Technology and transit are revolutionizing how we get around campus AND between campuses! New this fall are the Charlotte Wheels bike-sharing program, bigger and more frequent campus shuttle buses, and apps to help you catch buses to off-campus destinations. The giant...
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New ways to go: Bike share, CATS app and NC locomotives
We may still love our cars, but University City is getting more alternatives for travel. Charlotte Area Transit has launched a free app to help us catch the bus or LYNX. UNC Charlotte just introduced its Charlotte Wheels bike-share program. And the state dedicated new...
Get updates Jan 26th on 18 transportation projects
Get the latest news on improvements to Rocky River Road West, McCullough Drive and Clay Boulevard, plus 15 other transportation projects, January 26, 2016 at Newell Presbyterian Church, 1500 Rocky River Road West at Old Concord Road. The public meeting opens at 6:10...
Traffic flowing again at N. Tryon bridges; new greenway detour is next
Just in time for the year’s biggest weekend of NASCAR racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the state opened a new North Tryon Street bridge over Mallard Creek on Friday, May 22, and ended the seven-month detour of southbound traffic. Mallard Creek Greenway users,...
Guide to our bonanza of transportation improvements
By the time City Councilman Greg Phipps concluded his Town Hall Meeting on May 19, the audience at the Oasis Shriners building had gotten updates on 20 – yes, 20! – transportation projects that are reshaping University City. Phipps organized the event to help people...
Speakers available to address your group on city bonds
Organizers of the Vote Yes for City Bonds campaign are looking for groups that would welcome a speaker to can explain the bonds and their benefits. If you belong to such a group, just click the email link that follows to get started. How the bonds can help University...
So far, so good on future roadways to ease congestion west of I-85
On schedule, with just a few traffic delays this summer – that’s the good news regarding two big road projects to ease congestion just west of University Research Park. When finished in 2017, a much wider segment of Mallard Creek Road and two new four-lane highways...