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Gotcha thanks!! I’m at my observer article limit so couldn’t see it all

The business journal says median salary is $340k but the observer says $85k. Both for 750 jobs. Big difference there lol

That’s true, it will be cool to have a place solely focused on jazz though!

300 S Brevard is finally getting some (retail) tenants. Looks like some interesting ones too, I don’t think uptown has been able to say it has a jazz room for a while!

Making uptown more friendly to bikes, peds, and transit and less friendly to cars WOULD benefit people with lower incomes and people with disabilities. Do you think it is people with the highest incomes who take the bus? Can all people with disabilities even get a drivers license? No - people with lower incomes disproportionately use transit to begin with, and people with disabilities benefit from improved pedestrian accessibility - safer crosswalks and ramps and better visibility.

We definitely do not need to increase vehicular mobility in uptown. That's like the opposite of what we should do.

Yikes

Not sure how that’s the case? LIC arguably has better transit connections than anywhere in Charlotte. It has the LIRR as well as the 7, E, M, R, N, Q, and G lines. Not to mention bus and ferry service.

The business journal said the campaign paid $34k

I’d love to see the epicenter get more of a mix like the Denver Pavilions for example. Uniqlo, H&M, a few restaurants with outdoor seating on the upper floors. Could keep some of the nightlife scene but would help the area be a little more well-rounded with foot traffic throughout the day.

I’ve definitely noticed an increase in fare inspections, even outside of peak rush hours.

Looking much better w brick facade coming up...now about that parking garage

Pics from crown station and station house near the sugar creek light rail station. Nice little area as noda extends southward - just needs some sidewalk infrastructure improvements.

Honestly in some ways I’m thankful that Charlotte hasn’t had its freeways (both number of freeways and number of lanes) expanded to the extent that other NC metros like the Triad and Triangle have. I suspect it’s part of the reason that so much density has sprung up along its first rail transit corridor, and I think it has allowed the city to maintain such a dense core downtown, especially compared to many of our peer cities. In my opinion we have already expanded outward enough, and we need to focus on increasing growth in our core. I understand improvements are probably needed for regional freight and commerce, but I don’t think we should promote any more sprawl if we can help it.

Seriously, a lot of people especially further west still confuse Charlotte, Charlottesville, and Charleston. That was my experience when I worked in Denver and currently at a conference in Minneapolis. People are like “safe trip back to Virginia!” or “good luck in SC!” when I’ve told them I work in Charlotte.

So about 26% of NC companies to make the list were from the Triangle, and about 38% were from Charlotte. Not bad!

Charleston may also get a major port expansion/upgrade at the old Navy Base with rail access for both CSX and NS. http://navybaseictf.com

Love the skyline from the west side

This street wall though!

Not saying that 77 shouldn’t have received more free lanes, but I do think 85 is seen as more of a backbone for the state (it connects all three major metros as well as Greenville and Atlanta). 77 does connect to Columbia and has lots of freight and regional traffic to Ohio etc but may not be considered as high of a priority from the state’s perspective.

I took the extension for the first time this weekend as well (just moved back to Charlotte from Denver). Made my dad come with me from concord as he usually would never take transit. We parked at Jay W Clay and used day passes but there wasn’t anyone checking fare/tickets anyway for parked cars to exit. The ticket machine had 20+ people waiting to use it so I was thankful for the app so we could skip the line. Train was pretty packed going in: standing room only. I have to say compared to Denver, charlotte’s light rail vehicles are much more modern and comfortable. More accessible for bikers and handicapped people as well since every door has level boarding (in Denver you can only use a ramp to the first door for level boarding for handicapped access and you have to carry your bikes up a few stairs inside the vehicle). Of course Denver has many more light rail lines than us, but I am really proud of what Charlotte has accomplished so far and was impressed with the extension overall. The ride on the extension was pretty smooth! Not much unneeded stopping/starting or jerky movements, although I definitely picked up on the slower speeds around Old Concord and Sugar Creek where I think the trains will travel faster once all of the kinks are ironed out. Saw a few vehicles that had stopped past the cross bar and had it sitting on top of their hoods or roofs. Hopefully they won’t do that again We went all the way to Arrowood to look at the townhouses being built there, and then got off at New Bern on the way back in to check out a playground we had worked on in Sedgefield and grab lunch. I was only away in Denver for a year, but it’s been amazing and wonderful to see all the growth in Noda, uptown, south end, and a reciprocal dynamic emerging in Charlotte that wasn’t there before between transit and density. Here’s to hoping it only gets better from here! (Cough cough less parking structures and beige)

HK is one of my favorite places as well! The mile long covered escalators are amazing (not to mention 100 other things)

This is not quite what they did at Poplar Tent/Pitts School and 85. The interchange with Pitts School itself is called a diverging diamond interchange (DDI), and the changes in Poplar Tent and Pitts School follow the “super-street” design, meaning they eliminate all left turns and replace them with U-turns so that all intersections have less phases (basically all intersections have only 2 phases). Though kind of similar, the intersection above is a continuous flow intersection or CFIS. It still technically maintains left turns, albeit separated from the mainline. Though yes, all of these designs are ways to get creative to maximize efficiency instead of just widening roads or using traditional intersections.

It is more efficient for the two mainlines, notice at all times either the east/westbound through movement or the north/southbound through movement has a green light. It lets people going straight through the intersection not have to wait through extra phases for the left turns.

Lots of Amtrak stations don’t have these restrictions though. Denver’s Union Station (which handles Amtrak) is gloriously accessible with no barriers to any of the platforms.