TONIGHT: Union Station Multi-Modal Station Open House
Raleigh will try again to get the multi-modal transit center going with a presentation tonight at the Urban Design Center.
A draft report (very slow loading pdf here) for Raleigh’s Union Station has been completed for public review. The objective of the design and development strategy is twofold: first, to prepare a conceptual multi-modal transit center design that coordinates the location of various existing and future transit service areas with convenient connections among service platforms; and second, to prepare a development strategy for properties within and in the vicinity of the transit center.
A public open house will be held on May 12 to present the report findings and answer questions. The Raleigh Urban Design Center (133 Fayetteville Street) will host two opportunities to attend:
12:00 to 1:30 p.m. - Informal information session with City staff available to answer questions
6:30 to 8:00 p.m. - Formal presentation followed by question & answer
After the open house, a 30 day comment period will be provided followed by the preparation of a final report. Comments must be submitted to Martin Stankus by June 11, 2010.
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Frank
05/12 03:29 PM
Get ‘er done!
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ct
05/13 02:12 PM
At a high level it’s a great project - but the devils will be in the details. The underlying assumption is that the Feds will pay 80%.
Greensboro’s station has already been renovated, and Charlotte is somewhat ahead of Raleigh in planning for a new station.
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Reesian
05/13 03:23 PM
I hate to be a naysayer, but this project will never happen. The railroads (NCRR in particular) will hold this project hostage the same way they held the TTA Rail Project hostage. While railroads in general were once important contributors to the community, they are now nothing more than a bureaucratic pimple to urban development. They have no incentive to cooperate because land hoarding is the only life left in their cold dead hands.
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arthurb3
05/13 04:12 PM
Oh, Reesian. You are so right in more ways than one.
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ct
05/13 04:27 PM
You’re missing a key point. NCRR (Charlotte-Greensboro-Raleigh-Goldsboro-Morehead City) is wholly owned by the State of NC. For all practical purposes, NCRR operates as a division of NCDOT. The NC General Assembly directly funded the construction of this railroad in the 1850s. They retained title to the right of way. They own the passenger equipment. They provide the investment money. Although they subcontract some operational responsibilities to Amtrak (a quasi-governmental corporation) and Norfolk Southern (a private corporation), NCRR/NCDOT calls all the shots on that line.
With respect to CSX who owns the right of way between Raleigh and Alexandria, Va., the situation with SEHSR is much different from what transpired with TTA. TTA offered CSX nothing but a headache. However, SEHSR is throwing major money at CSX; more significantly, CSX will be able to run trains over the SEHSR tracks, as long as they don’t interfere with passenger trains. Subject to certain conditions, CSX is actually a strong supporter of SEHSR. This was definitely not the case with TTA. Actually, this has turned out to be a good thing. TTA’s rail program as it was designed in the 1990s would have been a disaster. We can thanks the Feds for refusing to fund it. Current plans for what the Triangle needs 10-25 years from now are much better formulated that the original TTA plan. The private railroads concur.
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