In a region where people depend on cars to get around, there’s one place many would consider taking mass transit: the airport.
Now an idea for improving transit to Raleigh-Durham International Airport has emerged from a study coordinated by the N.C. Department of Transportation. It entails building a bus rapid transit station over Interstate 40 where people could catch a shuttle bus to the terminals, just as they do from remote parking lots now.
Conceptual drawings of the station were unveiled earlier this month at a meeting of local government and business leaders. The gathering was organized by the Regional Transportation Alliance, a program of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce that has been a vocal supporter of BRT in the Triangle…