Lucia Zapata Griffith
Trustee, MPTA Board of Trustees
Lucia Zapata Griffith is a City of Charlotte trustee on the Metropolitan Public Transportation Authority, appointed on the recommendation of the Charlotte Regional Business Alliance, and sits on its Planning and Capital Project Delivery Committee.
Roles
- Government Official — Metropolitan Public Transportation Authority
- Government Official — MPTA Planning and Capital Project Delivery Committee
Coverage (2 articles)
To Hit the CATS Deadline, Charlotte's Transit Board Expands Its Interim CEO's Spending Power
Jack Beckett·
Charlotte's new transit authority gave its interim CEO expanded authority to sign technology contracts without case-by-case board approval, racing a Jan. 1 deadline to separate CATS from the city's systems. The vote passed with two opposed, after trustees warned they risked rubber-stamping a roughly $35 million transition they had not fully vetted.
MPTA Committee Recommends Against a West Craighead Red Line Station, 5-4
Jack Beckett·
A committee of Charlotte's new transit authority voted 5-4 against recommending a West Craighead station for the Red Line, siding with staff who warned an extra stop could weaken the project's bid for federal money. A Sugar Creek neighborhood coalition that spent two years making the case gets one more chance at the full board on Aug. 12.