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Who Will Run Charlotte’s New Transit Authority? Inside the 27-Seat MPTA Board

Jack Beckett1 week ago1 week ago018 mins

Charlotte’s new Metropolitan Public Transportation Authority will control nearly twenty billion dollars in transit and road spending. Here is who appoints its 27 members, who is already in the seats, and what they can actually do.

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MPTA Appointments Advance After a Marathon Process

Jack Beckett2 weeks ago2 weeks ago08 mins

Charlotte City Council confirmed four new members to the long-anticipated Metropolitan Public Transportation Authority board after a multi-day interview marathon. The vote, largely unified, sets the region’s new transit oversight structure into motion—though unresolved seats will return on November 24.

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