Department of Transportation 2024-2025 Annual Report

2024-25 Highlights

2024-25 Year in Review

Planning GoBORO 2050 Transit Plan Completed Fueled by significant public involvement gathered through thousands of survey responses and hundreds of in-person events, the Department completed the GoBORO 2050 Transit Plan in spring 2025. The plan, which recommends a transformational investment in transit services and access, was adopted by the Greensboro Urbanized Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) in May 2025 and will be presented to Greensboro’s City Council for adoption later in the year. GDOT planning staff, working closely with Greensboro Transit Agency (GTA) staff, developed the GoBORO recommendations, which would provide transit options to 10,500 additional households and increase job access by 154% compared to current GTA service levels. Implementation is already east-west crosstown service. Plans are underway for a north-south crosstown service, Crossmax Orange, slated to begin in 2026. East Gate City Corridor Study The City began a study of the East Gate City Boulevard Corridor to guide investments that promote a safer, more accessible transportation system for the stretch of road between Elm Street and I-40 to the east. Initial study activities evaluated and reported on existing conditions, such as pedestrian, bicycle, and transit access and safety, plus vehicular volumes, speeds, and crashes. Visit www.greensboro-nc.gov/ EastGateCityCorridor to learn more, underway with the successful launch of Crossmax Purple, an

complete a survey, and view project recommendations when the study concludes later in 2025. Downtown Transportation Study The Downtown Transportation Study is shaping a safer, more connected, and vibrant center city in Greensboro. Department staff completed an existing-conditions analysis and gathered public feedback on transportation needs early in 2025 and later developed short- and long term alternatives guided by safety priorities, traffic data, and community input. Improvements under review include bike, pedestrian, transit, and vehicle upgrades along key corridors like Friendly, Market, Battleground, and Eugene. The study concludes in 2025 with strategies for phasing and implementation. Explore the project details and updates online at www.greensboro-nc.gov/ downtowntransportationstudy . Parking Plan Implementation City Council’s approval of the 2025-26 budget implemented recommendations from GDOT’s 2024 multi-year Downtown Parking Plan. These efforts promote financial sustainability, parking turnover, and the relaunch of the City’s mobile parking app. Effective July 1, 2025, the City increased parking rates and started charging for parking in high demand surface lots. High-demand, on-street spaces and surface lots cost $2.00 per hour. Parking decks cost $1.50 per hour to encourage use by

Neighborhood Traffic Management Program Launches

July 2024

August 2024

Emergency Response for Tropical Storm Debby

Washington and Gorrell Street Bridge Repairs Completed

September 2024

November 2024

longer-term parkers. Payment in the new surface lots will be made through

the ParkMobile app (left). New

Safe Streets Week