Charlotte Mayor Dan Clodfelter said the city should discuss new ways to fund transit during his “state of the city” speech Tuesday, though he cautioned he didn’t want to get ahead of City Council on making any recommendations. The Charlotte Area Transit System is funded by a half-cent sales tax that was first levied in 1998. Revenue from that tax is almost entirely committed for operating the bus system and building a 9-mile extension of the Lynx Blue Line. In his speech, Clodfelter said the discussion about transit funding would be necessary because he doesn’t believe the state will be funding future transit projects as they have in the past. The N.C. Department...
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