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The Charlotte City Council voted 8-1 Monday to spend $5 million designing the Red Line, a commuter rail line from uptown to Lake Norman.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police are investigating a fatal shooting early Friday at the city's central bus station. Police were called at about 12:30 a.m. to the Charlotte Transit Center. Police said that Allied security officers, who patrol Charlotte Area Transit System properties, "encountered a subject at the transit center."
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The Charlotte Area Transit System says it’s cutting back service on the Gold Line streetcar, as the agency continues struggling to fill staffing vacancies. Starting next Saturday, Aug. 19, the Gold Line will run every 30 minutes. CATS says it hopes to return to 20-minute service as more drivers are hired.
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Charlotte Area Transit System bus driver will not be charged in shooting with passenger according to CMPD.
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The Charlotte Area Transit System said in a letter to elected officials Monday that it did not "misrepresent or make up data" about the proposed Silver Line light rail. The transit system's comments came in response to a WFAE article.
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Last summer, Charlotte Area Transit System recommended that the Silver Line pass through uptown by using Lynx Blue Line and Gold Line streetcar tracks. It said that route would save money and have the most riders and the most economic development potential. Six months later, CATS said something entirely different.
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The Charlotte Area Transit System released video footage from a bus that showed a shootout between a passenger and a driver.
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Davidson Mayor Rusty Knox said the Metropolitan Transit Commission needs to be changed. He is upset that the city of Charlotte ignored the organization's request to hire an outside consultant to investigate light-rail safety.
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The Charlotte Area Transit System said it plans more de-escalation training for bus drivers after a passenger and a driver shot one another on a bus in Steele Creek.
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The Metropolitan Transit Commission last month directed the city of Charlotte to hire an outside consultant to investigate the Lynx Blue Line derailment last year. The city has said it won’t do that, and will instead have the federal government speed up an already scheduled audit of the transit agency. That dispute erupted during a meeting Wednesday night, with MTC members and city officials bickering over who has the power to manage the transit system, and even whether the governing board is just a rubber stamp.