Move Winston-Salem
The City of Winston-Salem Department of Transportation and the Winston-Salem Transit Agency (WSTA) is conducting several studies to plan for the future of how we move around our city.
UPCOMING PUBLIC MEETING!
We are proposing updates to our bus network to help more people get where they need to go faster. These service changes include faster travel times, new and modified routes, as well as route eliminations, and finally microtransit in some areas.
Review the Proposed WSTA Service Changes page
Tuesday, February 24, 2026 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Central Library, 660 W. 5th Street, Winston-Salem, NC
Click on the Plan below to learn more about how you can shape the future of how Winston-Salem moves:
The City of Winston-Salem is considering a new type of transit -- a streetcar called the North-South Urban Circulator. We are creating a long-term plan to guide development in the communities that would surround it. An area we call the North-South Corridor.
Many communities in the Corridor were historically harmed by redlining and freeway construction. The Circulator would reinvest in these communities and connect them to universities, jobs, and Downtown.
We are envisioning a future for the North-South Corridor beyond the Circulator. Working with community members, we are drafting recommendations to improve transportation, affordable housing, zoning, economic development, business retention, and equity.
This planning exercise is known as Transit Oriented Development, or TOD. It focuses development to create more walkable, sustainable, and livable communities.
The City of Winston-Salem is updating their Human Services Transportation Coordination Plan to meet revised Federal and State requirements. This Plan aims to understand how to coordinate efforts between human service agencies, public transit providers, and private transportation providers more effectively to better serve persons with disabilities, individuals with limited incomes, and elderly adults in the Winston-Salem Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization region.
This Plan includes Forsyth County and portions of Davidson, Davie, and Stokes County. Cities and towns include Winston-Salem, Bethania, Lewisville, Clemmons, Kernersville, Walkertown, Rural Hall, King, Welcome, and Bermuda Run.
The City of Winston-Salem won $6 million in RAISE Grant funds from the US DOT to help fund a 1.2-mile extension of the Long Branch Trail. This project will repurpose an inactive railroad corridor to improve safety, increase transportation choices, and expand connectivity to jobs, education, and healthcare for citizens of all ages and abilities. The Long Branch Trail Extension aims to Increase social mobility, improve safety, and overcome a history of disinvestment through Winston-Salem’s urban trail network.
WSTA is proposing updates to our bus network to help more people get where they need to go faster. These service changes include faster travel times, new and modified routes, route eliminations, and microtransit in some areas. There is a public meeting on February 24, 2026.
In 2025, WSTA completed a Route Study to identify challenges and opportunities to improve the bus system. It resulted in several service changes including running some routes more often and the elimination of underperforming routes.