The Town Hall Meeting on transportation improvements on May 19 covered 20 projects under way or coming in the next few years. Click on the project titles for in-depth reports on the I-485 Opening, LYNX Blue Line Extension, North Tryon Street bridge replacements, and...
Light Rail
Area Plan Update gets council OK – Next up, implementation
On Monday evening, Charlotte City Council unanimously approved the University City Area Plan Update as its guide for development along the LYNX light-rail line in University City. Work could start this summer on the next phase, which may include considering zoning...
Transit advisory board seeks your views on public transportation
Do you use public transportation? Why or why not? Those are among the questions included in a new online survey that a transit advisory group hopes you will fill out. The Citizens’ Transit Advisory Group studies and makes recommendations on both the operating and...
University City developments are making headlines
Several announcements about developments along our future LYNX Blue Line Extension and within University Research Park have made headlines recently in The Charlotte Observer and the Charlotte Business Journal. Here is a quick overview and links for further...
BLE construction shifting into high gear on North Tryon
Motorists driving North Tryon Street south of the I-85 exit last weekend got their first real taste of the intense road reconstruction about to engulf our main thoroughfare through University City. Expect to encounter this level of work between Old Concord Road and...
Plans for BLE station areas begin public review process
The transit-fueled vision for University City’s North Tryon Street business district took another step forward last week. About 100 people reviewed planners’ latest ideas for stimulating people-friendly business and residential nodes around our three future light-rail...
See latest plans for future N. Tryon St. development on Dec. 9
You can help shape University City’s light-rail powered future, plus get a Blue Line Extension construction update, on Dec. 9 at the Oasis Shriners Center in University Place. City staff will present new Transit Station Area Plan proposals and seek your feedback in...