Charlotte Center City Streetcar Network

[pathb]

Bridge work continues...

[captainjack]

Pretty sure I saw one of the new streetcar vehicles running on the Blue Line last night near East/West.

[kermit]

1 hour ago, captainjack said:

Pretty sure I saw one of the new streetcar vehicles running on the Blue Line last night near East/West.

Around what time?

[Yeahdoug]

2 hours ago, captainjack said:

Pretty sure I saw one of the new streetcar vehicles running on the Blue Line last night near East/West.

They said in one of their press releases that they have started running them on the blue line. 

[captainjack]

26 minutes ago, kermit said:

Around what time?

Around midnight

[JacksonH]

On 3/26/2020 at 4:33 AM, captainjack said:

Pretty sure I saw one of the new streetcar vehicles running on the Blue Line last night near East/West.

Wait . . . what???  The Blue Line is running in the middle of a pandemic?!

[kermit]

55 minutes ago, JacksonH said:

Wait . . . what???  The Blue Line is running in the middle of a pandemic?!

Not everyone has a car

[JacksonH]

11 hours ago, kermit said:

Not everyone has a car

I get that, but with stay-at-home orders I didn't think officials would allow these systems to operate.  And how can you practice social distancing inside a train car?  I just checked for news of our public transit system here in San Diego and was surprised to learn that our buses and lightrail are still operating on regular schedules.

[kermit]

9 minutes ago, JacksonH said:

I get that, but with stay-at-home orders I didn't think officials would allow these systems to operate.  And how can you practice social distancing inside a train car?  I just checked for news of our public transit system here in San Diego and was surprised to learn that our buses and lightrail are still operating on regular schedules.

People still gotta get to work at the hospital, grocery store and gun shop, if you shut down transit how do those folks get to work?

[southslider]

4 hours ago, JacksonH said:

 And how can you practice social distancing inside a train car?

About easily as you can at a grocery store.

[Guest]

45 minutes ago, southslider said:

About easily as you can at a grocery store.

Honestly its pretty easy. I commuted in NYC one day last week, and it was so empty.

[southslider]

2 hours ago, Tyree Ricardo said:

Honestly its pretty easy. I commuted in NYC one day last week, and it was so empty.

I'd still want to ride like a surfer, touching nothing while not sitting.

[kermit]

^ Respect! That isn’t easy. Sitting (or leaning) never bothered me (probably because I am too lazy to stand to the end of the line) but I do try to ride soccer style (no hands).

I have not ridden much post WFH, but the grocery store feels more risky than the blue line (at current, very low, ridership) to me.

Edited March 28, 2020 by kermit

[Guest]

I'd still want to ride like a surfer, touching nothing while not sitting.

That is how I rode it

 

 

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[NOLA2CLT]

Bridge work as of Friday 

 

[sakami]

1 hour ago, NOLA2CLT said:

Bridge work as of Friday 

 

Has there been any one out working on the bridge this week? I went to Independence Park almost every day of the last 2 weeks and they were working constantly on Hawthorne on what appeared to be cabling and other work. 

[NOLA2CLT]

21 hours ago, sakami said:

Has there been any one out working on the bridge this week? I went to Independence Park almost every day of the last 2 weeks and they were working constantly on Hawthorne on what appeared to be cabling and other work. 

Yeah they were using the crane this morning when i was letting the dog out...there were about 3 or 4 people out there before i snapped that pic, but that pic was taken after workers had left.   glad this is still considered essential business...i miss my bridge.  

[Yeahdoug]

They striped through gateway over the weekend but the pavement isn’t done... anybody know why they are waiting on doing the final pavement layer through a lot of W Trade? Would be nice to have that all done and level. 

[pathb]

Bridge this evening.  Looking close to ready for deck pour.  

[NOLA2CLT]

19 hours ago, pathb said:

Bridge this evening.  Looking close to ready for deck pour.  

on our end of the bridge (central side) they still need to prep the bench, not sure theyve worked on that yet or if that is the step prior to surfacing.  Any one have any insight on how the tracks get installed?

[stiluvclt]

Duh, were we supposed to install TRACKS?

[sakami]

We snuck up to take a look at the bridge today. Looks like concrete was just poured, we could still see the pump sticking up from below the bridge. 

[KJHburg]

In the neighborhood by a certain Latin street food local place and got up close and personal with the street car construction along Hawthorne.  

for those in the know there is just one more station on the other side of the Hawthorne bridge correct for now? 

[kermit]

4 minutes ago, KJHburg said:

for those in the know there is just one more station on the other side of the Hawthorne bridge correct for now? 

 

Yes, this is correct. The station is at Sunnyside (about a block from the Beaver).

[DMann]

Does Ward know about that?