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8/17/2023
The North Carolina Department of Transportation this week released a study to help communities along the S-Line rail corridor prepare for transit-oriented development (TOD).
The study explored TOD along the S-Line corridor, which runs between Raleigh, North Carolina, and Richmond, Virginia. NCDOT officials consider the corridor to be a missing link in the passenger-rail system. The S-Line would better connect the Southeast to Washington, D.C., and places farther north, they believe.
The S-Line TOD study evaluated market conditions, affordable housing considerations, multimodal transportation opportunities, and regulatory conditions in several central North Carolina communities.
Each participating community received recommendations for planning and development, including sites to consider for transportation-focused development, a timeline for executing goals and projects needed to complete multimodal transportation initiatives.
"[T]he study provides guidance to the towns for how to make the most of a future passenger-rail opportunity," said Julie White, NCDOT's deputy secretary for multimodal transportation, in a press release.
The plan's next step involves mobility hub site assessments and design, made possible by a U.S. Department of Transportation grant awarded in August 2022.