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Location: The place where the road & the sky collide
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Originally Posted by Proud Father
It’s like a game of seven degrees of separation to I-77 south of Charlotte
So. . .apparently you don't think that there are commuters in South Charlotte who take I 77 on the way to UNCC who will switch to Lynx when they can take the train there. Or take the train to & from the airport when that becomes a possibility.
Honestly switching to the train to get up to UNCC from I-485 station will still be a relatively long commute. Expected travel time for the train is 48 minutes from end to end. If somebody works in the UNCC area, they should seriously consider living on that side of town and vice versa.
Location: The place where the road & the sky collide
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Originally Posted by CLT4
Honestly switching to the train to get up to UNCC from I-485 station will still be a relatively long commute. Expected travel time for the train is 48 minutes from end to end. If somebody works in the UNCC area, they should seriously consider living on that side of town and vice versa.
I agree, but if someone settled in South Charlotte for schools, if the kid graduates from high school & then decides to go to UNCC, they're likely to commute. They can do homework on the train. If someone switched jobs they might be going in that vicinity, too.
I agree, but if someone settled in South Charlotte for schools, if the kid graduates from high school & then decides to go to UNCC, they're likely to commute. They can do homework on the train. If someone switched jobs they might be going in that vicinity, too.
True, and it just adds to commuting options for people.
So. . .apparently you don't think that there are commuters in South Charlotte who take I 77 on the way to UNCC who will switch to Lynx when they can take the train there. Or take the train to & from the airport when that becomes a possibility.
OK
Which post of mine did you draw a conclusion that it was apparent I had an opinion about someone taking a train to UNCC or the airport?
Location: The place where the road & the sky collide
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True, and it just adds to commuting options for people.
Options are good, especially when they remove cars from the roads. I did a train commute for college. Granted, it was 15 minutes, but I did some reading in the train, related to homework.
This is what I was thinking as well. Even if we add the needed lanes, will it still just be a short term fix. Just have this thought that even after a couple of years it still might get backed up again. I hope that’s not the case and that transit is more utilize.
Transit is limited, in that it has fixed stops that only serve a segment of the population. I do see Charlotte overcoming this obstacle with the installation of bicycle rentals along the Blue Line; the marriage of light rail and bicycling enables riders to "customize" their commute in a timely fashion.
Light rail by itself, only serves the segment of the population who works/lives in close proximity to a light rail station. And then there's the issue of auto dependent developments like Ballantyne, South Park, Arrowood, etc., which will likely never be properly serviced by mass transit, which leads us back to the necessity of improving roads.
Transit is limited, in that it has fixed stops that only serve a segment of the population. I do see Charlotte overcoming this obstacle with the installation of bicycle rentals along the Blue Line; the marriage of light rail and bicycling enables riders to "customize" their commute in a timely fashion.
Light rail by itself, only serves the segment of the population who works/lives in close proximity to a light rail station. And then there's the issue of auto dependent developments like Ballantyne, South Park, Arrowood, etc., which will likely never be properly serviced by mass transit, which leads us back to the necessity of improving roads.
I just hope that they go away the spoke system and go for a more grid type of layout. It’s like some streets I seen have dead ends for some odd reason and I’m like the F&$@! Just why when you can clearly see the road on the opposite side. When they did the rebuild of the south 485 through Charlotte,that was hard enough. Whatever they decide to go with will be ten times worse. When they start rebuilding I-77 it will epic epic traffic james and 4 or 5 years to complete all the work.
I just hope that they go away the spoke system and go for a more grid type of layout. It’s like some streets I seen have dead ends for some odd reason and I’m like the F&$@! Just why when you can clearly see the road on the opposite side. When they did the rebuild of the south 485 through Charlotte,that was hard enough. Whatever they decide to go with will be ten times worse. When they start rebuilding I-77 it will epic epic traffic james and 4 or 5 years to complete all the work.
You read my mind .
There are dead ended streets - supposedly for the purposes of traffic calming and/or a reduction in crime - that *force* people onto primary roads.
Most of the newer developments are unattached, *forcing* people to rely on primary roads. When something happens on a primary road, the world stops, because of a road network that is not interdependent.
Here's an answer to your question as to why Charlotte does what it does (scroll down to #5, for CLT):
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