The next community meeting on NECI project plans and Blue Line Extension progress will take place 5:30-8 pm Tuesday, Oct. 13, at the Oasis Shriners Center, 604 Doug Mayes Place, in University Place. The Northeast Corridor Infrastructure (NECI) Program is a collection...
Light Rail
Our ideas helping shape walkable, bikeable transit corridor
Light-rail construction has transformed North Tryon Street. Out of sight but just as important to our transit-powered future is the design work under way to create bike- and pedestrian-friendly links between future stations and nearby neighborhoods and businesses....
UCP board gets glimpse of walkable urban University City
With LYNX light-rail construction crews going full bore on North Tryon Street, University City Partners staff and board are busy setting the stage for walkable urban developments near future stations. The board recently invited a top New Urbanism expert, Chris...
Take this survey to help shape future of Clay Blvd
How would you change J.W. Clay Boulevard through University Place to make it more pedestrian- and bike friendly? Charlotte planners want to know and invite you to share your ideas via a survey on SurveyMonkey through Sept. 15. Clay Boulevard is one of several streets...
Improved entrances, Phillips relocation near completion
Just like the rest of University City, UNC Charlotte is undergoing numerous road and light-rail improvements. Two of the projects should make significant improvements to getting on and off campus and moving across it – the signalized entrance at Cameron Boulevard and...
Be patient – North Tryon’s light-rail overhaul will take time
Last updated June 4, 2015 Drivers coping with the light-rail-driven reconstruction of North Tryon Street should begin to see traffic problems start to improve this fall, say city staff working on the project to extend the LYNX line from uptown to University City. Some...
Guide to our bonanza of transportation improvements
By the time City Councilman Greg Phipps concluded his Town Hall Meeting on May 19, the audience at the Oasis Shriners building had gotten updates on 20 – yes, 20! – transportation projects that are reshaping University City. Phipps organized the event to help people...