“CATS is grappling with short-term problems such as this summer’s spike in gas prices, which hurt the transit system’s fuel budget, and the weak economy, which is depressing sales tax revenue. The N.C. Department of Transportation has said it will slash its transit funding to CATS by as much as 12 percent.
Former CATS chief executive [...]
Monday, November 24th, marked the one year anniversary of the opening of Charlotte’s LYNX Blue Line. LYNX collected its first weekday fare on November 26th, 2007. The 9.6 mile light rail line has exceeded projections for first year ridership. CATS projected an average of 9,100 riders each weekday, increasing to 18,100 weekday riders by 2025. [...]
“US Airways Group Inc. is expanding its travel from Charlotte to Washington, D.C.-area airports for the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama.
Beginning Jan. 17, the carrier will offer more flights, some on larger aircraft, to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Washington Dulles International Airport and Baltimore Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport.”
Read more at the Charlotte Business [...]
Tippett shrugged off the criticism, saying whoever doesn’t get money is bound to complain. The Fayetteville project has been in the works for years, he said, and it’s more important now that the Army’s Fort Bragg is expanding.
“Those people who are going to the front lines are entitled to a safe commute,” Tippett said, “as [...]
Artwork by Cecil Vizcaino & James Willamor.
day: Friday, Oct 31time: 7:30 pmplace: Common Market
The monthly bicycle ride known as Critical Mass will happen on Halloween, Friday, October 31st at 7:30 PM at the Common Market near The Plaza and Commonwealth Ave. The ride is held on the last Friday of every month, and several times [...]
The above ad is only running in the Triangle and Triad, not in Charlotte, and seems to single out Charlotte from the rest of the state.
“‘The average person sees that ad as us against them, Charlotte versus Raleigh. How do you explain?’ asks Charlotte Observer columnist Tonya Jameson.
Perdue cuts her off and replies, ‘Let [...]
photo credit: Tanker Narc
Via Jeff Taylor at the Meck Deck, apparently a CATS bus accidentally took out the light rail crossing arm by the Convention Center a couple days ago. Jeff relays that the damage was minor. If I didn’t know any better I’d say the bus was expressing some latent jealousy of its newer, [...]
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“(…) the proposed University City light-rail line (…) now stands at $900 million, to the old standbys of escalating construction costs and evolving plans that have broadened the scope of the project.
CATS officials are counting on the federal government to foot half of the bill for the U-City line, and to [...]
“Republican candidate for governor Pat McCrory cut short a western campaign swing to focus on his mayoral duties in Charlotte.
McCrory’s campaign said he canceled a lunch in Waynesville and rally in Brevard on Monday afternoon to return home after news of Wachovia selling its banking operations to Citigroup.
Campaign spokesman Amy Auth said he also returned [...]
“Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory said more gas is on the way, and it’ll likely hit town by mid-week. (…)
McCrory said drivers need to be patient.
‘It’s going to take a little bit of time to get out of this cycle as everyone plays catch-up from refinery to the consumer,’ said McCrory, who spoke on the phone [...]
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