Steve Harrison
Political ReporterSteve Harrison is WFAE's politics and government reporter. Prior to joining WFAE, Steve worked at the Charlotte Observer, where he started on the business desk, then covered politics extensively as the Observer’s lead city government reporter. Steve also spent 10 years with the Miami Herald. His work has appeared in The Washington Post, the Sporting News and Sports Illustrated.
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Last summer, Charlotte Area Transit System recommended that the Silver Line pass through uptown by using Lynx Blue Line and Gold Line streetcar tracks. It said that route would save money and have the most riders and the most economic development potential. Six months later, CATS said something entirely different. -
The Charlotte Area Transit System released video footage from a bus that showed a shootout between a passenger and a driver.
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Davidson Mayor Rusty Knox said the Metropolitan Transit Commission needs to be changed. He is upset that the city of Charlotte ignored the organization's request to hire an outside consultant to investigate light-rail safety.
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The Charlotte Area Transit System said it plans more de-escalation training for bus drivers after a passenger and a driver shot one another on a bus in Steele Creek.
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The Charlotte City Council voted 6-5 Monday to consider changing rules in the Unified Development Ordinance that allows for duplexes and triplexes in areas reserved for single-family homes.
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The Charlotte Area Transit System said Tuesday that the general manager for rail operations, Deltrin Harris, has been placed on administrative leave.WBTV first reported the news. CATS did not disclose the reason. The transit system’s light-rail and streetcar lines have been under scrutiny, due to a May 2022 derailment of a Lynx Blue Line train.
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Some say the Cotham name — for both Tricia and her mother Pat — is now forever tainted among Democrats. “In the political world, a few months is a lifetime,” Pat Cotham said last week. “I take one day at a time.”
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An apartment building under construction on the 7700 block of Liberty Row Drive was destroyed Thursday in a massive fire. One person was taken to a hospital, and two construction workers are unaccounted for, officials said.
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Union County Commissioners voted unanimously on April 17 to stop paying for the 74x express bus service from Monroe to Charlotte. The loss of the 74x is not a significant story in terms of transit operations. But it’s a huge political story as the city of Charlotte pushes a $13.5 billion transit plan.
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The hotel tax extension will likely send more than $1 billion to the NASCAR Hall of Fame. If you are thinking the money could be used for things like affordable housing or transit, that’s highly unlikely.
