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• Study suggests change to Independence transit plan 
  Shawn Flynn, News 14 Carolina
  Years ago, Independence Boulevard was packed with stores and restaurants, now it is an expressway lined with vacant buildings. The Urban Land Institute’s top suggestion is to find an identity for that part of town.
• Study proposes streetcar down Monroe Road 
  Steve Harrison, Charlotte Observer
  Dollars for transit are increasingly scarce, and some of the city’s ambitious plans to build new trains have been put on the back burner.
  But a recent study by the Urban Land Institute has proposed that Charlotte think big again by building a streetcar on Monroe Road, where no transit is planned.
• In Charlotte, a Busy Highway May be No Place for Rapid Transit
  Yonah Freemark, The Transport Politic
  Selected by the national organization for special study this year, Charlotte’s civic community was offered a number of suggestions for the renovation and widening of Independence Boulevard, which stretches southeast from the city’s downtown.