The City of Asheville has been awarded a 2026 U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant to study improvements along the Hilliard Avenue corridor.
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The City of Asheville is conducting pre-construction activities for the ART Place Project at 50 Asheland Avenue and 49 Coxe Avenue, a total of 1.48 acres.
Two stops along Patton Avenue – Stop 914 at Fed Ex and Stop 915 at Western Carolina Rescue Ministries – will close on June 22 due to impacts from NCDOT’s I-26 Connector project.
Learn more about the draft Asheville Rides Transit (ART) network and provide feeback
The draft network would preserve the existing split between goals of ridership and coverage, but make adjustments to increase frequency on some routes, better coordinate route connections and improve on time performance.
Western North Carolina kicks off its annual Strive Not to Drive week celebrating sustainable transportation on Friday, May 15, and you can join the effort with free rides on Asheville Rides Transit (ART) buses all day on Monday, May 18.
Asheville Rides Transit (ART) bus passengers can now visit ridetheart.com to plan their trips with up to the minute, easily accessible information. The new site, built and maintained by the City of Asheville using publicly available transit data, is designed to work on both desktop and mobile devices.
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Due to NCDOT's I-26 construction closures starting April 16, ART routes WE1, WE2 and W5 will be detoured and stop 154 at Hill and Riverside will be closed.
At the March 24 City council meeting, Council members took action and were presented on mulitple agenda items related to budget, Helene recovery, and a land hold for a proposed arts and entertainment facility.
The City of Asheville is revising its existing Traffic Calming Policy to provide clearer direction for community members to request traffic calming treatments and for staff to respond to requests.