News and Observer - City leaders weigh density, development along Raleigh’s first bus rapid transit line

Jennifer Truman spoke in favor of the rezoning request and believes the Transit Overlay Districts should be put along every BRT line. She ran for Raleigh City Council in 2022 and serves as the chair of the Raleigh Transit Authority. “I understand why people have hesitation and fear around that kind of policy,” she said in an interview with The News & Observer. “But realistically when the city rezoned the whole city back in 2015, they underzoned a lot of the city and a lot of commercial properties. And if we want to see the kind of development that allows for affordable housing, allows for apartments and allows for that diversity of housing types, we can’t keep the zoning how it is.” Zoning in the city and along New Bern Avenue has to change and get taller to reduce sprawl continuing out of the city, she said.

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