Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic early last year, countless people and organizations have naturally wondered what our future cities may look like and how they may differ.
Coincidentally, during that same time, Charlotte was in the final phase of a multiyear effort to develop a new comprehensive city plan—something it had last done roughly 45 years ago, in 1975. Also in the past year, as an offshoot of the city’s planning efforts, a separate group of civic leaders known as the Transformational Mobility Network Task Force was busy formulating and proposing an ambitious multibillion-dollar mobility plan that aims to transform Charlotte and the surrounding region’s transportation via a 10-year construction plan.