Runners take over I-277 for Charlotte’s Around the Crown 10K (105.3 RnB)
Charlotte’s roads looked a little different this Labor Day weekend as thousands of runners took over Interstate 277 for the annual Around the Crown 10K. Read more from 10...
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Thousands of runners shut down I-277 for Around the Crown 10K race (WBTV)
Proceeds from this year’s race will benefit Sustain Charlotte alongside several other area nonprofit organizations. Read more from WBTV.
Matthews mayor urges Charlotte to pay towns’ financial penalty to ensure I-77 toll lanes are stopped (WFAE)
Matthews Mayor John Higdon said the city of Charlotte should offer to pay financial penalties for small towns that stick with their vote to stop the controversial Interst...
NCDOT’s $69.6 Million I-77 Spreadsheet Raises New Questions About Taxpayer Accountability
Sustain Charlotte says local taxpayers should not be forced to pay twice for a project their elected representatives rejected after its impacts were finally disclosed CHA...
Around the Crown keeps sustainability at the heart of the race (WSOC-TV)
rom the ways runners can arrive, to the water they drink to the T-shirt they can proudly wear at the end of the race, Brian Mister, Around the Crown’s race director, has ...
Upcoming vote on I-77 project could cost local leaders $70M (WSOC-TV)
The Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization will hold its formal vote on whether to restore the toll lane project on Sept. 23. Read more from WSOC-TV. ...
North Charlotte mother demands crosswalk after son, 34, killed on Statesville Road (Hoodline)
Charlotte Department of Transportation data analyzed under Vision Zero shows that 80% of all fatal and serious injury crashes occur on just 13% of the city’s street netwo...
Steele Creek has waited 4 years for a traffic light. What’s taking so long? (Charlotte Observer)
More than 40 signals across Charlotte still need funding. The city has rules for when developers must analyze their predicted traffic impact and, depending on what they f...
Charlotte’s Blue Line Created Billions in Value. Let’s Capture More of It Next Time.
By Shannon Binns | Sustain Charlotte Founder (Photo: This undated photo from the City of Charlotte shows development along the Blue Line south of Uptown.) Charlotte alrea...
Rail Trail Pedestrian Bridge project in Charlotte one of several in N.C. (Spectrum News)
The I-277 south off ramp onto College Street will be closed for more than a year as work continues to build the roughly $24 million Rail Trail Pedestrian Bridge over I-27...
We stood with residents for a W. Craighead station on Red Line
On August 12th, the Metropolitan Public Transit Authority held an important vote on the planned Red Line commuter train between Charlotte and Davidson. The vote (watch he...
MPTA board approves Camp North End Red Line station, orders study on West Craighead (WCNC)
Residents in Sugar Creek and Hidden Valley say the current plan does not address their needs, with the Hidden Valley Community Association pushing for a station on West C...