Charlotte's Light Rail: Lynx Blue Line

[AP3]

Google has updated the aerials in Maps, and it looks like the shots were taken in November. Progress on the Blue Line and North Tryon look pretty good. Though, I'm surprised at the lack of work on the Sugar Creek grade-separation project. 

I literally was about to paste my screenshot and tell everyone to take a look at south end and noda with the updated aerials!


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[UPNoDa]

^No updated aerials on Safari (MacBookAir) I still show Chop Shop and 36th St open to traffic which indicates that it is taken from 2013. Tried using "historical imagery" feature on Google Earth but no luck. 

Any suggestions?

Edited January 13, 2017 by UPNoDa

[DEnd]

17 minutes ago, UPNoDa said:

Any suggestions?

I'm assuming it's a mobile update and hasn't gotten around to or doesn't have enough detail for desktop. 'Cause I don't have the updated images on Chrome on my desktop (really a Surface Pro 4) either.

 

[UPNoDa]

Google is stating it's a known issue and to temporarily use "lite mode" on your desktop to see the latest imagery.... weird??

 

[AP3]

34 minutes ago, DEnd said:

I'm assuming it's a mobile update and hasn't gotten around to or doesn't have enough detail for desktop. 'Cause I don't have the updated images on Chrome on my desktop (really a Surface Pro 4) either.

 

You need to go into the menu and turn 3D off.

 

[GoldenEagle128]

Just some before and after photos of the view of uptown and the blue line from 11th street. Definitely a big difference!

[tozmervo]

^ as posted by the CATS facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/CatsBlueLineExtensionUpdates/posts/752535734898112

[Durhamite]

Wow!  That's a stunning transformation in the before and after pictures and seems the best is yet to come. Wonder why the elevated embankment on the other side of the track how that will impact future development on that side.

Edited January 18, 2017 by Durhamite

[Desert Power]

Is there a rail trail along this portion?

[RiverwoodCLT]

Yes,  look to the right of rails

[Guest]

16 hours ago, GoldenEagle128 said:

Just some before and after photos of the view of uptown and the blue line from 11th street. Definitely a big difference!

I'd kill to see the land on the right developed in the near future... It'll be something huge one day.

[CriticalT]

1 minute ago, RiverwoodCLT said:

Yes,  look to the right of rails

It looks to end before the station stop though.

[Desert Power]

3 minutes ago, CriticalT said:

5 minutes ago, RiverwoodCLT said:

Yes,  look to the right of rails

It looks to end before the station stop though.

Right, hard to tell if it is a real trail or just a clearing.

[15895]

3 minutes ago, ricky_davis_fan_21 said:

I'd kill to see the land on the right developed in the near future... It'll be something huge one day.

Hint noted 

[Guest]

Just now, AirNostrumMAD said:

Hint noted 

haha. no hint. Its the Hal Marshall Land, and its been ready for redevelopment for over a decade, its just been stagnated by Daniel Levine and the slow progress of the N. Tryon Corridor. I wholeheartedly believe that if Tompkins Hall becomes a catalyst for the area around optimist park, the land between uptown and optimist park will fill in and become a little more cohesive. Though there are 0 cohesive transitions between uptown and its surrounding area, unfortunately. 

[jednc]

16 minutes ago, ricky_davis_fan_21 said:

I'd kill to see the land on the right developed in the near future... It'll be something huge one day.

If they choose this site for the soccer stadium (and do something with Church St.), that will be where the stadium begins (not advocating for this site necessarily, just pointing that out).

[Guest]

6 minutes ago, jednc said:

If they choose this site for the soccer stadium (and do something with Church St.), that will be where the stadium begins (not advocating for this site necessarily, just pointing that out).

I was going to point that out, but I want to ignore the possibility, as the last thing uptown needs is a 4th sports facility to take up developable land. I'm on the Memorial Stadium or bust team. Unless they found a way to put it around Optimist Park/NoDa

Edited January 18, 2017 by Guest

[HopHead]

1 minute ago, ricky_davis_fan_21 said:

I was going to point that out, but I want to ignore the possibility, as the last thing uptown needs is a 4th sports facility to take up developable land. I'm on the Memorial Stadium or bust team. Unless they found a way to put it around Optimist Park/NoDa

This times 100. I'm glad someone else thought the same. I had wondered if somewhere in NoDa, off one of the BLE stops, was a possibility for the MLS stadium. It should 100% not be inside the 277 loop. We already have 3 sports facilities there on a limited footprint. 

[Guest]

9 minutes ago, HopHead said:

This times 100. I'm glad someone else thought the same. I had wondered if somewhere in NoDa, off one of the BLE stops, was a possibility for the MLS stadium. It should 100% not be inside the 277 loop. We already have 3 sports facilities there on a limited footprint. 

Other neighborhoods need the catalyst of the MLS Stadium. Uptown does not. The only catalyst that area of uptown needs is Daniel Levine to get off his lazy fudging ass. 

[SgtCampsalot]

18 minutes ago, ricky_davis_fan_21 said:

Unless they found a way to put it around Optimist Park/NoDa

How in the heck could that be done? Aside from neighborhood opposition (would be fervent, for sure), that's a lot of land needed.

It would have to be on the N Tryon or Graham St side, though obviously that takes transit out of the picture. Maybe around Extravaganza/Amtrak station area? Memorial stadium is the only one that makes sense.

Edited January 18, 2017 by SgtCampsalot

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, SgtCampsalot said:

How in the heck could that be done? Aside from neighborhood opposition (would be fervent, for sure), that's a lot of land needed.

It would have to be on the N Tryon or Graham St side, though obviously that takes transit out of the picture. Maybe around Extravaganza/Amtrak station area? Memorial stadium is the only one that makes sense.

Hence the "Unless they found a way." 

[RiverwoodCLT]

1 hour ago, Desert Power said:

Right, hard to tell if it is a real trail or just a clearing.

There are street lights above it.

[tozmervo]

1 hour ago, ricky_davis_fan_21 said:

haha. no hint.

You're like the chairman of the fed, your every word is scrutinized

[grodney]

20 minutes ago, tozmervo said:

You're like the chairman of the fed, your every word is scrutinized

Especially if there's a ninja.

 

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, grodney said:

Especially if there's a ninja.

 

Haha, don't be adding Ninjas. People should only pay attention if there is in fact a ninja attached. LOL