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The trolley is considered 'mass transit'??? IF so, then we are in such a bad downhill slide I might just stick around to SEE what happens and LAUGH louder than I already do. I do know this...27 yrs to finish I-485 is not acceptable and I am sure many a hand got filled with green stuff ($$$) in those 'broken rules' with the builder...many times.
I don't have a lot of answers and it should be YOUR generation with some of them. I do know the answers are NOT in just keep building....higher and HIGHER when the infrastructure isn't even in the development stages for GOOD and $$$ making transportation to and from. Take the Lynx Blue Line...that only a few people use now. Nobody enforces or designed a way to get the people who use it to PAY for it....a lot of $$ going down the tubes that could be used to finish the other end of it. I don't have the exact # of how many people ride for free, but recall it was a LOT...close to 50% a month or so ago. Funny, other cities have similar transportation and people pay to use it or they walk! You realize by building higher and right on top of one another we are changing the temperature of our Uptown and surrounding area? Is that taught as a part of Urban Studies?
What about the Eastland property debacle??? HOW MANY YEARS is it going to be before someone of YOUR generation steps up to the plate with a wonderful and creative way to revitalize that area? Is is not YOUR generation that is educated in URBAN STUDIES and all HIP on living 'urban' in the first place? Instead of passing time posting pretty pictures of what you hope will be, how about thinking outside the box and figuring that Eastland property mess out?? I'd back something GOOD, but so far I have not seen anything GOOD, especially this last FEW ideas.
I've done my 45+ years of public service and am planning my retirement...and it won't be in a city that is in major GRIDLOCK where I cannot even go to the grocery store with a 2 hr drive. I actually LIKED Charlotte for the past 25 yrs...but the last 5 years...not so much. I know all growing cities have 'growing pains', but I've already been there and done that now with Miami for 32 yrs and now Charlotte and vicinity for 29 yrs....it's YOUR TURN...and the other kidlets who live on C/D and post pretty pictures.
I'll be looking for a smaller, relaxing, beach/fishing city that is not 'urbanize' to finish my time on Earth in.
Holy NIMBY.
No one rides the Blue Line? Really? Just stop posting.
No one rides the Blue Line? Really? Just stop posting.
Yeah, those are all just mannequins packed onto the train when you see it ride by. It's all an illusion. And none of us pay either. We all just board for free and don't have monthly passes we pay for.
No one rides the Blue Line? Really? Just stop posting.[/
OOOOHHH my! Who left you Blue Lynx Po-Po???
What does this even mean?
The Blue Line exceeded ridership estimates, and is very busy. I was just shining light on your comment which made no sense. You have now made another that makes no sense.
North Tryon’s revitalization begins now: Skyhouse looks to breathe life into a once maligned area of Uptown
South Tryon is getting a Whole Foods so its only fair North Tryon gets an amazing grocery store of its own, and I have no doubt Publix will fill that void when official announcement has been made on this.
Also, Skyhouse will provide Uptown with its only veterinarian. With all the pets I see Uptown, it’s a shame the owners have to leave the Uptown area to take them to a vet, and if you don’t have a car (a true urbanite) this causes a challenge. Skyhouse seeks to change this, as the office will be in the garage retail space giving all pet owners a doctor to take their pets to Uptown.
Street Closure: East 7th Street - June 15, 2015 to August 15, 2015
To accommodate construction for the LYNX Blue Line Extension, East 7th Street, between College Street and North Brevard Street, will close on Monday, June 15, 2015 at 9 a.m. and will reopen August 15, 2015. During this closure, motorists can use the detour route of 6th Street, North College Street, 11th Street and Brevard Street (shown in green on map).
I'm sure lots of people enjoy all of this growth and change, but I still don't see any real signs of improving infrastructure. Almost 21,000 rental units in the works and who knows how many single family houses will cause problems. What are the solutions to these problems?
If someone has these answers or knows where they are, I would like to see them. I'm not being ugly here. I've seen Charlotte grow since 1980 and I still see a lot of the very same roads. A lot of people are right to worry if this is all too much, too fast. Let's face it; Charlotte hasn't exactly been ahead of the curve in a lot of ways. If we are going to welcome the growth, we need to be ready for everything that comes with it.
Ideally, Charlotte would be building a multi-line light rail or heavy rail transit system to accommodate the growth, but we know that is impossible in this fiscal and political environment.
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The trolley is considered 'mass transit'??? IF so, then we are in such a bad downhill slide I might just stick around to SEE what happens and LAUGH louder than I already do. I do know this...27 yrs to finish I-485 is not acceptable and I am sure many a hand got filled with green stuff ($$$) in those 'broken rules' with the builder...many times.
OOOOHHH my! Who left you Blue Lynx Po-Po??? 
