Raleigh Convention Center joins the ranks of LEED certified Convention Centers

<!--break--> From NewRaleigh.com - Raleigh joins Pittsburgh and five other cities in having LEED certified convention centers. Additional photos by Brian Gassel can be found at the official RCC website. The website also lists the criteria for which the center was awarded LEED sliver status. Link to original post [read more]

Bold, smart, green vision proposed for Raleigh

<!--break--> Dan Douglas was, until recently, chief downtown planner and director of the Urban Design Council in Raleigh, the state capital of North Carolina. He is now in private architectural practice, but his passion for the city remains, apparently. In particular, he is now proposing that a public/private corporation be formed to... [read more]

Transit Roundup

<!--break--> Guerrilla Bus Shelters in RaleighRaleigh, NC, is in big need of bus shelters but the city isn't providing them. So what to do? According to New Raleigh, if the city won't, then the public will.The Raleigh area needs more guerrilla art and architecture... Something else Raleigh needs more of is bus shelters. I could... [read more]

Collective Cul-de-sac Action

<!--break--> In a generally interesting post, Mary Newsom includes a fascinating piece of information:An intriguing study from Charlotte’s city staff illustrates another of sprawl’s hidden costs, with city taxpayers in this instance footing the bill: Fire station costs are sharply lower in older parts of town where streets connect.... [read more]

Is Our Planners Learning?

<!--break--> See if you can follow this logic. Raleigh has been building a massive outer beltline for the past decade or so. The northern arc is basically finished. Now there are projections that the northern arc will be congested within another decade. To address the congestion problem, Raleigh is going to add lanes to the road. To... [read more]