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Introduction North Carolina has more than 80,500 miles of state-owned highways, more than any other state besides Texas. Unlike Texas, which owns one-fourth of the 322,000 miles of roads in…
Charlotte Observer reports: York County is ready to more than talk about light rail connection into Charlotte. County planners want to find out what it will take to make it…
Tax Principles to Consider When Modernizing Transportation Revenues: A Presentation to the Board of Transportation FAST Committee April 3, 2019 It is an honor to be with you this morning…
Maybe it’s me–granted every day is a brand new news cycle in the age of Trump—but the Carolina Panthers’ plans to take advantage of proposed tax breaks in South Carolina…
Charlotte Area Transit System has scrapped plans to tunnel under uptown in order to expand the city’s light rail line: Uptown is the densest part of the city, and an…
A unanimous three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower-court ruling against WidenI77, a group opposing the N.C. Department of Transportation’s planned toll lanes on a…
Barry Smith reports for Carolina Journal Online that legislative critics are not giving up their fight against toll lanes on Interstate 77 north of Charlotte. Becki Gray’s Daily Journal highlights…
Voters set the field earlier this month for this fall’s congressional campaigns, and they chose the two candidates who will compete for a swing seat on the N.C. Supreme Court.…
Barry Smith reports for Carolina Journal Online that critics of Interstate 77 toll lanes hope to win support in the N.C. Senate. Terry Stoops’ Daily Journal asks whether American public…
Barry Smith reports for Carolina Journal Online on a bill to cancel North Carolina’s Interstate 77 toll lane project. Andy Taylor’s Daily Journal encourages his countrymen to say no to…
The basic idea, per the Charlotte Observer: Unable to move forward with a commuter rail line, the Charlotte Area Transit System is moving closer to starting the Red Line with…
Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online on a project tying former N.C. judges to election redistricting reform. Barry Smith reports on two bills filed in the N.C. General Assembly…