The first full month ridership numbers are out for Charlotte’s Lynx Blue Line extension are out, and the result is….numbers are down: The $1.1 billion Lynx Blue Line Extension opened…
The UPoR reports that Charlotte light rail ridership is now back to 2008 levels, when high gas prices pushed people to tack the train to work. That may not be…
In a paper for the Southern Environmental Law Center. Another major blow for the proposed highway. Link to Charlotte Observer article here on the topic.
This week’s Carolina Journal Online Friday interview features a conversation with national transportation expert David Hartgen about the state of North Carolina’s highways. John Hood’s Daily Journal details an economic…
As state lawmakers pursue tax reform, Roy Cordato shares with Carolina Journal Radio listeners this week some key ideas that would help improve the state tax code. Barry Smith brings…
A Winston-Salem Journal editorial praising legislative efforts to rein in state debt that lacks voter approval cited data from John Locke Foundation Director of Fiscal Policy Studies Sarah Curry‘s recent…
As you read Dan Way’s Carolina Journal Online article about Gov. Pat McCrory’s new transportation plan, you might want to revisit the ideas national transportation scholar David Hartgen helped prepare…
On April 1, Durham County’s half-cent transit tax took effect. Higher fees are in place as well — all part of the plan to expand bus service and build a…
Gov. Pat McCrory has signaled his interest in rethinking North Carolina state government’s transportation priorities. A new report released this morning aims to give McCrory and other N.C. policymakers some…
RALEIGH — A revamped North Carolina transportation program should include merit-based project selection, an increased emphasis on road maintenance, and a funding solution for Interstate 95. Those are among the…
Emeritus professor at UNCC Dave Hartgen has an excellent article today on the Freeman site, challenging the notion that we face a crisis in our infrastructure. Our highways and bridges…
That’s the ranking longtime UNC-Charlotte transportation studies professor David Hartgen assigns to North Carolina highways for “overall performance and spending efficiency” in the new report Are Highways Crumbling?