Successful integration of land use and transit planning is needed to avoid choking gridlock and gradual stagnation.
Recent development is extensive but typically at very low suburban densities.
This is the third of three papers that show how an intensive six-month study assessed transit opportunities in five corridors and showed how to alter current land use trends to better support transit and the Centers and Corridors Vision. This paper focuses on the a scheme for regional governance. In 1997, the N.C. General Assembly approved a bill allowing Mecklenburg County voters to increase the sales tax a half-cent dedicated to improving transportation. An organization would be established to manage that revenue and oversee transit operations. Under this proposal, an eight-member body would plan and oversee future transit service countywide.