The Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) continues to work towards building a high-quality transit network that serves the needs of residents throughout our region. The Transit System Plan Update will develop recommendations for a financially constrained program of bus and rail improvements within the CATS service area. To achieve an implementable plan with our customers in mind, we are working with the community to ensure the plan reflects your needs and priorities — after all, CATS Works for You.

Leaders from our region are working with the North Carolina state legislature to consider a future local sales tax referendum, to ask our community if they support dedicating additional funding to expand our transit system. The Transit System Plan Update will outline the bus and rail investments that would be made if additional local funding is approved.

We have developed a three-phase process to update the Transit System Plan. CATS will work with the Metropolitan Transit Commission (MTC), stakeholders, and the public throughout the process.

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Once approved by the MTC, the fiscally constrained Transit System Plan will then be included in the 2055 Metropolitan Transportation Plan to be considered by the Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization (CRTPO) – an important step in the process for CATS projects to receive federal funding!