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Light Rail Or Elevation Train?

Posted by: Christian Madera
Thanks to: Christian Peralta
16 January 2001 - 6:00am

Two proposals in Charlotte, NC are vying for $50 million a year in transit funds to link up the city.

"A coalition of residents and businesses north of uptown has proposed building an elevated rail line to link the central city, UNC Charlotte and the airport to Kannapolis, Gastonia and Monroe. The rapid-transit system envisioned by the Tryon North Development Corp. is far more extensive - and expensive - than the one planned by Charlotte-Mecklenburg. In addition to the elevated trains, the group is proposing numerous cross-town light-rail lines, commuter trains and a monorail on the UNCC campus and SouthPark."

Full Story: Transit plan: Planes, trains, automobiles
Source: The Charlotte Observer, January 15, 2001
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