CAPT Annual Meeting
November 21, 2024
Charlotte, N.C.
CAPT Officers, Directors, Members and Interested Guests:
You are invited to the November Meeting.
The meeting will be held from 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm, preceded by lunch beginning at 11:00 am at
Big Ben Pub.
The meeting location is 1535 Elizabeth Avenue, Charlotte, N.C. 28204. Restaurant phone number is 704 817-9697.
A tour of the new passenger platform and station site for the Gateway Multimodal Transportation Center is planned
prior to lunch at 10:15 am at the project site on West Trade Street. This will be conducted by the Charlotte
Area Transit System. Gateway Project Director Brian Nadnoly who will also be at the meeting at 2:30 for a short
presentation, and brief question and answer period.
Those arriving by train may take the #11 CATS transit bus which stops at the Amtrak station to the city transportation center on East Trade Street. There one can take the Gold Line City Lynx Streetcar to the Gateway station site. Local CAPT members will also help in transporting some from the Amtrak station to the site. Those coming to the site by auto may park In the gravel lot on 4th Street between the Greyhound Bus Terminal and the elevated Norfolk Southern mainline.
After the tour is completed one can walk to the Gold Line City Lynx Gateway station and take the streetcar
to the meeting location at Big Ben's Pub. One can also drive to the location since there is plenty of parking
across Elizabeth Avenue from the Elizabeth/Hawthorne streetcar station. Note no fare is required to
ride the City Lynx Gold Line. Fare is required for the #11 bus. The streetcar now runs about every 20 minutes
in each direction. Information is available at
ridetransit.org.
Meeting Agenda
Welcome
Secretary's Report
Treasurer's Report
Election of Directors and Officers
Dues Change Proposal
Proposed Membership Drive for 2025
CAPT website
Developments on updating site
CAPT rebranding - name change
CAPT newsletter update
Creating/expanding CAPT liaison efforts between local transportation entities (bus, light rail, commuter rail)
and Amtrak/NCDOT for future expansion of rail service in the Carolinas
Piedmont Corridor Developments
Restoration plans for equipment, and public awareness campaign
CAPT Skip stop campaign
Western NC Rail Committee Update
Western NC Rail news, including Hurricane Helene impacts and Saluda grade
Eastern NC Rail Advocacy Developments
Status of FRA Corridor ID grants for NC
Charlotte to Wilmington
Should CAPT push potential Corridor ID grant proposal?
Potential sponsors of grant request if not DOT?
Could segment of corridor be potential Charlotte-Monroe commuter line?
South Carolina Rail News and Developments
Status of South Carolina Rail Plan
Assembly Street grade separation project in Columbia
Status of legislation in South Carolina to study use of freeway right of way for rail passenger operations
New Amtrak station for Columbia’s Union Station
South Carolina Goals for CAPT
Development of dedicated rail division
Preservation of rail corridors
Economic Impact Studies for potential rail lines
Board Member & Officer Comments
Amtrak update – issues affecting the Carolinas
RPA "Rail Nation" developments
Rail Users Network news
Planning for future meetings
Adjournment
*Note: The agenda will be suspended at 2:30 pm for a presentation by Brian Nadnoly, CATS
Project
Manager for
the Charlotte Gateway Station and Red Line Commuter Rail who will update us on the latest news and briefly
touch on the Red Line commuter possibilities, in addition to Amtrak, for the transportation center.
After the presentation and short question and answer period consideration of the regular agenda will resume.
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