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The Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) was recently saddled with allegations of misrepresentation and error over a newly proposed silver line transit route.
The Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) was recently saddled with allegations of misrepresentation and error over a newly proposed silver line transit route. As reported earlier this month by the Charlotte Ledger, review of internal CATS documents contained both errors and misrepresentations in new route proposals and ridership analysis for the mass transit system in
The Charlotte Area Transit System said in a letter to elected officials Monday that it did not "misrepresent or make up data" about the proposed Silver Line light rail. The transit system's comments came in response to a WFAE article.
Last summer, Charlotte Area Transit System recommended that the Silver Line pass through uptown by using Lynx Blue Line and Gold Line streetcar tracks. It said that route would save money and have the most riders and the most economic development potential. Six months later CATS said something entirely different.
The Charlotte City Council's transportation committee voted in favor Monday of having the Silver Line light rail skirt the edge of uptown.