Mecklenburg Board of Commissioners approves Metropolitan Public Transportation Authority (Spectrum News 1)
Change could be coming to Charlotte’s transit system after Mecklenburg County commissioners voted 8-1 Tuesday night to approve the creation of a Metropolitan Public Transportation Authority. The plan now heads to voters in a November referendum. If approved, a one-cent sales tax would go directly toward public transportation projects. Essentials like groceries, gas and medicine would be excluded from the tax. Sustain Charlotte pushed commissioners to include riders directly in the decision-making process.