Ely Portillo from the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute explained why CATS is studying high-traffic bus corridors to improve transit service.  Continue reading

The Charlotte Observer's Danielle Chemtob covered the attempt by some to strip the policy from the Charlotte Future 2040 Comprehensive Plan that would legalize building houses for 2, 3, or 4 families. Continue reading

CharlotteFive's editor Melissa Oyler shares her personal experience with trying to get around Charlotte without a car as well as details on the upcoming City Council vote on its 2022 budget which includes record money for bicycle, pedestrian and street safety infrastructure. These details were compiled and shared by Sustain Charlotte.   Continue reading

Recommended Charlotte City Budget Includes a Doubling of Funding for Bicycle Program and Vision Zero, Tripling for Sidewalks Continue reading

Sustain Charlotte mentioned in the article, has launched a petition drive urging NS and the NCRR to work with CATS to allow commuter rail onto the O line. As of Tuesday, March 23, it had more than 1,300 signatures. Continue reading

Undoubtedly, a 2040 plan initiative that would allow duplexes and triplexes on all single-family residential lots in Charlotte, and quads on arterial roads, has gotten the most attention. Meg Fencil, program director at Sustain Charlotte, said many Charlotteans can't keep up with the rising costs of housing — both apartments and for-sale homes. Continue reading

WBTV reports Sustain Charlotte, led by founder and executive director Shannon Binns, has launched a petition in hopes of convincing Norfolk Southern to change its stance on sharing railroad tracks with the Charlotte Area Transit System — a move that would clear a hurdle for commuter rail to northern Mecklenburg County. Continue reading

Sustain Charlotte started this petition to try and change the prospects. In just a few weeks it gained more than one thousand signatures. “We can’t fit all those cars on the roads we have,” said Shannon Binns, founder and executive director of Sustain Charlotte. Continue reading

Hear Shannon Binns, executive director of Sustain Charlotte speak about Charlotte’s 2040 Comprehensive Plan. Two years in the making, it became a hot topic when it came before City Council. Continue reading

Every now and then we have an opportunity to demonstrate who we are, or at least, who we want to become. A chance to live our values by shaping the place we live. The Charlotte Future 2040 Plan is such an opportunity. Through this vision for the city we want to become, we will make our values clear. Continue reading