Durham and High Point have been named among 20 finalists in Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Mayors Challenge.
Two North Carolina cities have been chosen as finalists in Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Mayors Challenge, a nationwide competition created to inspire cities to generate innovative ideas to solve major challenges and improve city life, L.A. Biz reports.
Durham and High Point are […]
Here are seven burning questions for North Carolina as this election year reaches its climax on Tuesday.
1. Will Pat McCrory have coattails?
Polls put the GOP candidate for governor ahead by double digits going into Election Day. If McCrory does win big, will he manage to carry down-ballot Republicans across the finish line with him? Namely, […]
After an hour of discussing different ways to pay for a streetcar Tuesday, Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx asked City Council members which proposals they liked best.
The response: Silence.
“These are the crickets I was worried about,” said Foxx, who is trying to forge a budget compromise that includes a streetcar. A $119 million streetcar extension […]
The issue:
From bridges to broadband, America’s infrastructure is supposed to be speeding along commerce, delivering us to work and piping energy and water into our homes and businesses. But just repairing all the breakdowns and potholes would cost tens of billions more than we’re currently spending each year. Experts warn the resulting infrastructure and innovation […]
The N.C. Railroad Co. Board of Directors has voted against providing $70 million over 10 years to help build wood-pellet-handling facilities at the ports of Wilmington and Morehead City. State officials recently asked the state-owned Railroad Co. for the cash to help finance the facilities at the two ports, which would cost an estimated $120 […]
Road improvements needed to bring up to current safety standards the 182-mile stretch of Interstate 95 that runs through North Carolina could take up to four times longer to make without tolls, according to an official with the state Department of Public Transportation.
“Right now, we don’t have options to do the improvements in a timely […]
The legislature’s Program Evaluation Division is recommending that the North Carolina Railroad begin sending 25 percent of its annual income from track leases to the General Fund and make a one-time payment of $15.5 million from reserves. The recommendations, included in a 48-page report examining the railroad, also call for it to sell off 14 […]
Officials in Charlotte have signed a deal with the Federal Transit Administration that commits the federal government to pay for half of the construction costs for a $1.16 billion light-rail extension. The contract, known as a Full Funding Grant Agreement, means the FTA will spend $580 million on the line. The city of Charlotte and […]
Traffic on Amtrak’s Piedmont service between Charlotte and Raleigh grew faster in the recently ended fiscal year than any other service in the Amtrak system, the train operator says.
The Piedmont line makes two round trips between the Queen City and Raleigh each day, making stops in Cary, Durham, Burlington and Greensboro. The service carried nearly […]
WASHINGTON — Amtrak trains carried 31.2 million passengers in the fiscal year ending in September, the highest annual ridership since the railroad was formed in 1971, the nation’s intercity passenger railroad said Wednesday.
Ridership grew 3.5 percent over the past 12 months compared with the previous budget year, and ticket revenue jumped 6.8 percent to a […]
