Transit plan to face critique
(News and Observer – November 11, 2013)
(Wake County) Commissioner Joe Bryan, the board chairman, has said he hopes to develop a transit plan to submit for voter approval, but he wanted to delay action until after the vote on the county's $810 million school bond proposal, which won voter approval in October. The commissioners have not said much about their intentions. They could call for changes to Cooke's plan, or they could throw it out altogether.
The Regional Transportation Alliance, a business group that lobbies for transportation improvements, recently criticized the plan and called for Wake to consider investing instead in bus rapid transit - a hybrid breed of transportation that is gaining ground in U.S. cities as less expensive and more flexible than rail, but faster and more enjoyable than regular buses.