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The Charlotte City Council’s transportation committee voted 4-1 Monday to back a route for the Silver Line light-rail that would have it skirt uptown instead of going to the heart of center city.

Some local leaders say a new 4-lane road across the Catawba to Gaston County from Charlotte would ease traffic on both sides of the river. Critics say it would lead to more sprawl.

The Charlotte Area Transit System will restart three discontinued express bus routes on Nov. 28 as the agency tries to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and falling ridership.

Transit advocates and city leaders are calling for approval of a proposed 1-cent sales tax for buses and transit in Mecklenburg County, even though it's still not clear when it might go to voters.

The Huntersville town board voted unanimously Monday night in favor of a resolution opposing a proposed 1-cent county sales tax increase for transit.

The trials and tribulations of 2020 have exposed our community's strengths and weaknesses. Over the next year, we'll examine it all through our new series Rebuilding Charlotte. WFAE will look at both challenges and opportunities as families, businesses and institutions struggle to recover from the pandemic. In our first installment, reporter David Boraks talks to Charlotteans about the challenges ahead.

The Charlotte City Council on Monday discussed a new transit plan, which would be paid for with a new penny sales tax.

A new planning effort involving Mecklenburg and 11 surrounding counties envisions a network of trains and buses that one day could link Charlotte with…

Charlotte Area Transit System says the $150 million Lynx Gold Line streetcar project remains behind schedule, but service could start in January. CATS…

Charlotte Area Transit System CEO John Lewis says the system is in "a good financial position" as it drafts its budget for the next fiscal year. That's…