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Honestly I think these two issues go hand-in-hand? The more suburban and sprawled a development is, the more land it consumes/trees it tears down/runoff it creates/natural habitat it destroys. Versus the more urban, compact, and dense a development is, the *less* land it will require or consume.

I actually just sent an email this morning

Totally agree - like I said in a post a few years ago I'm saving up for a down payment in a city like Chicago that already has extensive transit and affordable condos. Charlotte has done nothing the last few years if convince me that is the right decision lol

The silver line bus connecting Boston Logan to South Station is also pretty good imo!

Yeah it's not well marked or signed AT ALL, I basically stumbled upon it, but once you know where it is there's pretty much a painted/protected crosswalk all the way to the car rental lobby facing the airport. When you enter the hourly deck from the daily decks side, you just have to go up like half a flight of stairs and then there's a painted crosswalk taking you across the entire hourly deck amongst the rental cars.

There is actually a crosswalk painted for basically the entire walking route - see screenshot below with red line showing where a sidewalk/crosswalk/protected walkway are

Exactly I do this like once a week lol

By digging your feet in and trying to teach some random stranger a lesson (to slow down) you're making the roadway less safe for everyone. Now that person will most likely pass you on the right and weave around other traffic in a more dangerous way than if you just moved over since you are slower traffic.

Unfortunately I feel like this describes most of the city of Charlotte's actions lol

Thank you - I was confused why a freight port would need to be prioritized for passenger rail connections lol. ATL-CLT should be prioritized for passenger rail just based on population and distance (the distance would make passenger trains competitive to flying)

I agree with what everyone is saying, and appreciate everyone’s comments. For me, there just aren’t any affordable condos/homes available to BUY in these areas. But agree, I like these areas and what Charlotte is growing towards, and have been pretty happy renting here. I just can’t justify the cost of purchasing housing in these areas vs the amount of walkability/urban amenities available NOW (not in 10 years)..

Totally agree, and as a young person this is why I'll probably be moving somewhere like Chicago where I can actually afford to own my own place in a neighborhood that doesn't require car travel to get by.

Had to log back in on my laptop so I could set certain user's posts to "ignore"

Gold line ridership seems impressive!

Triangle to me just feels like a big collection of towns/suburbs.

I just don’t think Charlotte has enough regular transit riders to develop a transit etiquette culture as larger cities do … hopefully we’ll get there

Or expect to take transit or ride share!

Exactly we do not need any more free lanes in mecklenburg period. Don’t want to encourage sprawl more than we have to

We are encouraged to spend 2.5 days in the office a week on average, but most people in the Charlotte office of my firm (including myself) are not going in at all. I think our larger offices such as Denver and Atlanta are seeing people come in more frequently since there are larger teams there, so there is more of a reason to

@kermitI can’t express how much I love this idea! Lol I have often wished there was a tool invented … maybe kind of like pepper spray … that people could carry and would only have to reveal to force others, in this case vehicles, to slow down and reevaluate the situation. Maybe some kind of expanding metal stick that would scratch a car’s hood if a button was pressed, but would keep the pedestrian out of harm’s way. In lieu of this uninvented tool, I will sometimes carry an umbrella with a huge wooden handle and swing it haphazardly like I might be crazy when I’m attempting to cross a fearsome crosswalk. Lol

Thanks! The data I was looking at was 2019.

Then next year I’ll be fine with saying our MSA population is a higher ratio compared to Atlanta’s. Just trying to be realistic with current data

Actually we’re closer to 40% of Atlanta metro. Charlotte MSA is about 2.6 M, Atlanta MSA is about 6 M

I’m just thankful they’ll never be able to widen South, West/East, or Tryon, so at least when this neighborhood reaches gridlock due to all of these new developments’ parking decks, it will really incentivize taking transit/biking/walking into the neighborhood.