That’s a bold–yet truthful— statement from Winston-Salem Assistant City Manager Damon Dequenne regarding the proposed streetcar line that would run between Winston-Salem State University and Wake Forest University at a…
Wake Forest Innovation Quarter–Winston-Salem’s downtown technology park—is pushing for a $100,000 study to determine the feasibility of a $35-$40 million streetcar line that would run between Wake forest University and…
Well Charlotte’s new streetcar certainly made an impression over the weekend. Unfortunately, it was to the rear of a SUV that it rammed. Less than a week after service started,…
Winston-Salem Journal’s Scott Sexton says voters are wise to the city’s push for a $179 million trolley system: The words “trolley” and “streetcar” appear nowhere in the stacks of information…
James Lileks explains for National Review Online why the political class’s faith in transit makes little sense. Summary of a Washington Post op-ed in my local paper: “Transit use remains…
…And resultant tax increase: Winston-Salem voters will likely be asked this fall to decide whether the city should issue $107.5 million to $182.5 million in bonds to pay for what…
So let’s see: To get an agreement on a new capital plan, City Manager Ron Carlee hit upon the idea of raising property taxes to build pretty much everything on…
Just talking about this. Winston-Salem Journal reports: A streetcar plying the route between Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and destinations downtown would cost almost $180 million to build, but planners…
So says the Charlotte Observer, but the newspaper doesn’t provide many hints as to what City Manager will propose, besides a new name: CityLynx Gold Line. Which seems appropriate, in…
So Anthony Foxx isn’t running for reelection as mayor of Charlotte. I can’t say I find that particularly surprising. The job has done all that it’s going to do for…
Per the UPoR: “If we try to revitalize Independence Boulevard, we can’t half do it.” Given the mayor’s previous belief in spending a quarter billion dollars in city money on…
Could never imagine that happening. Never, ever, ever. Nope. Well, OK, now that I think about it some, more, well, yes that does seem quite possible. First-term at large council…