Transportation presentations from Charlotte, January 16

Most of the visual presentations from the 21^st Century Transportation Committee meeting in Charlotte on January 16, 2008 are now online.  The only omitted presentation is the Urban Congestion video, and we hope to get a link to that up shortly.

Presentations from the full committee (in alphabetical order):

Charlotte Public Transportation (Keith T. Parker) 1-16-2008

NCDOT Transit and Rail State Perspective (Miriam Perry) 1-16-2008

North Carolina Railroad presentation (Scott Saylor) 1-16-2008

Regional Demographics (Jeff Michael) 01-16-08

Regional Roads Committee Report (Bob Morgan and Allen Tate) 1-16-2008

Urban Congestion-City of Charlotte (Jim Humphreys) 1-16-2008

Presentations from the Finance Committee:

	DOT Presentation
	HF and HTF Budget and Transfers

Presentations from the Intermodal Committee (in chronological order):

	6. Charlotte 2030 Transportation presentation to Intermodal Committee (Keith T. Parker) 1-16-2008
	7. Norfolk Southern Corporation comments (Robert E. Martinez) 1-16-2008
	8. CSX Transportation comments (Carl Warren) 1-16-2008 Note that the Keith Parker Charlotte transit presentation to the Intermodal Committee is a longer version of the one made to the full committee.

Charlotte Light Rail ribbon-cutting Monday

I will be in Charlotte Monday, November 19 for the ribbon cutting of Charlotte’s new 9.6 mile Lynx Blue Line Light Rail system. Revenue servce begins November 26, 2007.

I am not sure what festivities Charlotte has planned, but Trelease’s “North Carolina Railroad 1849-1871, the Modernization of North Carolina” reports that when service from Charlotte on the state-funded North Carolina Railroad was extended to Salisbury on January 4, 1855, citizens of Salisbury celebrated with a barbecue and consumed “24 hogs, 16 sheep, 6 beeves, 10 opossums, and 1,400 pounds of bread”,  capped off with a balloon ascension.

 UPDATE: Here are some of the festivities planned for November 24, a free service day for the public. See a picture of light rail line with Charlotte skyline in back.

21st Century website

The NC General Assembly’s 21st Century Transportation Committee now has a real website, but as we say, it is under construction.  The menu bar on the left will have links to committee resources and documents.

We’ve got a great graphic on the website put up by our ISD staff covering the committee’s charges: rail, air, bicycle, roads, ports, bridges, and public transportation. The graphic on the upper right represents Charlotte’s 9.6 mile CATS Lynx Blue Line light rail system.

The committee next meets Monday, November 26, 2007, 1 p.m., Room 643 of the Legislative Office Building.