Thursday, February 28, 2019

Five key takeaways from Charlotte’s newest transit plan

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The chosen Silver Line route is shown in green, at right, along 11th Street. The blue line shows where the Trade Street tunnel would have...
Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Hate tax revaluation time? Then let’s do it more often. Seriously.

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Tear-downs that make way for large new houses, like these in the Cherry neighborhood, drive up property values of smaller, older houses n...
Wednesday, January 16, 2019

How did Charlotte’s big bike-ped trail run out of money?

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Not for recreation only: The Little Sugar Creek Greenway beside Kings Drive in Midtown makes a convenient route for shoppers. The Cros...
Thursday, January 3, 2019

Time to have that uncomfortable talk. I mean about parking.

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A Walmart in east Charlotte offers a gracious plenty of parking. Photo: Google Maps satellite view It’s a question without easy answers...
Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Charlotte fantasies, past and future

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UNC Charlotte design student presents plans imagining a transit-oriented neighborhood, North Park. Photo: Mary Newsom It w...
Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Do women pay a transportation ‘pink tax’?

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This is a quick note, following my previous post, “ Cities for woman: Transit and gendered spaces, ” which raised the question of whether c...
Monday, November 5, 2018

Cities for women? Transit and gendered spaces

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Bus route changes that force longer walks, especially at night, can be particularly discouraging to female transit passengers. Photo: Ch...