The City of Durham is drafting big plans to help residents get around without a car, through hopes of launching a Bus Rapid Transit system (BRT).
The project, which is just in the preliminary planning stage, would bring BRT to a corridor stretching from the Duke Hospital to a shopping center in East Durham. It would include stops on Central Campus, Ninth Street and the Durham Bus Depot near the Bulls Athletic Park.
As it stands, Duke students can get to downtown Durham in four main ways — a 20-minute walk from East Campus, a five-minute drive or rideshare, or taking the 11 or 11B bus from the corner of Main Street and Campus Drive…