.
Just off of Glenwood Avenue near Oberlin, one can find Yarmouth Drive #1. It is the first street off of Edenburgh Rd. (which secretly [...]
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By Rhonda on October 9, 2005
Boylan Avenue/Hillsborough Street map itOne of Raleigh’s misaligned streets is Boylan Avenue where it intersects Hillsborough Street. As one travels north from Boylan Heights, a westward wiggle is required to stay on Boylan Ave. There are plans to redevelop one of the intersection’s corners, so it would be a perfect time for the City to [...]
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By Rhonda on October 8, 2005
Atlantic Avenue/Litchford Road map itAtlantic Avenue was a corridor originally planned for a badly needed North/South Expressway. The debate in the early 70’s revolved around the destruction of a few Oakwood houses (I’ll have to do some digging through N&O articles to get the details) . Eventually the neighborhood groups won and the project disintegrated. [...]
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By Rhonda on October 5, 2005
East Davie Street map it
When Rock Quarry Road and Tarboro Street were realigned to create a North/South artery in SE Raleigh, East Davie St. was bisected. The western half of the split still intersects Rock Quarry, but the eastern half was terminated with a cul de sac, creating two "East Davie Streets". This increases access [...]
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By Rhonda on October 3, 2005
West Lane Street
Well guess what folks? We have two Lane Streets. Lane is a minor East/West street in the north end of downtown that extends westward from Oakwood until it is bisected by the railroad tracks in the Glenwood South area. The solution here is to rename the segment west of the railroad tracks. We [...]
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By Rhonda on September 28, 2005
Peace Street/Clark Avenues map it #1, #2
Another great street debacle in Raleigh is the Peace Street/Clark Aveue mess. Guess what! There are TWO Clark Avenues. (You knew I couldn’t resist pointing that one out!)
Peace Street extends westward from its Eastern terminus at N. Person Street (where Krispy Kreme is). After crossing Capital Blvd [...]
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By Rhonda on September 25, 2005
Thank you so much for all of the feedback we’ve gotten on our Raleigh Streets series. It has been great to see the City of Raleigh create some excellent arteries that make the city flow well. However the map is unnecessarily complicated. There are a few more that we failed to address in the series.
St. [...]
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By Rhonda on September 23, 2005
Western Blvd/Martin Luther King Blvd – map it
This is the final part of a 10-part series (there will be bonus entries soon!) in which we examine Raleigh’s most
embarrassing shortcoming to visitors: the abundance of dysfunctional street names. A city should try to be
easily understood instead remaining a labyrinth only understood by the
long-time natives.
This one is [...]
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By Rhonda on September 21, 2005
This is part 9 of a 10-part series in which we examine Raleigh’s most
embarrassing shortcoming to visitors: the abundance of dysfunctional street names. A city should try to be
easily understood instead remaining a labyrinth only understood by the
long-time natives.
New Hope Church Road/Buffalo Road/Hardimont Road – map itNew Hope Church Road extends from Hardimont Road (next [...]
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