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WNC Transportation is a new and permanent feature from Carolina Public Press offering road, public transportation, sidewalk, bike and greenway information for each of the 18 westernmost counties of North Carolina. It also includes information on road and highway planning organizations — the Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) and Rural Planning Organizations (RPOs) — for your county.
This resource list for Buncombe County will be updated periodically. Have a question, suggestion or update to this resource list? Please contact us at info@carolinapublicpress.org.
Public Transit
Buncombe County
Mountain Mobility
Phone: 828-250-6750
Email: mountainmobility@buncombecounty.org
They provide transportation for Buncombe County residents. For demand-response services such as medical appointments, Mountain Mobility must be notified by 3 p.m. the day before the trip. Residents can also subscribe for the same route twice a week.
Asheville
Asheville Redesigns Transit (ART)
Asheville Transit Center
49 Coxe Ave.
Asheville N.C. 28801
M – F 6 a.m. – 9:30 p.m., Sat 7 a.m. – 9:30 p.m., Holidays 9:30 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Phone: 828-253-5691
Email: iride@ashevillenc.gov
They provide bus routes to all over Asheville and to areas outside of Asheville, including North Buncombe, Black Mountain, Enka and Candler. Find routes here.
Cost
1 ticket = $1
11 ticket booklet = $9
Month pass = $20
Year pass =$220
Road Repairs
If the road is managed or owned by the state of North Carolina, call the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) at 828-298-2741.
If the road is owned by the city of Asheville, call 828-251-1122.
If the road is owned by the town of Biltmore Forest, call 828-274-0824.
If the road is owned by the town of Black Mountain, call 828-274-0824.
If the road is owned by the town of Montreat, call 828-669-8002.
If the road is owned by the town of Woodfin, call 828-253-4887.
If the road is owned by the town of Weaverville, call 828-645-0606.
Street services, including sidewalks
Asheville
Greg Shuler, Street and Engineering Manager
Physical address: Public Works Building, 161 S. Charlotte St.
Mailing address: P. O. Box 7148, Asheville, NC 28802
Phone: 828-259-5852
Email: gshuler@ashevillenc.gov
Road and Highway Planning
French Broad River Metropolitan Planning Organization
The French Broad River MPO is involved with the road planning in Buncombe County and in Asheville, Biltmore Forest, Black Mountain, Montreat, Weaverville and Woodfin. To get involved, go to www.fbrmpo.org/getinvolved-2/ or call 828-251-6622.
Paul Black, Director
Phone: 828-251-6622 Ext. 126
Email: paul@landofsky.org
Land-of-Sky Regional Planning Organization is also involved with the planning and development of roads in Buncombe County.
Vicki Eastland
Phone: 828-251-6622 ext. 132
Email: vicki.eastland@landofsky.org
The NCDOT Division 13 is also involved with the planning and development of transportation projects in Buncombe County.
Kristina Solberg, project engineer at NCDOT Division 13
Phone: 828-251-6171
Greenways
Buncombe County
Buncombe County Parks & Recreation
Administrative Office
67 Haywood Street
Asheville, NC 28801
Fran Thigpen, director
Phone: 828-250-4260
Email: fran.thigpen@buncombecounty.org
Master plan for Buncombe County may be found here: https://buncombecounty.org/Governing/Depts/Parks/Greenways.aspx
Asheville
Asheville Parks & Recreation
Transportation Department
70 Court Plaza, Asheville, NC 28801
Mariate Echeverry, transportation planning manager
Phone: 828-232-4528
Email: mecheverry@ashevillenc.gov
Master plan: http://www.ashevillenc.gov/Departments/Transportation/Greenways.aspx
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