Construction is under way on a 9.3-mile extension of a light-rail Blue Line in Charlotte, N.C., similar to what the Maryland suburbs will see once construction ...

Construction is under way on a 9.3-mile extension of a light-rail Blue Line in Charlotte, N.C., similar to what the Maryland suburbs will see once construction (Video: Katherine Shaver/The ...

Where is the light rail/where does it go? With the extension, the Blue Line runs for just under 19 miles from I-485 in south Charlotte to UNC Charlotte in north Charlotte.

CHARLOTTE, NC -- Supporters of light rail in Hampton Roads often urge naysayers to take a trip to Charlotte for proof that light rail works. Virginia Beach Mayor Will Sessoms and his wife recently ...

Light rail construction is moving beyond the much-bemoaned street closings that have plagued uptown as crews put down tracks for the $1.16 billion, 9.3-mile Blue Line Extension.

Charlotte Area Transit System CEO John Lewis will be on the first LYNX Light Rail Blue Line Extension train out of UNC Charlotte Friday. He will take it into Uptown, greeting new passengers along ...

The popularity of Charlotte’s light rail line prompted construction of the $1.2- billion, 9.3-mile extension, set for start-up in 2017. Photo Credit: Photos courtesy Charlotte Area Transit System ...

Charlotte is car-loving NASCAR country, a vast suburbia of cul-de-sacs and strip malls. Yet its new light rail line is a national model for success, outstripping ridership projections and ...

North Carolina’s first two light-rail lines, ... and the Blue Line Extension to UNC Charlotte, now under construction. Because of when the second project won state funding, ...