2030 Comprehensive Plan Update, April 2024

Downtown Raleigh

Policy DT 2.3 Restore Two-way Traffic

Policy DT 2.8 Removed 2019

Improve circulation within downtown by converting one-way streets to two-way traffic flow, where feasible and desirable.

Policy DT 2.9 Downtown Greenway Connections

Policy DT 2.4 Access from Grade-separated Crossings Due to its often adverse effects on adjacent land uses, avoid new rail or roadway flyovers and bridges within downtown if the opportunity exists to locate new facilities on existing grade separated crossings.

Preserve and expand the city’s greenway system along Greenway Connections as shown on Map DT-3, using it to help connect housing, employment, commercial, and recreational areas. Encourage the use of green infrastructure on Greenway Connections as part of the rezoning and development review processes.

Policy DT 2.5 Widen Sidewalks

Policy DT 2.10 Downtown Alleys

In new streetscape designs, provide expansive sidewalks and widen existing sidewalks to a 14-foot minimum where there is available right-of-way.

Encourage the preservation and protection of existing internal alleyways in downtown.

Action DT 2.1 Removed 2019

Policy DT 2.6 Pedestrian Bridges and Tunnels Strongly discourage pedestrian overhead bridges or underground tunnel connections across the public right-of-way. Policy DT 2.7 Bike Benefits on Greenway and Bicycle Connections For all public/private sector design and traffic engineering/operations decisions made for the Greenway and Bicycle Connections as shown on Map DT-3, bicyclists should be given equal priority to vehicular traffic flow and other street functions, including but not limited to parking and loading functions. Protected or separated bicycle lanes should be applied on these streets where feasible.

Action DT 2.2 Lane Striping Study

Study lane striping in downtown to ensure that the number and widths of lanes match traffic loads: minimizing conflicts between through-traffic and parked vehicles to provide for the safety of pedestrians and bicycles; and maximizing opportunities for on-street parking.

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