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Bringing Our Neighborhoods Together As We Expand Mobility Choices 

Winston-Salem is a growing city. To plan for that growth, the City and other public and private entities have created plans for several neighborhoods in recent years. The City is now exploring how it can foster Equitable Growth in central Winston-Salem, and connect these neighborhoods through new transportation investments.  

What’s New: The Emerging Multimodal Network (EMN) 

 

With the completion of new bridges over Salem Parkway, and the opening of the Long Branch Trail, the City is steadily building out an Emerging Multimodal Network – a series of transportation investments that give residents more choices in how they travel, whether they prefer to walk, bike, ride the bus, or drive.  

Corridor map from Wake Forest University, east to North Winston, south to Goler and East Winston into Downtown, ending at Winston-Salem State University.

Expanding Jobs and Housing Along the North-South Urban Circulator

When new transportation facilities are built, communities can thrive when they adjust their rules to encourage economic development that brings new jobs and housing opportunities alongside new transit, bicycle, and pedestrian infrastructure.  

This study is exploring what could become a key piece of the EMN - an Urban Circulator that starts at Winston-Salem State University and connects to Wake Forest University through downtown and neighborhoods north of downtown along a rail corridor and 27th street. We are planning for the areas surrounding the potential North-South Urban Circulator, an area we call the North-South Corridor. 

Planning for Community Development in the North-South Corridor 

 

The City of Winston-Salem is working to create a long-term strategic plan to guide the development of the North-South Corridor around a future Urban Circulator that would connect communities historically impacted by redlining and freeway construction to education, employment, and Downtown. 

Known as Transit Oriented Development, or TOD, this planning exercise will thoughtfully focus future development to create livable, walkable communities where right-sized transit is convenient and easy to access. 

Please explore this website to learn more about this effort, and how your ideas and opinions can shape the City’s work. 

The goal of this plan is to strategically and intentionally develop the Corridor to:

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    Enhance Mobility

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    Improve Pedestrian Access

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    Support Affordable Housing

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    Encourage Equitable Development

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    Promote Economic Growth

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    Enhance Workforce Opportunities

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    Foster a Vibrant Community

We are engaging with community members to define a vision for the corridor and outline the next steps for how to get there. 

Our plan will serve as a blueprint for how to create a flourishing community that will advance equity, economic prosperity, livability, connectivity, and mobility for all Winston-Salem residents and visitors.