How Charlotte can salvage its transit sales tax
Legislative leaders want roads. Charlotte leaders want transit. Why not use sales-tax money to pay for both?
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Legislative leaders want roads. Charlotte leaders want transit. Why not use sales-tax money to pay for both?
The Charlotte Area Transit System didn't provide ridership projections during a City Council transportation committee meeting Monday. Council members still voted in favor of a controversial route that doesn't reach the heart of uptown.
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 City Council will decide in early 2023 whether to move forward with an underground bus station uptown.
Regional transportation planners are considering ways to build new express toll lanes on Interstate 77 in south Charlotte.