Car Free in Raleigh

We ventured out this morning to do some final Christmas shopping before the mad weekend rush begins.  Our initial plan was to trek up to Triangle Town Center, then come back home after lunch, just in time for Malachy’s nap.
Instead, we ended up having Malachy’s picture taken… then bought frames at A.C. Moore… then hiked […]

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As we walked back from a nearby store (1.5 miles away) a few days ago, Mark and I talked about the stranger parts of The Typical American Lifestyle.When we owned a car, I frequently did paradoxical things like driving 2 - 3 miles to walk at a local greenway…. for exercise. Or driving 1 mile […]

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So, we had planned to head out to Lowe’s this morning to get a heater. But when we woke up, it somehow registered that today is one of the few of what we Catholics know as “Holy Days of Obligation” (read: “Get your heiny in church or else!” days).
(The Feast of the Immaculate Conception of […]

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One difficult part of living without a car is the limited bus service on Sundays (and after hours any other day). For example, compare the CAT weekday routes to the Sunday route list. On a weekday, we can hop on 3 or 10 and be downtown in a few minutes. However, neither route is […]

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So, our first bus ride in Raleigh was less than stellar.
First, it involved three different bus lines: one to get from our house to downtown, one from downtown to North Raleigh, and a connector to get over to North Hills Mall.
Riding alone or with older children, three bus rides would have offered an opportunity to […]

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