Seaboard Fellow

Unpopular opinion: If Eastland was still standing, Northlake and Concord Mills wouldn’t have half of the problems they have. Neutral opinion: I think we’ll see Birkdale get the new location to continue to serve the northern suburbs, however the Duke Energy Plaza location would become a tourist destination. I hope that location is on their radar.

Here’s a few pics from the clearance test today

Phase 1 track and platform work is 100% complete minus clean up.

In addition to I-40.

I took this photo today from future station track 1 at Gateway Station.

Having lived in both Raleigh and Atlanta I definitely share your thoughts on this. I-440 is starting to resemble the northern arc of I-285 (albeit much more pleasant to drive).

Does anyone know if the Greensboro-Randolph Megasite will be annexed by the City of Greensboro?

All great points listed above. I think an ACC centric redevelopment of the Four Seasons mall property into a true walkable mixed used destination would go a long way… the decline of this area has a had a bigger impact on Greensboro’s image than most will admit. This area has huge impression on out of towners especially during ACC events. I believe Charlotte has already been selected internally at this point and the ACC is going through the motions at this point to save face.

Surprisingly Alamance sends a significant amount of commuters to Wake County as well. If Raleigh and Durham combine as a MSA there may be enough commuters from Alamance to the new Raleigh Durham MSA core counties to shift Alamance to the new MSA.

DOLRT could have provided smart growth opportunities around stations to address this shortage. Oh well.

I don’t think anyone will recognize Pittsboro 10 years from now.

Translation: A one-seat ride to the airport is more complex/expensive than we (CATS) want to take on so we’re blaming the airport. I think the best case scenario here is a Silver Line Airport Station that allows pain-free connections to future commuter rail and the people mover. The people mover if designed correctly could be a catalyst for future Airport District growth.

Perfect location for a stop.

I-42 and Complete 540 will make Smithfield more attractive for commuters in the near future.

60/63 not too shabby