A national expert offers five reasons to rely on fees to guide N.C. Department of Transportation decisions.
The city of Charlotte really wants to build a streetcar line. Queen City taxpayers probably will have to dig a bit deeper to pay for it, though, as construction bids have come in over 30 percent above projections. Such overages should come as no surprise, given the history of transit projects in general and the...
RALEIGH — Should this latest study conclude rail and/or expanded bus service is desirable, 2016 is the earliest a half-cent sales tax to fund it could be placed on a mandatory ballot referendum, according to Wake County Manager Jim Hartmann. Even so, have been reluctant to make a definitive statement that rail transit will be one component of the transit plan.
From 2007 to 2012, Charlotte’s population grew by 17 percent and the metro as a whole grew by 13 percent. But rail-transit boardings grew by only 5 percent.
Experts agree the Triangle is ill-suited for light-rail transit, though the enlightened promoters of a World Class Community won't let reality stop them from pursuing their dreams.
Orange County voters should consider carefully what a new half-cent sales tax on the November ballot would buy them.
The city manager’s capital plan buys into popular myths about the need to lure creative types to the Queen City.
HILLSBOROUGH – The Orange County Board of Commissioners is expected Tuesday to approve a $1.3 billion light-rail project for Durham and Orange counties and vote June 5 on a half-cent sales tax to fund the controversial transit plan.
Wake County leaders need to think twice before wasting taxpayers’ dollars on a transit system that would ignore the region's real transportation needs.
RALEIGH — North Carolina can enjoy more freedom and prosperity if the next General Assembly puts the brakes on government debt, gives property owners a voice in annexation decisions, and offers parents an “Education Bill of Rights.” The John Locke Foundation includes those recommendations and dozens of others in its new Agenda 2010 Policy Report.
Planners’ visions of transit-oriented development are bound to lead to violations of private property rights.
