Imagine having a bicycle available for a quick jaunt to the other side of downtown or West Asheville. It could happen — if a bike share program comes to Asheville. In support of active and accessible transportation methods, the City of Asheville is conducting a study of whether a bike share program may be feasible for [...]
Asheville Public Works crew provided support to help the Green Opportunities landscaping students build the temporary trail. Members of the Green Opportunities training program will join the City of Asheville for a 1 p.m. April 27 ribbon cutting and celebration of a recently constructed temporary trail on the future Town Branch Greenway, behind the Grant Southside Center, [...]
Residents of Asheville’s Oakley neighborhood will soon get a new pedestrian connection from their neighborhood to Biltmore Village. In advance, City staff want to show plans to Oakley residents during an open house to discuss the project. The discussion begins at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 22 at the Murphy-Oakley Recreation Center, 749 Fairview Road. How the project [...]
The new Buncombe County Parking Garage is expected to open towards the end of February or the first part of March. The garage is part of a new county building adjacent to Coxe Avenue. As the new Buncombe County Parking Garage nears completion, City of Asheville Transportation Department staff recently established a new traffic pattern along [...]
Page Avenue returned to two-way traffic on Tuesday, Jan. 9, said Asheville Transportation Director Ken Putnam. In September 2015, the City made Page Avenue one-way southbound from Battle Square to Battery Park Avenue as demolition on the old Kosta’s Menswear building happened and then construction for the Cambria Suites Hotel began. Now that hotel construction is [...]
What’s happening on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive? Sidewalk, curb and gutter replacement is beginning on the east end near College Street in advance of a road resurfacing project of the entire length of the street in spring. Orange construction barrels have been placed on both sides of the street along the length of Martin Luther [...]
Updated plan will establish a refreshed framework for future transit growth With the goal of making Asheville’s bus transportation better, the City of Asheville will update its update its Transit Master Plan. The goal is to establish a fresh framework for future transit growth in our community. The Transit Master Plan will shape how and where transit service will [...]
City of Asheville staff have been hard at work creating online tools to make General Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and 2016 Bond Project information more accessible for everyone. New tools include an online dashboard and project map that provide users with information on project locations, timelines and budgets. The project map displays general [...]
Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer, above right, joined members of the Montford community in an Oct. 3 celebration of five panels outlining the neighborhood’s history recently installed on City bus shelters along Montford Avenue. The panels honor Montford’s lost homes, past residents, bygone scenes and African American heritage. They highlight the neighborhood’s diversity and its struggles with poverty, [...]
The City of Asheville, in cooperation with the Asheville Bicycle and Pedestrian Task Force and other community partners, will conduct its annual two-hour counts of pedestrians and bicyclists on Sept. 12, 13, 14 and 16. And we need volunteers to help! It is easy and important — how often do you get that combination? Volunteers are asked [...]
Demolition of the Anders Tobacco Warehouse happened Aug. 22. When driving along Riverside Drive, you will notice a few changes. On August 22, the demolition of Anders Tobacco Warehouse got underway as part of the River Arts District Transportation Improvement Project (RADTIP). Neighbors can expect to see more demolition activity as the old 12 Bones Smokehouse building [...]
The City of Asheville will promote Strive Not to Drive Week with reduced bus fares on ART buses all that week. Ride for only a quarter! Also paratransit service will be free May 12-18. And ART will observe Transit Rider Appreciation Day on May 16, with breakfast snacks at the ART Transit Station from 7 to [...]
The City of Asheville makes its own traffic signs. The April 2017 episode of City Scoop features Jeff Moore, City Traffic Engineer, and team members from the Transportation Department, demonstrating the process of making and installing a City sign. There is more to it than you might think. It’s an interesting process!
Updates as of Sunday, 8:35 am Due to icy conditions on roadways, ART transit service will be delayed for 1 hour on all Sunday Service Routes. Check the Services Alerts section on the website for updates. The City’s four parking garages in the Central Business District are open (gates are in the up position) from 8:00 pm [...]
Revenue earned will support aging Civic Center Parking Garage Fumbling for quarters to feed that downtown parking meter? Starting April 1, you’ll need one more. No fooling. On-street parking in downtown Asheville will rise to $1.50 an hour, up from the current $1.25. Asheville City Council voted to approve the increase during its Feb. 14 meeting. Council is [...]
The City of Asheville today announced a data-sharing partnership with Waze (www.waze.com), a free, real-time traffic and navigation app crowd-sourced by drivers. On its free mobile phone app, Waze users help each other outsmart traffic, informing each other in real-time if there’s a wreck ahead, an upcoming construction zone or whether a road is [...]
On Jan. 2, many Asheville Redefines Transit (ART) bus routes will add hours to their routes, thanks to additional funding approved by City Council. How did City staff determine the best way to allocate that funding? They asked ART riders, of course. During the month of September 2016, City staff gathered input from riders and potential [...]