Raleigh tourist information

Raleigh-Durham International Airport
Raleigh-Durham International Airport is just northwest of Raleigh on I-40 between Raleigh and Durham, North Carolina.

Interstate highway
I-40, I-440 Beltline, I-540. The Beltline makes a loop around the city. Visitors and even long-time residents are frequently confused by the terms "Inner Beltline", "Outer Beltline", and "Outer Loop".

The Inner and Outer Beltline are the same road. Inner and Outer refer to the positions of the lanes of traffic. The Inner Beltline runs clockwise; the Outer is counter-clockwise. The Outer Loop refers to I-540, which does not completely encircle Raleigh.

Passenger Rail
Bytrain.org: Amtrak Carolinian, Piedmont and Silver Star offer daily service to Charlotte, Richmond, Washington, D.C. and Miami

Local Bus and Light Rail
Within Raleigh, the CAT, or Capital Area Transit system operates 27 bus routes. The Triangle Transit Authority operates buses that serve the region and connect to municipal bus systems in Durham and Chapel Hill; Efforts for the city of Raleigh to build a light rail from the downtown areas of Raleigh to the downtown area of Durham failed as TTA's projected ridership did not meet Federal Standards. The majority of Raleigh citizens failed to see the benefit of the light rail as the planned routes did not serve any of the major areas of need for citizen's. (The rail system plain failed to include RDU airport, the three major shopping malls or any of the suburbs who could use the rail to commute to the Research Triangle Park. The planned rail did pass near RTP however this left commuters with the problem of getting to their office building in the massive technology park from the planned station.

Bicycle
Most public buses are equipped with bicycle racks. A small minority of roads are equipped with bicycle lanes.

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Capital Boulevard
Capital Boulevard is a significant road in Raleigh. Its southern terminus is near the capitol building in downtown Raleigh, where it splits into McDowell Street (one-way heading north) and Dawson Street (one-way heading south). The northern terminus of Capital Boulevard is at the Raleigh city limits (where the street changes its name). Because this road was the major route of traffic to and from the government buildings of the state capital, a great deal of light industry, commercial work, and service industry grew up along it. In recent years, this development has expanded northward. The portion of Capital Boulevard between downtown Raleigh and Wake Forest Road, originally known as Downtown Boulevard, is a limited access highway. The portion north of Wake Forest Road was originally known as North Boulevard. Major highways US-1 and US-401 follow Capital Boulevard until 401 splits off north of the I-440 beltline and becomes Louisburg Road.

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