Charlotte's first commuter rail line to serve the suburbs, bypass poor neighborhoods
"The city’s plan for the Red Line does not include any stops near the school or in the largely low-income areas just north of uptown. The first proposed station is more than 6 miles north near the intersection of Nevin and Gibbon roads, outside neighborhoods whose residents often depend on public transportation, according to the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute."
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article295757899.html
Charlotte scrambles to contain Silver Line transit plan blowback
Charlotte is almost as interesting as Memphis when it comes to transit drama.
"Charlotte is trying to tamp down anger over the Silver Line decision, hoping it doesn’t spread from Matthews to east Charlotte and beyond. That could torpedo the chances of getting Mecklenburg County voters to approve a one-cent sales tax increase to fund the plan."
Charlotte scrambles to contain Silver Line transit plan blowback
Charlotte isn't reaching its goal of eliminating traffic deaths. Bad drivers aren't helping.
"Despite the city of Charlotte investing $10.5 million in traffic safety projects since 2018, more people died or were injured in crashes last year."
$2M a year doesn't seem like much for a city the size of Charlotte. The article details the three E's (Education, Enforcement, Engineering) though. I'd guess they need to do more on traffic calming.
https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2024/08/19/vision-zero-traffic-deaths-bad-driving
North Carolina’s Republican House speaker says he’ll only OK Charlotte’s $13 billion transportation plan if it focuses on widening roads instead of bike lanes.
"Moore stated that Charlotte officials should focus more on “road capacity” if they want the state legislature to endorse the city’s plan"
"It isn’t about the bikes, it’s about being able to get from Point A to Point B without dying. That shouldn’t be such a hard ask."
#Charlotte #UrbanPlanning #BikeLanes
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