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HARRISBURG AREA LAND USE PLAN connection provides access to Rider, the Concord Kannapolis Area Transit system, which is a service provided jointly by the two cities. Other area transit services that complement the Harrisburg service include those offered by CCTS and the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS). CATS provides an express bus service, route 80x, from Concord to the Charlotte Transportation Center in uptown Charlotte. Charlotte Motor Speedway also has a designated park - and -ride for this express bus service. CATS also has a vanpool service. CCTS operates a county -wide service providing transportation for special populations (i.e., individuals needing access to necessary medical care and other resources in the county). CCTS allows riders to be taken to various destinations with a minimum 24 -hour prior notification. In the future, CATS's LYNX Blue Line Extension (Northeast Corridor), a planned fixed guideway transit route, will terminate at a point west of the I- 485/US -29 interchange. Within easy reach of Harrisburg, this is the location of a planned park - and -ride facility. Public transit provides an alternative to single- occupant vehicular travel. A Lincoln Institute study defined density thresholds to support alternative transportation at 7- 8 units /acre for intermediate bus service (30 min. headway). Additional density thresholds above 9 -10 units /acre support fixed guideway transit and frequent bus service. The residential density of the planning area is approximately 0.37 units /acre, with an average density in subdivisions of 2 units /acre. The town center is approved for 2.4 units /acre, a density that does not surpass the recommended thresholds, but is being developed with a mix of uses and a walkable pattern of streets supportive of transit. If the 750,000 square feet of commercial space is built out, the town center area may be a suitable location for feeder bus transit stop in the future when mass transit service becomes available in the future. Bicycle /Pedestrian The Livable Communities Blueprint of 2002 recognized the need to provide bicycle and pedestrian facilities in the planning area to connect neighborhoods to schools and parks. Public access via minor trails was recommended for the following: • 4.6 miles along Back Creek (from Rocky River to the county line) • 6.9 miles along Rocky River (from Mallard Creek to the middle school) • 2.0 miles of a connector between Town Park and the middle school These would be complemented by the Carolina Thread Trail and other local greenways (see Section 9, Parks, Recreation, Greenways & Open Space) to expand the pedestrian /bicycle network. PART II: EXISTING CONDITIONS AUGU acTiOenq number 1 G -1 Page 338