Charlotte Center City Streetcar Network

[a2theb]

Looks like they are tearing out previously completed track in front of the bojangles on west trade ........

 

Edit: Just saw DH17s post on the previous page. Agreed with him. This is getting extremely frustrating living over on this side of town.

Edited May 6, 2019 by a2theb

[tozmervo]

[XRZ.ME]

What exactly utility work is ongoing?

They cut open the road, fill it and dig them up again and again.

 

[videtur quam contuor]

Clever high school students said it may be better to have concrete tires and rubber roads. Never change a tire and slice the road open with a knife.

[kermit]

8 hours ago, XRZ.ME said:

What exactly utility work is ongoing?

They cut open the road, fill it and dig them up again and again.

 

Part of the job is relocating any utility access points away from the tracks so they can be accessed without shutting down the streetcar. Other tasks include relocating any pipes that might be cracked by the weight of the vehicle. 

If only the city had the foresight 70 years ago to write all utility easements with a ‘streetcars might return here’ clause....

[DamicoKaren]

Street car development between poplar and pine St. 

[southslider]

^Exhibit A for lost Express bus riders

[XRZ.ME]

track on Graham st

I love this little bridge


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[SydneyCarton]

Are they building a bike lane?

[southslider]

^Not inside Uptown

[Matthew.Brendan]

Major infrastructure project, of course they wouldn't use the opportunity to build a bike lane. Whaddya think this is, Portland?????

[Bikeguy]

15 hours ago, Matthew.Brendan said:

Major infrastructure project, of course they wouldn't use the opportunity to build a bike lane. Whaddya think this is, Portland?????

^ not quite...

[NDL]

On 5/23/2019 at 4:55 PM, Matthew.Brendan said:

Major infrastructure project, of course they wouldn't use the opportunity to build a bike lane. Whaddya think this is, Portland?????

The Charlotte approach:  spend tens of millions of dollars in infrastructure improvements, and six months after the whole thing is built out, start bemoaning the fact that there are no bike lanes.

9 hours ago, Bikeguy said:

^ not quite...

I am not being snarky, but where should the truck load/unload? 

[Guest]

1 hour ago, NDL said:

The Charlotte approach:  spend tens of millions of dollars in infrastructure improvements, and six months after the whole thing is built out, start bemoaning the fact that there are no bike lanes.

I am not being snarky, but where should the truck load/unload? 

I was curious about that myself.

[Ctaylor16]

Courtside residents received guidance in this regard mid April but I'm not there to see if any signage was posted (and therefore can't speak to exactly where on 6th they are referencing below):

"....The City will be marking two temporary loading zones for deliveries, USPS, resident moves, etc. – 
• One loading zone will be on 6th St.
• One loading zone will be on Caldwell, in front of the restaurant.
Both loading zones will be time restricted. No loading will be allowed during weekday peak hours (7am to 9am and 4pm to 6pm) or during arena events. The City will install signage to help make that clear.

[southslider]

On 5/24/2019 at 6:04 PM, NDL said:

I am not being snarky, but where should the truck load/unload? 

The driveway

[SpiritOf76]

By Hawthorne pizza

[archiham04]

On 5/24/2019 at 7:43 PM, Ctaylor16 said:

Courtside residents received guidance in this regard mid April but I'm not there to see if any signage was posted (and therefore can't speak to exactly where on 6th they are referencing below):

"....The City will be marking two temporary loading zones for deliveries, USPS, resident moves, etc. – 
• One loading zone will be on 6th St.
• One loading zone will be on Caldwell, in front of the restaurant.
Both loading zones will be time restricted. No loading will be allowed during weekday peak hours (7am to 9am and 4pm to 6pm) or during arena events. The City will install signage to help make that clear.

I don't see why they don't just park in the right hand drive lane.  This is done daily on South bound Caldwell in front of the Fahrenheit building.  reducing  a street from two lanes to one  in the CBD  is not rare.

Edited May 28, 2019 by archiham04

[XRZ.ME]

will they rebuild all the phase 1 track？


new frontier



trade graham crossing


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[kermit]

5 minutes ago, XRZ.ME said:

will they rebuild all the phase 1 track?

Nope, track won't get touched, they are just raising platforms.

[ajfunder]

Some construction shots and a Gomaco appreciation shot. Those things have been worked way past what they were originally built for in daily revenue service.

[pathb]

23 hours ago, ajfunder said:

Some construction shots and a Gomaco appreciation shot. Those things have been worked way past what they were originally built for in daily revenue service.

 

What do you mean by that? From what I've read they've been very unreliable and have lead to longer headways than planned for Phase 1. Now that the line is shutting down for the rebuild of all stations to match Siemens streetcar vehicle boarding heights, I'm really wishing we had bypassed the short-term replica trolleys altogether.

[Matthew.Brendan]

Wow, I must have missed that...... we built out a system only to have to rebuild all stations what, a few years later? Charlotte planning is just top notch.

I'm going to argue that the ridiculousness of the street car (super slow service mostly) poisons people on the idea of rail in general. Really frustrating on so many levels.

[tozmervo]

15 minutes ago, Matthew.Brendan said:

Wow, I must have missed that...... we built out a system only to have to rebuild all stations what, a few years later? Charlotte planning is just top notch.

I'm going to argue that the ridiculousness of the street car (super slow service mostly) poisons people on the idea of rail in general. Really frustrating on so many levels.

The same thing happened for the Blue Line. The existing trolley stations (for these same exact vehicles) had to be merged into the new stations. 

[SgtCampsalot]

My clientele at my job, while they are obsessed with the Blue Line, always, always give the same scoff/chuckle when I mention the Gold Line.

I am always sure to say "street car" rather than "trolley" (which is always said derisively), and remind folks of the future extension, but it rarely makes a difference in their perceptions.