Charlotte Center City Streetcar Network

[kermit]

^ I understand how you feel, I also want the streetcar to happen now. However, I am pretty confident that everyone here posts sharable information as soon as they have it. Doing a rain dance aint gonna make it rain.

[UPNoDa]

FWIW, took this pic yesterday around 3:45pm. The street car appears to be empty so where are all the riders?

I guess CPCC had no scheduled classes on Good Friday but I have never really seen this streetcar "packed" with riders.

[jednc]

On 3/24/2016 at 5:51 PM, kermit said:

^ I understand how you feel, I also want the streetcar to happen now. However, I am pretty confident that everyone here posts sharable information as soon as they have it. Doing a rain dance aint gonna make it rain.

I think you are 100% correct. There are no attaboys being passed out when someone else beats you to the punch.

[tozmervo]

2 hours ago, UPNoDa said:

FWIW, took this pic yesterday around 3:45pm. The street car appears to be empty so where are all the riders?

I guess CPCC had no scheduled classes on Good Friday but I have never really seen this streetcar "packed" with riders.

CP is a major driver of ridership. I have definitely been crammed into it standing only in the middle of a weekday afternoon.

[Deleted.]

/\ I second that comment, tozmervo! 

I can't wait for Phase 2, it can't come quick enough.

[ajfunder]

Definitely agree, the streetcar is standing room only often when I ride it.

Edited March 27, 2016 by ajfunder

[alb1no panther]

Does anyone have a construction timeline of Phase 2?  When would they be ripping up the Square, Trademark, JW/Church area, etc?

[km1789]

34 minutes ago, alb1no panther said:

Does anyone have a construction timeline of Phase 2?  When would they be ripping up the Square, Trademark, JW/Church area, etc?

Construction planned to begin in October of 2016 but utility replacement/relocation should start sometime before

[alb1no panther]

What about the number of trolleys?  As it stands, only two ever run at a time.  The new streetcar helps, but the wait times are still horrible.

[SgtCampsalot]

45 minutes ago, alb1no panther said:

What about the number of trolleys?  As it stands, only two ever run at a time.  The new streetcar helps, but the wait times are still horrible.

SURELY when phase 2 is open it will justify higher frequency.

I've waited, and waited, then walked from CP to epicenter and STILL beat the next car. Frequency is abysmal. But right now it's also not really a bona fide transit option.

Edited April 7, 2016 by SgtCampsalot

[tozmervo]

During the day it should be every 15 minutes (leaving each end on the 15's)

[alb1no panther]

13 hours ago, tozmervo said:

During the day it should be every 15 minutes (leaving each end on the 15's)

Yeah . . . it does run every 15 minutes . . . in theory.  Honestly, though, this isn't a University campus.  And 15 minute increments just don't cut it.  Hopefully fully incorporating this into the street system prompts the powers that be to put more cars on the track.

[SgtCampsalot]

I once missed the beginning of Jurassic World because of a 45 minute wait time. It has kinks to work out.

[southslider]

Blue Line also runs every 15 minutes outside of rush hour.

[Deleted.]

2 hours ago, southslider said:

Blue Line also runs every 15 minutes outside of rush hour.

But the Blue Line is more reliable than the Gold Line because of the dedicated right of way.

Edited April 8, 2016 by Piedmont767

[southslider]

^Each line leaves their respective starting points on the quarters of the hour, making for very easy schedules to remember.

As for reliability, the real-time app will overcome that concern with the Gold Line. At that point (still hearing this year), the schedule becomes moot. 

[R.Talbott]

1 hour ago, SgtCampsalot said:

I once missed the beginning of Jurassic World because of a 45 minute wait time. It has kinks to work out.

Terrible movie

[alb1no panther]

2 hours ago, southslider said:

^Each line leaves their respective starting points on the quarters of the hour, making for very easy schedules to remember.

As for reliability, the real-time app will overcome that concern with the Gold Line. At that point (still hearing this year), the schedule becomes moot. 

Are they incorporating this into the cars on the part that's already built?  Also, is the app meant to track the current location of the car so you can time your travel?

[southslider]

^Don't know about the existing trolley cars. And yes, that's how a real-time app works.

[alb1no panther]

18 hours ago, southslider said:

^Don't know about the existing trolley cars. And yes, that's how a real-time app works.

In my line of work, people say one thing and mean the exact opposite.  Never hurts to ask.  

[Spartan]

On 4/7/2016 at 6:03 PM, alb1no panther said:

What about the number of trolleys?  As it stands, only two ever run at a time.  The new streetcar helps, but the wait times are still horrible.

There will have to be more streetcars on the length of the route in order to maintain a 15 minute service. The current old-fashioned vehicles were only meant to be temporary until phase 2 purchased the modern vehicles.

[alb1no panther]

3 hours ago, Spartan said:

There will have to be more streetcars on the length of the route in order to maintain a 15 minute service. The current old-fashioned vehicles were only meant to be temporary until phase 2 purchased the modern vehicles.

any idea of what the new ones will look like?

[Deleted.]

1 minute ago, alb1no panther said:

any idea of what the new ones will look like?

 

[alb1no panther]

those look like they can go a bit faster than the current models.  ha!

 

sucks we can't have a ROW down Trade in Uptown.

[UPNoDa]

LOVE the rainbow cross-walk. What city is that?