Public Transportation

The city of Gastonia has launched a new rideshare service to replace its bus system with an Uber-style app for local residents to use within the city. The new on-demand rideshare GoGastonia is available to customers Monday.

The Charlotte City Council voted 8-1 Monday to spend $5 million designing the Red Line, a commuter rail line from uptown to Lake Norman.

Runaway costs are impacting transit projects across the nation, and experts aren’t sure why — though the increasing use of consultants, who are generally more expensive than in-house staff, is one reason experts point to. Charlotte's recent approval of a $1 million per year contract is one example.

What if you could catch a ride on the bus the same way you get a ride from Uber or Lyft? In the town of Wilson, North Carolina, you can, and other North Carolina towns are taking note.

A consultant hired by the city of Charlotte says a proposed transit sales tax would grow by 4.4% a year for 50 years. The existing half-cent sales tax for transit grew by 3.8% a year since 1999. The difference in growth rates would be about $7 billion when the city's debt is paid.

Advocates for public transportation are calling on Congress to approve emergency aid for local public transit systems nationwide and to boost long-term funding for transit, including an expanded bus and train network around Charlotte.

Around the country, voters have approved multibillion-dollar plans to build or expand transit systems. Mayor Vi Lyles wants to put a similar question on the ballot in Charlotte next year.

After threatening a potential strike, the union representing CATS bus drivers has reached a tentative agreement with Transit Management of Charlotte on a…

If you ride the bus in Concord and Kannapolis, you’ll soon be seeing some big changes. The cities’ joint bus system called Rider Transit will be getting…