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10 minutes ago, Desert Power said:

Unfortunately, I'd bet most of that development takes the form of gentrification rather than the development we typically see along transit.  Just not as much big parcels to be repurposed ala Brevard St or Sugar Creek.

Here's a positive thing: some of the higher rates of owner-occupied housing stock in West Charlotte is near the end of the current phase 3 plans. The numbers aren't stellar, but they aren't terrible either. That improves the ability for existing residents to increase their wealth through property value, rather than getting pushed out by housing prices. 

https://mcmap.org/qol/#29/

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1 hour ago, tozmervo said:

Here's a positive thing: some of the higher rates of owner-occupied housing stock in West Charlotte is near the end of the current phase 3 plans. The numbers aren't stellar, but they aren't terrible either. That improves the ability for existing residents to increase their wealth through property value, rather than getting pushed out by housing prices. 

https://mcmap.org/qol/#29/

Good point. Even when taxes get too high for them, it should be a nice increase for many of those long term families.

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2 hours ago, Matthew.Brendan said:

Great! Now to keep it that way (pedestrians, cyclists, scooters, and street car) with nice landscaping.

I’m so torn on this. As nice as it would be for that area the closure has wrecked havoc on other roads and neighborhoods that were not designed for the higher volumes they have received the last couple of years. 

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Enjoy your Liberation! In the 60s (that’s the 1960s and yes I go back that far) when Independence Blvd use to intersect with Hawthorn Lane, on the SE corner there was a Krispy Kreme (ask KK) and there was an old timey fire truck parked out there. Ah , the memories.....

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2 hours ago, elrodvt said:

Did you feel it swaying? Hopefully 1 dog and man was within their design tolerance. ;-)

Actually there were a few of us skipping on the bridge and doing a photo shoot to commemorate the day.

 

That may sound like a joke, but I am 100% serious.

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“If we're able to implement a bus-only lane in the short term on Central and the world doesn't end...perhaps it (the next Gold Line phase) should be in its own lane,” said Lewis. 

“We’ll all be dead by then anyway,” Egleston quipped, referring to the project’s delays in Phase 2. 

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Not Charlotte, but the news is slow in the world of transit:

The KC Streetcar continues to attract federal funding for expansion. Today they received $14 million from a USDOT BUILD grant (formerly TIGER) to support a short northern extension. It sounds like the new grant (they received $50 million from the FTA for a Southern expansion last MONTH) was gathered on the strength of their proposal to fiance the bulk of construction costs using a TIF approach. Strong ridership and strong local funding support (mostly from a special taxing district downtown) has allowed the KC streetcar to be super successful despite running in mixed traffic and not being particularly speedy.

It looks like the streetcar will be approximately 7 miles once these extension are built out (Goldline Phase 2 looks to be about half of that).

https://www.kansascity.com/news/business/development/article245624675.html
 

sadly the VAST majority of build grants this year were for new highway interchanges and bridges, mostly in rural areas. Pembroke NC did get some bike lanes...

 

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On 9/10/2020 at 7:47 PM, kermit said:

No doubt Phase 2 has been a contractor caused disaster. While it doesn’t make our situation any better, suburban DC has just experienced a much bigger contractor-involved disaster. The lead contractors building the Purple Line LRT in the Montgomery and PG counties in suburban DC Have just walked off the job as well as the PPP that was being used to finance the project. The private partners do not appear to have put any of their own money into the project (as was contracted).  It sounds like this will make $1 billion in funding for the line from the private partners disappear and extend construction time by 1-2 years. The state will now need to find a billion+ in their couch cushions to finish the project as well as a new contractor who must assume the risks of the existing construction.

Remind me again how working with the private sector makes big infrastructure projects more efficient?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/judge-purple-line-builders-may-quit-mid-construction-over-cost-disputes/2020/09/10/ae8e5fb6-f2dc-11ea-b796-2dd09962649c_story.html

This is incredible. I'd written off Gold Line Phase 3 because I knew the city would never get enough goodwill from citizens to pay for it with no dedicated ROW. This seems like the best possible move to see it actually happen.

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