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Officials on North Carolina's northern Outer Banks are urging a federal appeals court to uphold approval of a proposed half-billion-dollar bridge they say would improve traffic flow to and from the mainland.
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Charlotte officials are seeking comments online and at public meetings on a new transportation policy that among other things aims to reduce one-person car trips to half of all transportation trips by 2040.
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Bicycle sales have surged during the coronavirus pandemic as more of us take to the roads and greenways for recreation - or give up our cars. Electric bikes and e-cycles are the market's fastest-growing segment.
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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.
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Transportation has overtaken electricity generation as the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in North Carolina. That's according to an updated greenhouse gas inventory published this week by state environmental regulators.
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Charlotte plans to spend billions of dollars over the next two decades building new rail lines, a better bus system, greenways and roads. But in an age of self-driving cars, drones, hydrogen train and cheap, futuristic tunnels, is the city building tomorrow’s transportation system with yesterday’s technology?
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British electric vehicle manufacturer Arrival says it will build its second "microfactory" in the Charlotte area, on a site near Charlotte Douglas International Airport. The company says the $41.2 million plant will create 250 jobs and make electric delivery vans for UPS.
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The city of Charlotte has promoted a poll from the National Resources Defense Council that shows residents of the six Mecklenburg County towns support the city's $8 to $12 billion transportation plan. But the city said it doesn't have the full script of the poll and won't ask for it — even though the questions asked in a poll can make a big difference in the responses received.
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All aboard on raising the transit tax? Not folks in northern Mecklenburg County, even as transit boosters promise new hope for commuter rail. Why is it a hard sell in that part of the county?
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On the February installment of "Mike and the Mayor," Vi Lyles discusses the latest on the proposed transportation sales tax increase, work on a nondiscrimination ordinance and the pushback City Council has received over the Greg Phipps appointment.