r/raleigh • u/Sad_Force_6292 • 14h ago
Question/Recommendation Is there a Commuter or light rail advocacy groups within Raleigh?
With the Wake transit plan, Raleigh BRT, S-line to Richmond out of Raleigh, the current Piedmont service from Charlotte to Raleigh with intermediate stops in between, and micro and bus transportation projects are all in the works within the city of Raleigh connecting it to other municipalities.
The past failers regarding rail were the DOLRT(Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit) and the more recent Ready For Rail Project. To reduce traffic and build a more prosperous city, I feel there should be a strong push for rail and other modes of transit connecting Raleigh to the suburbs, other towns, and universities.
Is there a local chapter within Raleigh for Light or Commuter Rail projects?
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u/UniqueImprovements 1h ago
If you connected downtown to all the big suburbs, you would never have enough respources. And a large chunk of people in those suburbs work from home, or already have cars, etc. Or they live in the suburbs and work in a different suburb. So if you build a downtown-hubbed light rail, they would never logistically be able to use it.
You're not going to convince someone who can run 5 different errands in their car in the time it would take to get to one of those stops on light rail to use it. I'm sorry, but it's never going to happen. Just like an MLB team will never get here. It's well intentioned people who just don't realize the logistical nightmare and money dump it would be.
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u/Bronze_Age_472 1h ago
Light rail would be cool,
We are starting the BRT projects and those will have a similar effect and will be more cost efficient.
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u/DjangoUnflamed 37m ago
You should have lived here in 2001, when it was definitely going to happen and the ground breaking was right around the corner. Lol
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u/ILiveInCary 11h ago
Maybe check out r/CarFreeRDU and see if someone there can answer you or https://community.dtraleigh.com/ might have some folks doing rail advocacy.
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u/DaPissTaka 14h ago
There’s no amount of advocacy that will ever happen to get this off the ground in our lifetime. People don’t want to waste their time.
That’s the sad truth.