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Charlotte’s road to Vision Zero

Pedestrians and cyclists account for less than 3% of Charlotte’s street users, but account for almost 30% of traffic fatalities. View the full presentation that the City Council’s Transportation & Planning […]

Can Vision Zero reverse Charlotte’s rapidly rising traffic crash fatality rate?

If a bus full of people crashed and died on our streets each year, we’d probably take notice. But when the lives are lost one or two or three at […]

Adding our support for zero emission vehicles

Sustain Charlotte joined several organizations including Southern Environmental Law Center, Environment North Carolina, Clean Air Carolina, North Carolina Housing Coalition, and North Carolina Justice Center in submitting a public comment letter on NCDOT’s […]

Charlotte spent millions, but traffic deaths, injuries aren’t going down, new audit finds (Charlotte Observer)

Charlotte isn’t doing enough to eliminate deadly accidents on the city’s roads, a new internal audit found. The audit, which examines the city’s Vision Zero program, calls for change within […]

5 crashes involving pedestrians confirmed over the last 3 days in Charlotte (WCNC)

Over the past two weeks, a half-dozen pedestrians have been hit by cars while trying to cross the street and two were killed. The city of Charlotte’s Vision Zero plan […]

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 lives while […]

Sustain Charlotte and supporters voice call for bike infrastructure funding

Last night, City Council held its second annual budget public hearing. With 75 people signed up to speak, City Council heard arguments and pleas about various aspects of the proposed […]

Build Our Bicycle Network

In spring 2024, we asked residents to join us in telling city council members that our bike network is an important community resource that deserves more funding!  In June 2024, […]

Resources

Get to know Sustain Charlotte’s local resources for learning about smart growth and land use in our region. Ike the Protected Bike Lane introduced Charlotte cyclists to a safe cycling […]

Transportation, Planning, & Development Committee: February 5, 2024

This past Monday, February 5, the Transportation, Planning, & Development (TPD) Committee met to discuss all things mobility and growth. CATS Interim CEO Brent Cagle gave a quick update, Assistant […]