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Ron Tober is arguably the father of Charlotte mass transit.
He was the first chief executive of the Charlotte Area Transit System, from 1999 to 2007.
He led the construction of the original Lynx Blue Line from Interstate 485 to uptown.
And he created a long-range transit plan, which includes the Blue Line extension (which opened in 2018); the Gold Line streetcar (under construction); and the commuter rail line to Lake Norman (stalled for more than a decade due to an impasse with Norfolk-Southern railroad). Ron Tober was the first chief executive of the Charlotte Area Transit System, from 1999 to 2007.
Tober talked at the SouthPark Starbucks last week as the Colonial Pipeline crisis was unfolding and the Charlotte City Council was preparing to vote on the Future Charlotte 2040 Comprehensive Plan.