Axios Charlotte -- Multiple times a month, Charlotte’s streetcar is delayed or must change its operations because a car is parked in its way. 

Cyclists know this is a problem. They’ve always had drivers obstructing their routes. The fine for parking in a bike lane and blocking the Gold Line is the same: $25.

“The parking can be deterred through design, but ultimately the enforcement has to follow that,” says Shannon Binns, founder of advocacy nonprofit Sustain Charlotte. “It’s not enough to do one or the other. You really have to have both.”

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