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Matt Parker did the ‘Skip the Car Trip’ Challenge in Charlotte. Here’s what he learned.

In June, Mecklenburg County launched a weeklong incentive encouraging people in the Charlotte area to move around without using cars. That’s something we love to see at Sustain Charlotte. Reducing […]

Here’s what we — and others — had to say about Charlotte’s Strategic Mobility Plan

On Monday, Charlotte City Council held a public hearing for the newly released Strategic Mobility Plan. This plan is a crucial step in implementing the vision of Charlotte’s 2040 Plan to […]

Mecklenburg County approves $50 million to help expand Charlotte-area greenways and parks

  Mecklenburg County commissioners on Wednesday approved a $2.2 billion budget for fiscal year 2023 that includes $50 million to acquire land for expanding parks, greenways, and nature preserves. This is an […]

Here’s how Charlotte’s Strategic Mobility Plan improves transit for rail and bus riders

Charlotte City Council is set to vote on the Strategic Mobility Plan on Mondy, June 27. We support the plan and consider it a crucial step in creating safe and equitable mobility […]

City proposes 2040 goal of 50% sustainable trips!

During City Council’s Transportation & Planning Committee meeting on May 9th, Charlotte DOT staff informed the Committee members that the soon-to-be-released Strategic Mobility Plan will incorporate an ambitious mode share […]

Sustain Charlotte voices support for city’s FY 2023 Budget

Good evening City Council, Mayor, and Staff, My name is Elina Shepard. I am the program manager at Sustain Charlotte. We’re a nonprofit organization that advocates for sustainable land use […]

Candidates responses are in!

Heading to the polls soon? We’ve got you covered! Check our survey results to learn more about what candidates think about key sustainability issues. Thanks for reading! As a nonprofit, community support […]

We’re asking NC to invest infrastructure funds equitably + sustainably

Sustain Charlotte recently signed on to a letter with 18 local, statewide, and regional organizations to Governor Cooper calling for NCDOT to follow USDOT guidance to invest funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure […]

How Charlotte’s new development rules will support sustainable transportation

Welcome back to our blog post series about the UDO, Charlotte’s first and only Unified Development Ordinance that will define our city’s development for the next several decades! If you […]

We’re sharing key details of the rules that will guide Charlotte’s growth

Welcome to our series of blog posts about the Unified Development Ordinance (abbreviated as UDO)! Perhaps you have heard that in October of 2021, the city released the first Unified Development […]