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An 85-page plan obtained through a public records request details the possibilities for Charlotte. Public documents show plenty of greenways and sidewalks on the city’s wish list of transportation projects; building and widening roads might be a challenge.
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If you’ve been following transit and transportation for a few years in Charlotte, you might be forgiven for a reflexive twinge of skepticism when it comes to grand pronouncements about the future. Big ideas seem to be ever-slipping out of sight over the horizon.
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With little progress on transit after almost five years, city staff at a City Council retreat outline "roads-first" ideas — but how different would a revised plan really be? Not very.
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As Charlotte pumps tourism money into sports stadiums, Asheville is spending it on greenways and parks — and now maybe affordable housing and transit, too.
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Gastonia, population 81,000, will be the biggest city in North Carolina to shift to on-demand vans, SUVs and sedans for public transportation.
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The announcement last week of federal funding for high-speed rail in the Southeast generated plenty of excitement. It conjured pleasant images of relaxing in a comfortable train seat with a book and occasionally dozing off, while zipping easily to Atlanta or Washington D.C. — and avoiding the hassles of fighting traffic and dodging unending construction and wrecks on interstates.
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After Thanksgiving traffic snafu, Charlotte’s airport plans to increase staffing, alter bus routes and make other changes ahead of the Christmas holiday.
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Is terrible traffic at Charlotte Douglas International Airport just the new normal for holidays? And with air travel increasing, will these delays begin seeping into other peak times as well?
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The numbers tell us that ridership is growing — slowly — but it hasn’t reached pre-pandemic levels or matched the percentage of people returning to uptown. And it’s far below the Charlotte Area Transit System’s ridership peak a decade ago.
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Do the 2023 Charlotte municipal elections have any hints about what the future might hold for our region’s transit ambitions? Plans for the Silver Line, Red Line and more lines up to this point hinge on winning support from voters for a 1-cent sales tax referendum that would fund about half of the $13.5 billion price tag.