|
|
Article: Mystery train. (Charlotte, North Carolina's light-rail transit) (Special Report: Charlotte)
- Article from:
- Business North Carolina
- Article date:
- July 1, 1993
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1993 Business North Carolina. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
A question weighing heavy on the minds of many Charlotte leaders: Can light rail help solve the city's transit woes?
Each morning as he comes to work, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Director Martin Cramton Jr. has ample opportunity to observe mass transit in action. Outside the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center, buses trundle by, belching diesel fumes and disgorging workers to their jobs downtown.
But Cramton sees beyond the gritty present to transit's future: His vision includes gleaming light-rail cars that he hopes will ply the region's major corridors sometime early in the next century.
Light rail is key to keeping Charlotte competitive, he ...