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Saw this for the first time since early March and wow it’s really towering over the Levine wasteland now. Crazy to think there wasn’t much on this side of town before. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

As a CPCC student last summer they sent out a poll that seemed to have been testing support for a similar system to UNCC's. There's been no mention of it since then so I don't know how it ended up.

I drive past it everyday to work so I looked it up at one point. It's separate from the city's attempt to rezone all land around light rail stations to TOD (19-102). A developer asked for it to be rezoned mostly TOD-CC and some TOD-TR. Looks like it got approved last month but I have no idea what they're actually planning to build there. This is the actual petition (19-081) https://charlottenc.gov/planning/Rezoning/RezoningPetitions/2019Petitions/Pages/2019-081.aspx

Looks like we'll have a segregated bike connection between the LSC greenway and the rail trail on 6th St by the end of next month. Friend who lives along 6th says they already started ripping out all the parking meters. I didn't know they were trying to fast track this project at all

I got a survey from CPCC as a student last week about this so it looks like they're going to get on board. I know most of the people I've seen on the gold line right now are students. They survey was pretty clear what their intentions were. "Would being able to use your CP ID as a pass on busses and trains interest you?" "What would be an acceptable transportation fee to use your CP ID on buses/trains?" etc. I hope they work it out quicker than UNCC did now that CATS has had experience doing it with 2 organizations.

GTFS (General Transit Feed Specification), it’s the universal standard for transit data. It’s can be used for just schedule data or live data. CATS doesn’t provide a public feed in any form, Raleigh does. You can see what feeds are available by looking on http:// https://transitfeeds.com They need need to get organized. Why do they even have multiple apps to begin with. They should not be trying to reinvent the wheel and instead open up their data and do something like this https://transitapp.com/partners/transit Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The UNCC app. Is complete trash. It works. That’s as much good as I can say about it. CATS should just get the data and make real time API that companies can hook into. Let a company who’s entire focus is making apps do it. Boston MBTA is a great example of this, they just provide their data to Transit (it’s a descriptive app name but also hard to search for specifically) and let them do what their good at. I already use Transit to look at routes in CLT but it’s all based on schedule not live data. What CATS needs to focus on is getting a fare card system and keeping the system running. Every single one of the apps they have put out have been absolutely horrible. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

They stopped running revenue service after 12 but I still saw out of service trains go back and forth into the night Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I noticed they were looking rough last weekend. Wanted to take a picture but my train was pulling in. Hopefully they'll be back come spring.

Not excusing their outrageous price tag but I'm sure when they designed this crossing they didn't expect heavy traffic and it's also near a station so trains are going to be moving slowly anyway. The fastest consistent speed I've noticed on the system is where this crossing is going and I'm sure CATS is going overboard both to keep up train speeds and to try to minimize accidents with the amount of traffic that crossing will get. All of the sidewalk crossings on Tryon that aren't near stations have pedestrian gates.

I wish all the drivers were like this. I hate when they're trying to go and people clearly ignore the bell and keep walking, or the opposite, when I'm waiting to cross the tracks and the driver feels the need to crawl through as if I don't realize the train I just got off of is going to move.

CATS app is complete trash (as are most first party transit apps, idk why they waste money building them), I tell everyone to use Apple/Google Maps or if they're riding more than once a month Transit which is by far the best transit app I've used, shows Trains/Busses/Scooters/Bikes (including Bcycle).

I got it automatically by buying my monthly pass through the CATS app but I think I've seen the code on a Lyft ad by the entrance to the station to JW Clay. I assume it's the same at Parkwood, just look for the big pink poster haha

I wonder why they don’t just single track or do this work over night. It’s also during the first weekend after UNCC starts classes... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Seeing this reminded me of this development. I was never expecting a 24 story tower but I drive past this sign all the time and I’m itching to see something built there. Has there just not been interest in it from any potential tenants? https://www.lincolnharris.com/Developments/Graphics/University_Centre.pdf Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It would only decrease headways between 9th & 3rd which I doubt many people use while making it almost impossible to improve headways on the rest of the blue line or add spurs. Also doesn't create any new transit connections uptown. Not worth it IMO. They do make mention of a spur to the river district so hope isn't lost there. It seems like there was some neighborhood opposition to taking the west blvd route.

CATS has posted more detailed information on the Red and Airport lines along with plans on how to get them through uptown. http://charlottenc.gov/cats/transit-planning/center-city/Pages/default.aspx Out of the 4 alternatives 2 include tunnels and the other 2 include turning either Trade or MLK into transit priority streets, 3 of them connect to Gateway directly. None go down Stonewall.

They're running a bus bridge between UNCC and JW Clay. Apparently it's a power line issue. Update: Apparently someone ran into one of the poles, it'll take a few days to fix according to CATS.

The city really needs to publish their transit data in a publicly accessible way. Right now the only way to access it is Google Maps which is the worst one. Apple Maps is miles ahead in the transit department and dedicated apps such as Transit are even better. For some reason though CATS feels the need to silently lock their data to their crappy apps and Google Maps where cities much smaller than us have their data easily available... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk The city really needs to publish their transit data in a publicly accessible way. Right now the only way to access it is Google Maps which is the worst one. Apple Maps is miles ahead in the transit department and dedicated apps such as Transit are even better. For some reason though CATS feels the need to silently lock their data to their crappy apps and Google Maps where cities much smaller than us have their data easily available... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

There was one at Parkwood station this morning too

7:28 train from UNCC this morning stopped on the bridge before the tunnel and was restarted. Sat there for about 15mins, ended up having to get off at JW Clay and wait for the next train as they took that one out of service. Ended up getting Uptown around 8:10, train ended up about as crowded as SouthEnd rush hour ones. Last week I saw a guy that got out of his car and was holding up the bar so it wouldn't hit his car. How hard can it be to stop behind the white line..?

My roommate who get on at UNCC to head to his job at the airport just sent me this. Signals going out doesn’t sound good at all. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My train this morning was emptier than usual. I didn't ride yesterday so I don't know if it was also the case then. It also was stopped at 7th St for about 10mins 'due to technical difficulties.' Most of the train emptied the train looking frustrated at that point. I think part of the problem is that they're getting too close to the train ahead of them. They also keep slowing down through intersections, I hope once all the intersections have the barriers to keep people from driving around the gates like they added by McCullough they'll finally stop doing that.

I just caught the tail end of a NPR report on blue line ridership as I turned my car on. They were talking as if CATS had issued a press release but I can’t seem to find anything online. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Any ideas why this might be? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk