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People loitering in front of the businesses surrounding Moore square transit station has become a huge problem and is of great concern to customers and business owners. Panhandling, begging, profanity, open containers/alcohol consumption, public urination, littering, sleeping, etc has made Wilmington st an unpleasant place to be for everybody. Please help to solve these problems so downtown Raleigh can be enjoyable for everyone.
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Downtowner Too (Guest)
admin@raleighdla.com (Registered User)
Acknowledged City of Raleigh 3 (Verified Official)
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Habib (Registered User)
Moore Square has more chicken bones strewn about than anything else, in fact, it possibly has the highest concentration of Chicken Bones in the county.
That is why it should be renamed Chicken Bone Park.
Signs should be posted that people should not walk their dogs through Chicken Bone Park or run the risk of a $700 bill from the emergency vet.
Closed City of Raleigh 3 (Verified Official)
With that being said, we do have to be particularly cautious in our policing methods in this particular area because of the public bus stop that is located within the 200 block of S. Wilmington Street. As a result of these particular legal concerns, we continue to partner with the management teams from the City of Raleigh Transportation Operations Division, along with various other city departments. We are in the process of implementing the following short term initiatives to address the certain community concerns seen in the area of the Transit Mall:
· Increasing street/wall lighting in the tunnel between the Transit Mall and the 200 block of S. Wilmington Street.
· Currently working on developing some new nontraditional techniques that will emulate and hopefully change behavior methods that are directly related to the practice of loitering.
· Continue to develop and institute community-based policing methods that will focus on service providers that care for the special needs of our transient population.
· In mid-August, we will be asking the Transit Authority to move the R-Line to the evening route. If this proposal is approved, only TTA buses should be stopping along the 200 block of S. Wilmington Street and this will limit the amount of pedestrians seen lingering in this area.
· Within the next two weeks, our intentions are to begin a off-duty police project to augment police enforcement efforts in this area and enhance police visibility.
Capt. Craghead and the Downtown Police District officers believe these planned programs are moving us in the right direction, and we will continue to work with various city, state, and federal organizations to continue to make progress here. Please do not hesitate to contact him at the Downtown Police District office 919-996-3855.
admin@raleighdla.com (Registered User)
Moving the R-Line route to the evening route during the day will create a longer daytime route (wait times) for downtown passengers and take away a convenient stop for customers of Wilmoore Square and other businesses along this block of Wilmington Street.
If it's necessary to separate the CAT and R-Line stop locations, then an option that would not have such negative consequences on R-Line passengers would be to move the R15 stop (north) to the corner of Davie Street, and eliminate the R-16 stop.
City of Raleigh 3 (Verified Official)
WestRaleighResident (Registered User)
Please pass this on to the Transit Administrator too:
The R-Line stop was there before the Wilmoore Cafe and Convenience Store moved in, they should've known. Also, the R-Line comes by every 12 minutes, if people are waiting around any longer time (and not waiting for TTA) they could be asked to leave.
The longer R-Line route without direct access to Moore Square will make transferring between buses harder. If you must change it I suggest taking Hargett to Blount to Martin instead. This would eliminate the left turns that slow down the route, and would allow a stop to be added that's connected to Moore Square either on Hargett or Blount or Martin.
Please don't penalize the many legitimate R-Line riders for a few annoying loiterers.
Thank you!
City of Raleigh 3 (Verified Official)
City of Raleigh 3 (Verified Official)
admin@raleighdla.com (Registered User)
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Brian Shrader - WRAL (Guest)