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Council approves Quail Hollow Drive green‑street plan with two‑way cycle track
Summary
The City of Raleigh approved phase‑1 of the Quail Hollow Drive Green Street project — a painted two‑way cycle track on the east side, painted curb bump‑outs and retained parking on the west — to advance this summer, with staff promising later evaluation for vertical separation and additional traffic calming.
City of Raleigh councilors voted unanimously July 7 to approve the phase‑1 Quail Hollow Drive Green Street concept, advancing a painted two‑way cycle track on the east side of the corridor along with painted curb bump‑outs and parking retained on the west side.
Barbara Godwin of the Transportation Department summarized the project’s background, saying the corridor was identified in the Midtown St. Albans area plan and the Neighborhood Traffic Management Program to receive stormwater improvements, traffic calming and enhanced bicycle facilities. “We decided to move forward with concept C because it allowed for a lot of flexibility at the curb and protected many mature trees,” Godwin said.
Kenneth Ritchie, also with Transportation, told council the phase‑1 approach focuses on striping and signage that can be delivered via the city’s annual markings contract later this summer. Ritchie estimated the design changes would remove roughly 5% of available west‑side parking — about 13 spaces over the 5,000‑foot segment under discussion — and framed that loss as a modest impact relative to the project’s safety goals.
Several council members raised questions about parking availability for pool events and other spike‑demand days. Godwin and Ritchie said the west side will remain mostly available and side streets will provide supplemental spaces, and Ritchie described the phased approach that would allow later resurfacing and installation of a vertical, hardened separation if future traffic and speed data warrant it.
A councilor who moved approval said the plan represents a compromise that preserves one side of parking while establishing a protected corridor for cyclists, and she urged that vertical delineation be added as soon as feasible. The motion passed unanimously.
What happens next: staff will proceed with pre‑construction outreach and deliver the striping and signage work in phase 1 this summer. The city will coordinate with Raleigh stormwater for later phases, which may include surfaced separation and sidewalk gap repairs if monitoring shows additional traffic‑calming is needed.
