2030 Comprehensive Plan Update, April 2024

Land Use

Equitable Development Around Transit The Equitable Development Around Transit (EDAT) plan was adopted in 2020 to guide future growth in the corridors along each of the four planned Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) routes. Thoughtful consideration of disparities in access to opportunity by race, neighborhood, and income when making plans and policies enables the city to deliver greater benefits to a diverse range of residents. This vision is embodied in the concept of Equitable Transit-oriented Development (ETOD). Recommended actions and policies of the EDAT plan focus on five goals to ensure the benefits of bus rapid transit are broadly shared: 1. grow around transit 2. enhance affordability and minimize displacement 3. preserve existing businesses 4. generate job opportunities 5. guarantee pedestrian safety These goals are represented throughout this subsection with associated policies and actions to encourage their achievement.

Action LU 4.1 Completed 2013

Action LU 4.2 Completed 2013

Action LU 4.3 Station Area Plans

Prioritize and prepare station area plans to guide development patterns within one-half mile of identified regional and local fixed guideway transit stops.

See also Section 4: ‘Transportation’ for additional policies and actions related to land use and transportation coordination and transit development including recommendations of the Wake County Transit Plan and the Special Transit Advisory Committee (STAC).

Statement on Equity The City of Raleigh is committed to establishing and advancing an equitable community for all. Because we know that race is the primary predictor of a person’s outcomes across all social indicators and societal systems, the City of Raleigh will prioritize racial equity to dismantle the policies and systems that have created and sustained these inequities. Inequities in our systems and policies are costly and limit positive outcomes and quality of life for all of us. When we achieve racial equity, all people in Raleigh will benefit from a more just, equitable system. Raleigh aspires to be a model for equity in local government.

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