North Carolina

The effort to repeal Mecklenburg County's half-cent transit tax was defeated by a wide margin at the polls on Tuesday.

An art park is being planned as an anchor for future transit oriented development near one of Charlotte, North Carolina's new light rail stations.

In six states, test runs will assess public attitudes and acceptance of road taxation systems that ditch gas taxes and charge drivers based on how many miles they drive.

A high-tech elevator for cars is being considered as a way to save space in a condo conversion planned in Charlotte, North Carolina. The elevator will also help preserve the historic building's facade.

Columnist William Blackburn laments school trailers and their effect on the psyche of America's youth.

Planners didn't think it would happen for 10 years, but transit-oriented development looks to be brewing near new light rail stations in Charlotte, North Carolina.

City leaders in Raleigh, North Carolina, are planning to transform a underutilized downtown plaza into a new public square.

During debate over the House of Representatives' energy conservation bill, North Carolina Republican Congressman Patrick McHenry ridiculed bicycling as a "19th century solution."

Trying to make the most of a real estate deal gone bad, a school district in North Carolina is building a new 88 home subdivision next to a new school.

The idea of aging in community honors the elder stage of life as one with gifts and challenges. It encourages creation of caring neighborhoods and networks that provide for affordable, quality housing to support future needs and new opportunities.

A recent column cites the phenomenon of subdivision walls as an example of how Americans are neglecting and shunning the public realm.

An ambitious study to charge motorists by the mile, which hopes to address decreasing gas tax revenue for both states and the federal government, will begin in North Carolina's Research Triangle.

Parents who grew up in the city but raised their children in the suburbs wonder if they made the right choice.

Stream flows were low, particularly in the western part, even after rain at the end of the month.

Well intentioned but loose zoning regulations are threatening the character some of the city's historic neighborhoods.

Residents and local officials in Charlotte, North Carolina have dreams of turning Central Avenue into a 'strollable' street, but unless the current zoning is changed, the desired transformation seems unlikely.

New census figures are showing an increasing trend of rural population decline, as more and more people are moving to urban metropolitan areas. These are just two stories of waning population in some of the nation's rural areas.

The governor of North Carolina has called on a state grant program to dedicate more funding to encourage job growth in rural areas.

Under advice from parking guru Donald Shoup, North Carolina's capital is rethinking its parking requirements.

Plans by the developers of Vermillion, a 400 acre New Urbanist community outside Charlotte, call for the addition of hundreds of 4,000 square foot homes to the original neighborhood of townhomes and small lot houses.