NCSU Transportation has announced the removal of Wolfline Routes 50 and 52 for the Fall 2026 semester, alongside a host of other drastic changes. This decision effectively severs direct transit to Main Campus for thousands of students, staff, faculty, and post-docs living along the Gorman Street and Avent Ferry corridors. Many of these community members signed housing leases or purchased properties under the justified assumption that these long-standing routes would remain active.

Our core issues:

• Lack of Transparency: A town hall regarding these changes was announced less than 24 hours in advance. This delayed communication prevented the student body from providing meaningful input or adjusting their living situations for the upcoming year.
  Fee Inequity: The new Wolfline maps suggest favoritism toward the Centennial Campus. Since all students pay identical transit fees, those who work or study on Main Campus should not suffer a loss of scheduled access to their classrooms and workplaces.
• Safety Risks: Removing bidirectional service encourages students to frequently cross high-speed traffic corridors to catch less frequent GoRaleigh buses. This exacerbates an already pressing issue: pedestrian near-misses, drivers running crosswalk lights, and vehicular accidents.
• Questionable Dependency on GoRaleigh: The university is offloading its stops to GoRaleigh, yet the city's transit system already struggles to maintain 30-minute frequencies during peak hours, with delays often stretching to 50 minutes. GoRaleigh nor NCSU Transportation has provided data or finalized plans justifying how the former will be able to support the massive surge in rider demand created by the Wolfline's removal.

Our Goal: We request that NCSU Transportation reconsider the removal of Routes 50 and 52 and the disproportionate concentration of resources on Centennial Campus. We call for the publication of empirical ridership data to justify these cuts and the prioritization of a transit plan that ensures safe, equitable campus access for our entire community.