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▲ 473 r/Charlotte

City Council Votes to direct CRTPO Rep to oppose I-77 Tolls

They voted on a resolution to reevaluate their transit modelling and study alternatives with UNCC doing the work as well.

u/FlavivsAetivs — 3 days ago
▲ 88 r/southcarolina

SCDOT is finally beginning to develop a Railroad Division

From the Passenger Train Journal interview with Jason Orthner of NCDOT.

This is big news. Real hourly service between Charlotte and Atlanta beyond the existing Crescent, and from Raleigh to Columbia beyond the existing Floridian, would be huge. The current trains are long-distance national Amtrak routes which arrive in the cities at weird times, whereas being able to depart for Raleigh or Charlotte at Atlanta at a regular time like 8AM would result in massive ridership (see for example the recent Mardi Gras or NC's Piedmont/Carolinian lines).

u/FlavivsAetivs — 4 days ago
▲ 25 r/Charlotte

TLDR They're going to cut the Silver Line further to fund Microtransit.

Microtransit costs 5-12 times more than regular bus routes. Eliminate it, keep buses under 20%, and just put the funding into increasing service frequency on the cross-towns and the neighborhood circulators. 18 "microtransit zones" could fund increased frequency on 90 fixed-route bus routes.

u/FlavivsAetivs — 7 days ago
▲ 46 r/petsmart

My state is one of the worst in the US for backyard breeding and shelter Euthanasia. Nobody cares about cats here, and a large percentage of people come in with a new puppy and their first words are "we're thinking about breeding her." I frequently argue with people over it because it's people like me working in rescue that then have to spend our hard earned money on their irresponsibility.

Unspayed or unneutered animals are more aggressive, make more of a mess because they're liable to spray while at petsmart, and frankly are a massive problem nationwide because people aren't responsible with their pet.

On top of that requiring only rabies vaccination isn't enough. At a minimum we should also require DHPP for dogs and FVRCP for cats.

./endrant

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u/FlavivsAetivs — 11 days ago