Living in Atlanta, Taylor Jackson would spend up to two aggravating hours stewing in traffic ... center of Charlotte. In 1998, voters approved a half-cent, countywide sales tax for light rail ...

But Hooghouse, who lives in Charlotte, said he doesn't believe truck traffic hinders the success of downtown businesses there. He doesn't notice any pedestrian foot traffic there now, and he isn't ...

CHARLOTTE — The Lynx arrives quietly ... park-and-ride lots on the outskirts of the city to jobs downtown. The Lynx is an electric light-rail system that started running in November and quickly ...