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A sharp look at Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles’ abrupt resignation, her transportation and housing legacy, uptown’s decline and what her exit means for the 2027 mayor’s race.

During last fall’s successful campaign for the one-cent transportation sales tax increase, a big selling point was the “Better Bus” plan.

Hundreds gathered in uptown Charlotte on Monday to view alternative concepts for adding toll lanes to I-77 south of uptown. The concepts were showcased during a three-month pause on the project by the DOT.

Mecklenburg County voters in November approved a new one-cent sales tax for transportation.

The new Metropolitan Public Transportation Authority is looking for ways to extend the proposed Silver Line to Matthews.

$3.2 billion project aims to reduce congestion, but concerns mount over effect on neighborhoods.

The new Metropolitan Public Transportation Authority, which will take over Charlotte’s transit system, held its inaugural meeting Thursday.

Tuesday is the big day: Mecklenburg County voters will decide whether to approve raising the sales tax to fund a multibillion-dollar transportation plan. Transit Time has been covering the issue for years, and with Election Day fast approaching, here is an overview of the plan, followed by details of what it would do.

Mecklenburg County voters will decide Nov. 4 whether to increase the sales tax from 7.25% to 8.25%.

In 2014, 61% of Mecklenburg voters rejected a plan to increase the sales tax by a quarter of a penny, from 7.25% to 7.5%. Most of the money would have gone to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.