By Caitlin Coakley, staff writer
Published: December 21,2010
Although cutting or scaling back the right of way project along North Tryon Street would save $45 million, the Charlotte Area Transit System has decided to preserve those improvements. Such projects involve incorporating bike lanes in the roads, adding or widening sidewalks and putting in planting strips to comply with the city’s Urban Street Design [...]
By Caitlin Coakley, staff writer
Published: December 21,2010
Faced with a $1.15 billion deficit between 2010 and 2035 rather than the $1.6 billion surplus projected in 2006, the Charlotte Area Transit System proposed Wednesday night to cut the Lynx Blue Line Extension project, ending the line at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte station. The cut would mean eliminating a park-and-ride lot [...]
By Caitlin Coakley, staff writer
Published: December 14,2010
The decision by the Metropolitan Transit Commission and the Charlotte Area Transit System to scale back the planned Lynx Blue Line Extension has Noel Smith concerned. President of North End Development Partners, an economic development advocacy group for the North Tryon corridor, Smith is invested in the revitalization efforts for the North Tryon Street corridor [...]
By Caitlin Coakley, staff writer
Published: November 30,2010
When the city of Charlotte won a $25 million federal Urban Circulator Grant to build a starter streetcar line through uptown, from Time Warner Cable Arena to Presbyterian Hospital, supporters touted the 1 1/2-mile section as an important step toward a proposed 10-mile track. The plan was to expand the starter line from Eastland Mall [...]
By Caitlin Coakley, staff writer
Published: November 5,2010
Despite the red wave that swept the House of Representatives across the country Tuesday, the Democrats on the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners were able to hang on to their majority, losing only one seat. Although all six seats held by Democrats on the Board of Commissioners were challenged by Republicans — the three incumbent [...]
By Caitlin Coakley, staff writer
Published: October 26,2010
(Editor's note: The following is part of The Mecklenburg Times' coverage of the Nov. 2 elections.)
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: October 19,2010
(Editor’s note: Part of an occasional series on growth of communities outside Charlotte) Business owner Tana Greene remembers when the only place to eat in the Lake Norman area was the Ham and Eggs restaurant at Exit 28 off Interstate 77 in Cornelius. “It was the cheesiest little greasy spoon you have ever seen in [...]
By Caitlin Coakley, staff writer
Published: October 8,2010
The Charlotte Area Transit System said it will hold five public meetings this month to gather community input to be used in developing the 2013-18 Countywide Transit System Plan. The plan serves as a guideline for CATS in determining what changes or improvements need to be made to service or infrastructure. “We’re going to be [...]
By Caitlin Coakley, staff writer
Published: October 8,2010
A look at happenings in local government Commission votes down immigration proposal The Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners on Monday voted down a proposal by Commissioner Bill James to request more information from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security about how a county organization could report undocumented immigrants seeking assistance for their U.S.-born child. The measure [...]
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