City of Charlotte begins work on strategic energy action plan 2.0
In 2018 the City of Charlotte adopted the Strategic Energy Action Plan, an ambitious climate action plan with two timebound goals. First, for the City’s vehicle fleets an...
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Tree Canopy Action Plan 2.0
The City of Charlotte’s Planning Department’s staff has announced that they will be working on updating the Tree Canopy Action Plan to version 2.0 in 2025. The objective ...
Take the pledge: Day Without Driving
Sustain Charlotte, Charlotte Regional Transportation Coalition (CRTC), Mecklenburg County Air Quality, Charlotte Office of Sustainability and Resilience, Charlotte Depar...
2024 Voter Guide: See where county commission candidates stand on climate
To help our followers better navigate the local election scene and understand where each candidate stands on a range of important issues that affect local sustainability,...
How can the City make progress on Vision Zero? New audit offers concrete steps
On July 25, the City of Charlotte Internal Audit Department released a Vision Zero Audit. The audit was conducted to find out what exactly the city is doing to make sure ...
Action Alert: Critical greenway & Uptown CycleLink connection in peril
Graphic: Uptown CycleLinks Report – Concept Designs At a public hearing on May 20, Rezoning Petition 2024-031 was presented to Charlotte City Council. The rezoning would ...
Dangerous by design: Unsafe streets lead to dramatic increase in pedestrian fatalities
The Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metro area ranks 47th out of the 101 largest U.S. metro areas for the rate of people killed by vehicles by walking. 277 people lost their l...
FY2026 and FY2025-29 CIP: Together, we made a difference!
On Tuesday, June 4, the Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously to approve the proposed FY2025 annual budget and FY2025-2029 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) projec...
Action Alert: Charlotte City Council slashes critical funding for bike, pedestrian, and street safety
We need your voice before Monday! Last week, we were shocked to see a narrow majority of Charlotte City Council Members vote in support of Council Member Watlington’s sur...
Gerry’s story: 7 days of biking around the Queen City
A guest post by Gerry Kinglsey, NoDa resident and steering committee member for the Charlotte Regional Transportation Coalition steering committee member Gerry Kingsley W...
Keith’s story: Car-free in a young city
Keith Hefrich Keith Helfrich decided early on in life that he would not get a driver’s license. On the one hand, he was born with impaired vision in one eye, and felt he...
Andy’s story: Making the most of a car theft
Andy Patel Andy Patel grew up in North Carolina, having attended high school in Gastonia and college at UNC Chapel Hill. It wasn’t until he moved to Arlington, Virginia t...