A popular photo spot in Charlotte's NoDa community is making room for pedestrians and bikers. Charlotte city leaders approved nearly $13 million to reduce Matheson Avenue from four lanes to two from North Tryon Street to Jordan Place. Continue reading

Last fall, researchers from Cornell University and Microsoft published a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences about the carbon emissions of people who work from home compared with those who commute to the office. Not surprisingly, they found work-from-home employees accounted for 54% fewer greenhouse gas emissions than people who worked in the office. Continue reading

Charlotte is about to get some extra help in attracting federal dollars to become a more sustainable city — it's among 25 U.S. cities selected for the Bloomberg American Sustainable Cities initiative. The goal of the three-year partnership is to help local governments complete sustainable energy, transportation, and infrastructure projects by offering support staff and technical assistance. Continue reading

On some of the biggest local issues in the Charlotte region — from transit plans to land use regulations — the organization Sustain Charlotte has been at the table. The nonprofit advocates for smart, sustainable growth. It has been a major backer of Charlotte’s transit plan, the Unified Development Ordinance and more parks, greenways and sidewalks. Continue reading

The city of Charlotte continues to see major growth with more drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists on the roads. In an effort to strengthen its commitment to safe travel for everyone, the city adopted “Vision Zero” in 2018. Continue reading

The below is a letter from Sustain Charlotte executive director Shannon Binns to Charlotte City Council about discussions by the Transportation, Planning and Development Committee to potentially change the language in the city’s Vision Zero plan, offered for publication by Queen City Nerve as an open letter. Continue reading

Ramez Tadros has brought innovative technology to Charlotte, which offers cyclists the opportunity to clean up trash from bike lanes. “You attach it to your bike, and it will clean the bike lane as you ride,” Tadros told Channel 9. Continue reading

The Charlotte Gateway Station is part of the large-scale mobility plan in the Queen City. It will integrate residential, commercial, retail, and transportation infrastructure, all in Uptown. But it’s been years since the project started. Many Charlotteans are wondering where things stand now. City leaders say this is a big undertaking and it will take time. The idea is that when the project is complete it will be a major transportation hub for people traveling long distances or for daily commutes to work, giving people more ways to get around. That is something that residents want to see. Continue reading

February is one of Charlotte’s coldest months, but researchers at UNC Charlotte have been investing a lot of time lately thinking about how hot it gets in the summer.Veronica Westendorff, a landscape architect who’s been studying urban heat islands for six years, believes Charlotte’s tree canopy presents an opportunity to show leadership in a problem faced by cities throughout the United States. Continue reading

On the February 2 Charlotte Talks Local News Roundup, Mike Collins and his guests discussed calls for corporate leaders in Charlotte to engage in the transit conversation for the region happening on the part of the founder of Sustain Charlotte smart growth advocate Shannon Binns. Continue reading