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I would be sad about this. Cedar Fair has been investing a lot into Carowinds. Fury 325 and Copperhead Strike each cost 30 million. Ever since recovering from bankruptcy, most of Six Flags' coasters cost at most 10 million, and are not the same quality as Cedar Fair's.

Do you think WSP will recommend a transit tunnel in Uptown? http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article159347634.html If so, would you be in favor of it?

change CTC/Arena station to CTC/Spectrum Center station. It's not called TWC Arena anymore, and Brooklyn has Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center station

Yes, JAL airlines is a partner of America https://www.forbes.com/sites/tedreed/2017/09/30/as-american-airlines-moves-boeing-767s-to-philly-charlotte-could-get-more-europe-flights/#47913dd127f3 Vasu Raja said he wanted to add CLT-Europe flights that had connecting opportunities from Oneworld carriers. According to the article, that could include Helinski, Berlin, London, and Madrid, That could mean either a 3rd nonstop to LHR, year-round Madrid, or twice daily seasonal Madrid. It could also mean new destinations such as Helsinki and Berlin. I know Charlotte has many German-area companies, but does it have many Berlin companies?

When do you guys think CLT will get Asia service? Where do you think the plane will go to? Unfortunately, AA is very conservative when planning Asia service.

Kind of off topic, but when will AA upgrade CLT-DUB from seasonal to year-long. Bofa has made Dublin their EU HQ after Brexit. Why does CLT-LHR have a second daily flight?

Master Plan: http://www.cltairport.com/AboutCLT/Documents/Development Master Plan/CLT ACEP 02232016 - FINAL.pdf

Once Concourse A Expansion Phase 2, and 3 are finished, do you think Lufthansa will move to the OAL terminal, or stay in the American Airlines Terminal? Also, in the future, do you think the AA Terminal will become a Oneworld terminal?

What happens to Concourse E after the satellite terminal for express planes is built?

https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2018/01/30/charlotte-airport-previews-concourse-expansion.html "The additional gates are part of a large-scale expansion and renovation that includes eight lanes of lower and upper level entrance roads now under construction and slated to open in February 2019. Soon after that, a three-year main terminal expansion and upgrade will begin." Did the opening of the new entrance roads get delayed?

Tweet and email John Lewis and CATS, so they can reconsider putting one platform, and a few Amtrak tracks. At least put space for Amtrak expansion, and future commuter rail.

The train next to Amtrak is freight, right?

I was reading the final recommendations for the Gateway Station. I saw that CATS wants local buses to: 1. Accommodate CATS bus service in an off-street facility located on the ground floor of a structured parking facility on the South Block. The off-street bus facility will be shared by CATS local bus services and intercity bus services. 2. Bus ingress and egress to the facility will be off of Third Street (accessed from Graham Street) and Fourth Street. 3. Provide an indoor, climate-controlled waiting area adjacent to the bus facility. CATS wants express buses to:. Accommodate CATS bus services with stops in both directions on-street along Fourth Street (preferred) or Trade Street. Fourth Street is preferred over Trade Street due to the volume of streetcar and other vehicular activity on Trade Street. Locating bus stops along Fourth Street also provides a direct connection to the offstreet bus facility on the South Block used by local and intercity buses. Future Rapid Transit Connections 1. Incorporate future CATS bus-based or rail-based transit corridors as appropriate within the overall site plan.

CATS Express routes should go around Uptown but they should end at Gateway Station. CATS should downsize CTC, and make it the primary local bus hub. Most of the local buses would end there in Uptown, but some could end at Gateway. A few express routes could end at CTC. Local bus passengers connect from bus to LRT more than express bus passengers, so they could just walk to CTC/Arena Station.

Yeah, you are right. Do you think CATS should try to put a sales tax increase for transit on the ballot before the temporary Gateway Station finishes? Then, CATS could put space on the Gateway Station for a future North Corridor Commuter Rail.

This is the first Lynx Silver Line specific thread on Urban Planet. Welcome!!!

Matthews Express, Union County Express, Independence Blvd Express, and Lawyers Road Express only stop at CTC and Johnson and Wales Way in Uptown when going Inbound. Some CATS Express routes only go to CTC and Johnson and Wales Way, and some do many stops in Uptown. Why is it like that?

When Gateway Station finishes do you think it'll become the primary hub for Uptown. AirNostrumMAD from the Lynx Blue Line thread thinks " I would love to see it go down to pretty much Express service and maybe 2 other routes. (He's talking about CTC) I’d like to see a very small uptown hub at Gateway with local routes. Not many. Id like the bus routes to be mainly consolidated along the blue line. Anyone who needs to go to uptown can be routed to the blue line and just get off at the best uptown location He also talked about the Eastland and Rosa Parks bus hubs being a possible substitute WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?

https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2018/01/09/much-anticipated-gateway-station-project-could.html The existing transit center on Trade Street will remain, Lewis said, adding that bus connections will continue there because of its proximity to the Blue Line but that operations will "look very different in the future." What do you think Lewis means when he says this? One person from The Charlotte Gateway Station thread on UrbanPlanet thinks this means CATS will raze CTC, and sell it to a private developer. Scribe thinks this means " I see it as a first sign of the CTC block being re-purposed - most likely a much smaller (think 4-6 bus spots along Brevard) footprint, with the existing CTC razed and sold to be developed." Do you think Gateway Station will become the primary hub in Uptown? If this is true, I would not like that. CTC is closer to more jobs. What are your thoughts?

https://www.charlotteagenda.com/108530/op-ed-light-rail-development-failing-university-city-heres/ http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/article189496849.html Darn Ed McKinney!

How would you get discounted passes from the mobile app? I get discounted passes from my company. Interesting Conversation http://wfae.org/post/charlotte-talks-cats-ceo-john-lewis-light-rail-extension-and-systems-future-plans

They'll probably going finish the fare cards in 2019. But the "Tap and Go" machines will take longer. They'll probably won't work a lot at first. How would the fare officers know if you've paid if you have a contactless card? Anyway, CATS'll probably finish all the machines in like 2021, because this is CATS we're talking about.

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Did you guys know about this? https://lightrail.uncc.edu/using-light-rail Please note: Eventually, all train cars also will be equipped with contactless card readers. When this happens, you will tap and go on the light rail, too. Do you guys know any other light rail systems that are using contactless card readers?