What we do

The City of Asheville’s Transportation Department is dedicated to providing for the safety, health, mobility, and quality of life for Asheville citizens and guests through the administration of engineering, infrastructure and transportation-related projects.

The Transportation Department has four divisions, with the following roles:

  1. Traffic Engineering – Advises on traffic engineering components for projects in the City right-of-way. Handles services including posted speed limits, traffic calming, various regulatory and warning traffic signs, traffic signals and warning flashers.
  2. Transportation Planning – Oversees the planning of bicycle and pedestrian travel modes, including sidewalks, bicycle facilities, micromobility, and greenways.
  3. Transit – Oversees management of the Asheville Rides Transit (ART) system maintenance and operations. Provide transit planning services including updates to bus routes and bus stops.
  4. Parking Services – Manages public parking including city-owned parking garages, on-street metered parking, and parking enforcement.

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Livingston Street Traffic Calming

After hearing community input and gathering speed data, traffic calming is proposed for Livingston Street. This project would add speed cushions about every 300ft between Depot Street and Victoria Road. The speed cushions proposed are the same size as speed humps but would include a space between each cushion for emergency vehicles, pictured below.

traffic signal with Haywood road sign with historic building in the background

Traffic Signal Replacement Project

Happening Now Staff is working with engineers on the design of this project.  Next Milestone: Design completion Background This project has been identified as a top priority due to safety concerns associated with the aging infrastructure aiming to improve safety and accessibility for all residents and visitors.  These intersections included in the project are: Haywood Street & Page Avenue Haywood Street & [...]

Exterior photo of the Wall Street Garage

Parking Garage Capital Improvements

Happening Now Accessibility Improvements phase begins September 2024 With the immediate priority repairs complete, the next phase focuses on accessibility improvements in each of the City-owned downtown parking garages.  See City News post 9-16-2024. Estimated completion date for Accessibility phase: Late 2024 (function (c, i, t, y, z, e, n, x) { x = c.createElement(y), n = c.getElementsByTagName(y)[0]; x.async [...]

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