Many of the new shopping centers in Raleigh have banned buses from coming on their grounds. The developers argue this is because buses risk pedestrian safety (although, Raleigh buses are some of the safest), but others are very aware that this is fueled by racist and classist motives. Chris Estes, executive director of the North Carolina Housing Coalition, makes the point that shopping centers are designed to attract people to come work and shop, public transportation can only help with that end goal. The framing of public transportation is somehow dangerous is a distraction for the real motives behind the bans.
This trend is not unique to Raleigh, but part of a disturbing nation wide trend. In Buffalo NY, 2.5 million dollars was awarded to the family of a girl crossing the road, as the result of a mall restricting bus access. Negligent planning on the developers part should not become the city’s problem and serving the city’s population as a whole is important for any shopping center.
A list of the participating shopping centers below the fold
Where would bicyclists ride?
The study will consider the needs of bicyclists in the corridor. An option being considered is to allow bicyclists their choice of riding through the roundabout under the legal definition of a vehicle, according to North Carolina law, or riding on the sidewalk instead.
The Hillsborough St. Plan
That’s right, bikers: You are on your own in Raleigh. The future plan for revitalizing Hillsborough Street, a full restructuring and redesign of key intersections, does not include a bike lane.
Does Raleigh seriously need another pizza restaurant? At 117 square miles, and well over a hundred establishments that make pizza, you can score a slice at roughly once every square mile. The newest addition to the rat race of pizza delivery options—Hungry Howie’s, a chain restaurant from Michigan—comes to Oberlin road, on the edge of the Hayes-Barton and Oberlin Village neighborhoods. It places itself centrally between arguably the two finest pizza establishments in Raleigh: Lilly’s Pizza of Five Points, and Capital Creations which operates out of the Sunset Hills area.
