Urbanography

Do we have a bike infrastructure/projects page on the main forum yet? I looked and couldn't find one. I think it would be helpful to keep track of all the existing, planned, or under-construction bike paths/multi-use paths in Charlotte, besides just the greenways.

I think the idea was that if there were campuses throughout the region, more students would be able to attend college by virtue of an easier commute. The less barriers there are, the more likely attendance is. I don't know if all the campuses were "specialized" the same way they are now, but connecting them together greatly benefits the access to education within the city.

It would attenuate car trips from areas around the rail. Extending the rail to the campus would connect it to everywhere the network (which will expand over time) serves. Campus to campus connection eliminates car trips between the campuses.

Nah. At least get it to Levine Campus. So many student have classes at both Levine and Central within the same day. You could eliminate car trips and create TOD around an under-tapped college campus.

The parking spots should be utilized to separate the road and the bike lane instead of creating points of conflict where vehicles exiting and entering parking must cross the bike lane. A little bit of repainting to permute the bike lane and parking would go a long way.

The plan claims to build affordable townhomes, but didn't list any number specifying what was considered an affordable range. Do we have numbers on how affordable these units will be? I'm skeptical that it will be an improvement, especially since there are many empty plots available to build new housing, as opposed to replacing existing units. Roof Above seems to be a welcomed change, providing Charlotte with desperately needed Housing First "permanent" housing. However, the requirements for documentation, being an unaccompanied adult, and going through "official" channels greatly reduces accessibility of these units. This is especially the case for undocumented immigrants and disabled people who lack the ability to go through official channels (calling, filling out documents, and other actions that require executive functions). Additionally, we're still concentrating these housing opportunities geographically, subsequently maintaining concentrated poverty in these areas. Dispersing these types of housing opportunities throughout the city (as opposed to relegating this type of housing exclusively to dedicated complexes) would desegregate economic enclaves more effectively. Suppose the city purchased a few units in each of the luxury apartments that span the blue line for housing first programs. It would remove unaffordable units from the market (reducing negative impact on low-income individuals), diversify income enclaves (like South End and NoDa), and distribute competition for income-earning opportunities (so everyone isn't competing for the same job). [1] https://www.wcnc.com/article/money/markets/real-estate/affordable-housing-crisis/heal-charlotte-takes-over-baymont-hotel-to-expand-its-temporary-housing-program-charlotte-seeking-solutions/275-441cca10-2e00-4cbe-b2a4-5b9ebf8deaa4 [2] https://www.roofabove.org/permanent-supportive-housing/

Removing motels like that really just removes the few units of affordable housing we had left. Poverty is being pushed to a different place with less public transport; it's not actually being attenuated.

I would like a network of grade-separated bike lanes and bike paths that rivals the network of roads we have for cars.