The Charlotte Chamber of Commerce should be happy to see the latest TIME, which heaps praise upon the Queen City.

It?s too bad writer Michael Grunwald had not considered the work of transportation expert David Hartgen before calling the Charlotte transit system ?wildly successful? and suggesting that the year-old light-rail system is already approaching its 2025 ridership goals.

The John Locke Foundation will soon release a new report from Hartgen offering a more realistic assessment of Charlotte?s light-rail system.