"I love the lightrail. I'm one of the lucky south Charlotte individuals who benefit from this service. I'm just sorry that the city made this move to implement a rail system right before the bubble burst on the economy. I don't see expansion happening anytime soon, what with the muni-bond market looking like it does. And that's really the only way to fund any type of real expansion to the north and the east. I forsee this being a problem with the Lightrail's current expansion plans. \n\nTrains are always clean and secure...CATS has contracted with Allied Barton Security to staff the light rail at all times with armed security...not that the CLT is a dangerous place, but its a nice security blanket to have, especially when riding late night. You may even get lucky and have one of the funny train operators in the morning and evening work commutes. You can tell some of these guys really love their jobs!\n\nIf I'm on more of a set work schedule (which isn't often), the express routes to/from south charlotte are great! 82x is a great service for south charlotte, and beyond (they go all the way to Rock Hill)! Word of advice; the tickets/passes for the express routes are an extra charge. Don't try to get on the bus with a normal monthly Blue Line/ Local pass, or you may find yourself walking!"^^ . "0"^^ . "0"^^ . . "5"^^ . "2011-06-09T00:00:00"^^ . "1"^^ . . .