Vance High student Jocelyn Chadwick once benefited from a Christmas program for needy kids. She returned the blessing this week through a leadership program sponsored by businessman Rob Rogers. Your company can transform our students’ lives, too, says Rogers, who is...
Landscape work this winter will pay off in light and color next spring throughout University Research Park. University City-based Ecoscape Solutions Group is freshening up URP entrances, pruning hundreds of street trees and planting 5,000 daffodil bulbs. “Stay tuned...
Although I-485’s opening date has been pushed back from this month to March 2015, several streets around the I-485 interchange with Prosperity Church Road opened for traffic this week. The novel intersection features three parallel roads and two high-density...
One knock against buses has been the difficulty of knowing when the next one might reach your stop. Problem solved – if you ride free shuttle buses at UNC Charlotte. A GPS-based smart-phone app tells when the next bus will arrive and even shows buses moving in real...
University City received a big green light on Nov. 4 for several transportation projects, thanks to voters’ overwhelming approval of $146 million in city bonds. Some projects, such as a bridge spanning I-85, can start soon. Others will need bonds scheduled for 2016,...
CATS has announced that it will reduce Route 11U service between uptown and UNC Charlotte – but the route change is less severe than CATS first announced. CATS initially said that the 11U bus would no longer circle through campus and stop at the East Deck near...
The first of several road improvements has begun at UNC Charlotte. Over the next 18 months, these projects will: Realign Phillips Road so it flows into Craver Road (under way). Improve campus entrances from Harris and University City boulevards. Signalize and improve...