How Charlotte’s Strategic Mobility Plan could benefit air and water quality
(Photo: Nabeel Syed on Unsplash) This is Part 2 in a series highlighting how Charlotte’s new Strategic Mobility Plan could benefit the three E’s: the environment, equity,...
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What Charlotte’s Strategic Mobility Plan means for the environment
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be covering how the Strategic Mobility Plan could benefit Charlotte’s “three E’s”: the environment, equity, and economy. Up first, we’ll fo...
CATS has plans to bring riders back after massive drop. Will it work? (WFAE)
WFAE analyzed ridership and service data on all CATS bus routes, as well as historical data from the federal government for CATS and other transit systems and found colla...
Charlotte bus routes have been hit with delays. Here’s why and what’s happening to fix it
Bus service needs to be fast, frequent, reliable, and walkable to fully meet the mobility needs of riders. Unfortunately, Charlotte Area Transit System bus service has re...
New development rules approach the finish line (Charlotte Ledger)
Nobody’s happy with everything in Charlotte’s 685-page overhaul of planning rules. But odds seem to favor a ‘yes’ vote in August anyway. At a public hearing this week, re...
Highway administration proposes greenhouse gas reporting rules (WFAE Climate News)
Last week, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would require states and municipalities to track and reduce greenhouse...
Mecklenburg approved $50M to buy land for greenways and parks. What will that look like?
Mecklenburg County commissioners’ decision last month to earmark $50 million to buy land for greenways, parks, and nature preserves this fiscal year has been a hot topic ...
Sustain Charlotte weighs in on UDO at public hearing
Last night, Charlotte City Council held a public hearing on the second draft of the Unified Development Ordinance, a set of regulations designed to set the groundwork for...
Mecklenburg Park and Rec gets $50m for future parks and greenways (WFAE)
A lot more land could be set aside for future parks and greenways thanks to a big boost in funding from the Mecklenburg County Commission. Commissioners voted last month ...
Here’s what changed in the new draft of Charlotte’s Unified Development Ordinance
It has been a while since we wrote about the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO, not to be confused with UFO), a 600-plus page document that the city of Charlotte has bee...
Meet Sustain Charlotte’s 2022 summer interns
Sustain Charlotte has two new interns for summer 2022, Mia Jammal and Daisy Hoover. Both of them are local college students, and we asked them to share a bit about their ...
Matt Parker did the ‘Skip the Car Trip’ Challenge in Charlotte. Here’s what he learned.
Matt Parker rides his bike up to the Blue Line In June, Mecklenburg County launched a weeklong incentive encouraging people in the Charlotte area to move around without u...