Silver Line Advisory Committee – July 1, 2020
Meeting Agenda
| The vision of the Silver Line Task Force is the successful adoption of the Silver Lines Local Preferred Alternative (LPA) by the fall of 2020 and present this to the Board of Commissioners. Members will meet virtually on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month at 7:00 pm.
0:00:07 | I. Welcome
0:06:44 | II. Presentation by CATS Team
This document was on the screen during the CATS presentation
AM Virtual Tour of LYNX Blue Line
AM How Blue Line station location and style selection process may be used for Matthews
AM Mention of Blue Line Rail Trail
AM Overview of Old Crossing Road station
AM Overview of Poplar Road station
AM Overview of North Tryon Street station
AM Overview of using an underpass for the Same Newell and Hwy 51 intersection
AM Overview of 25th Street station
AM Overview of sub-station at South End and that one will be recommended for Matthews
AM Showing a signal crossing
AM End of virtual tour – Open for questions
| Questions: [ unless otherwise noted, all questions were answered by Andy Mock ]
LA Which type of power supply will be used – AC or DC
CH What are the advantages between above grade and at grade stations
KL Sizes and scale of the stations, how many cars per station
KL How to disguise the power towers for overhead wiring to make them more attractive
WW What is the formula for determining where to place stations and station design
WW How to integrate Silver Line with other transit systems and bus lines
0:48:55 | PROCESS
0:48:45 | ART
AM What are the three things that people care about when riding the light rail
AM Examples of wall reliefts
AM Example of murals on 9th street station
AM Example of art at Parkwood station in the Plaza – Midwood area
AM Example of wall art at 22nd street station
AM Example of wall art at 26th street station in NoDa
| How We Got Here
AM Overview of Silver Line development history
AM What are the Guiding Principles for the Silver Line development
AM Overview of Silver Line route and studies that were made
AM What are the priorities for Phase 1 of planning
AM Priority 1 – Stakeholder Engagement
AM Priority 2 – Public Involvement
AM Priority 3 – Refining the Alignment
AM Route selection – Monroe Road or CSX corridor
AM Route considerations through downtown Matthews
AM Interaction with IPP / I-485
AM Where are we now with alignment refinement
| Questions: [ unless otherwise noted, all questions were answered by Andy Mock ]
CH What are the orange markers on the graphic
| Questions: [ unless otherwise noted, all questions were answered by Andy Mock ]
KL How is the quarry taken into consideration for route selection
| Summarizing the meeting
BS Recapping the talking points during the meeting