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Groups laud preservation of North Tryon projects (access required)

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 [...]


UNCC parking worries arise from Blue Line plan (access required)

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 [...]