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A fatal stabbing has officials concerned not only about crime but also its potential impact this incident might have on the transit vote in November. The CMS school year is underway, North Carolina's legislature is back in Raleigh, but won’t vote on a budget, and the Panthers have traded a star.

Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles is calling the fatal stabbing of a young woman on the city’s light rail system a “tragic situation” that underscores broader challenges with mental health and homelessness.

Charlotte City Council members on Monday night said they want answers about crime around uptown and on public transit, after several high-profile incidents…including the killing of a 23-year-old woman who was stabbed to death Friday night on the Blue Line light rail in South End.

The Charlotte Regional Business Alliance plans to spend between $3 million and $3.5 million on campaign.

Transit/roads bill gets unanimous approval in House transportation committee; bill removes some flexibility on spending.

Interim CATS CEO Brent Cagle said the transit system will create a fare zone inside the station. If people there don't have a ticket or a bus pass, they will be required to leave.

Taking the bus is a great way to save money on gas and cut carbon emissions — as long as one is going where you need to go, when you need to go there. So, what if you could hail a tiny bus straight to your neighborhood when needed?

The Charlotte Area Transit System attracted more passengers than it had in 2023.

Charlotte’s transit system abandons plan for underground bus station, now says street-level is ‘clearly the preference’

The Charlotte Area Transit System on Wednesday released four new scenarios of how it could spend billions of dollars from a proposed one-cent sales tax — specifically which new train lines could be built and which ones couldn’t. The leading contender would shorten the Silver Line and end the Blue Line in Pineville instead of Ballantyne.