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GSO-WS commuter rail still in the station
A commuter rail line between N.C. A&T State University in Greensboro and Hanes Mall in Winston-Salem was big talk several years ago, but–what a coincidence—talk seemed to die when the…
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For sale: W-S trolley buses
City of Winston-Salem is looking to sell two city buses dressed up as trolley cars. The buses, which haven’t been running since last year, cost $269,000 apiece—paid for with “free”…
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Howard Coble PART hub
The Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation will break ground on the “Howard Coble Intermodal Transportation Center.” N&R notes “perhaps fittingly, the new building is a scaled-down version of the hub’s…
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Lynching ruins PART party
You can’t makes this stuff up—a Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation employee comes to the company Halloween party dressed as rancher brandishing a lasso, which conjured images of lynching. Offending…
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PART still living and breathing
Funny it doesn’t seem that long ago that the Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation was in danger of folding the tent. But apparently PART has new life, as evidenced by…
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GTA deficit PART’s fault
We knew Greensboro Transit Authority’s $2 million deficit is PART’s fault, at least indirectly —as PART’s ridership declined, so did GTA’s federal funding for transporting PART riders within city limits.…
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Surprise –GTA running out of money
Rhino report on Greensboro Transit Authority’s finances. We know GTA is not designed to make money, but it’s worse than that: At the GTA Board’s Dec. 4 meeting, James presented…
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Registration hike on hybrid and electric vehicles
Both the N&R and the Winston-Salem Journal weighed in on the Senate budget proposal to hike the registration fee for electric and hybrid cars, reasoning that they’re not paying they’re…
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Triad: Capital of regionalism
JLF’s John Hood weighs in on legislative efforts to regionalize Charlotte’s airport and Asheville’s water system: I would also observe that many of the same people criticizing the Asheville water…
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Guilford County calls PART’s bluff
More on Guilford County’s crooked county line politics later—John Hammer weighs in on that, too — but scroll down Scott Yost’s Rhino article and read about commissioners head-to-head with PART…
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PART folding the tent?
HPE report on the Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation’s never-ending financial troubles. Look who’s all broken up over the situation: But the frustration about securing another long-term source of financing…
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PART’s perfect storm..
As High Point Mayor and PART chair Becky Smothers put it last week: “In some respects, we have encountered the perfect storm,” Smothers told the board in her attempt to…