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While I have certainly had my moments sitting in traffic here, we really don't have it that bad. Was in Orlando and Ft. Lauderdale/Miami for a few days last week. Traffic was horrible. It took some re-exposure to what bad traffic is to remind me how good we have it.
I was just wondering if there are any plans to add lanes to any of Charlotte's freeways?? If Charlotte is going to continue to grow...are there any plans of action in place?? It still boggles my mind that driving into downtown on Independence there are only 3 lanes for traffic!!! What is that about?? If Charlotte does add another million people...then what?? I think that is why the traffic is so bad here..b/c you only have 2 or 3 lanes for traffic. Like on 485...mostly only 2 lanes?? I don't think Charlotte's infrastructure can handle another million people
Try DC's Capital beltway at 2pm on a saturday and let me know how it compares to rush hour on independence monday morning at 8am. Get a grip traffic here is a joke. I used to live out independence of margaret wallace and it took me less than 20 minutes to get downtown. Traffic here is easy peezy
OK...I was just wondering b/c I know that Charlotte is continuing to grow. I was leaving Charlotte on Thursday afternoon...and instead of taking 74 to Monroe...I took Monroe Rd/Old Charlotte Highway..and got frustrated by the traffic...so I got to thinking if there were more people on the road then traffic would be WAY worse. So was just wondering what plans were in place. Charlotte would be VERY smart to push more transit...and like someone else said...Charlotte does has plenty of land to grow and develop....I am interested to see how Charlotte will look in 10 to 15 years in the future....so far so good...
This was my thoughts on this as well. City can plan all they want but
the State controls most of the roads the city can only plan development of existing roads. All government agencies are in debt or broke the only way to pay for more infrastructure is tax hikes with the New Monroe by pass
I see in future increase development at the interchanges.
I wanted to find this post the other day, but somehow I couldn't find it, I'm glad it's still going so here goes! The problem is that for whatever reason, our state gov't IMHO seems to want to punish Charlotte for its growth! We have a bunch of bureaucrats from down east who want to funnel a lot of porkbarrel projects to a lot of non-growth, rural areas in the eastern part of the state while everything west of Alamance County goes to pot! I rode out to ECU with a friend of mine to drop her son off to campus and that stretch of road, I believe it was Hwy 264, was nice and well-maintained, and the roads around the Raleigh-Durham area are pretty nice as well! Pretty much, most of I-85/40 is nice until you get near Greensboro, and that's when you start to see where everything start going downhill with the potholes and what have you!
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The problem is they need to plan for the growth. Just because the traffic isn't as bad a Atlanta today doesn't mean it won't be in a few years. They need to get ahead of the traffic issues by managed growth...
I totally agree with the need to plan ahead, but I have yet to see that foresight here. Just look at the mess CMS has going on with overcrowding and such. (Sorry for the off topic comparison!)
Adding: I do think that overall traffic is ok now, and I'm also not sure why certain parts of the state are doing better in terms of funding/planning compared to Charlotte. Do we not fuss loud enough
I totally agree with the need to plan ahead, but I have yet to see that foresight here. Just look at the mess CMS has going on with overcrowding and such. (Sorry for the off topic comparison!)
Adding: I do think that overall traffic is ok now, and I'm also not sure why certain parts of the state are doing better in terms of funding/planning compared to Charlotte. Do we not fuss loud enough
Probably not! This state has let it be known for a long time that the Piedmot Crescent, which includes the Triad and Charlotte regions (I'm pretty sure Asheville and the western portion of the state is getting shafted also), are really not a high priority, while the Triangle eastward gets all of the attention! I think that Governor Perdue is trying to assist Charlotte some, but more really needs to be done! I think that she's trying to reach out to Charlotte more than the previous governor ever did, I'm glad he's gone!
I'm also not sure why certain parts of the state are doing better in terms of funding/planning compared to Charlotte. Do we not fuss loud enough
Sunny & Ani explained it awhile ago. It has to do with a preponderance of lawmakers from the eastern part of NC in the legislature approving projects for their constituents over Charlotte.
i really dont think that the traffic is nearly as bad as other states like Florida. We have it good. Its a breeze driving on I-85, and I-77. But I would say that making additional lanes would be a good idea. Some places only have 3!
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and it took me less than 20 minutes to get downtown. Traffic here is easy peezy 
