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Charlotte Commuter Update: Parade Impacts, MLK Day Transit Schedules


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Good morning, this is Charlotte Local Pulse for Saturday, January 17th.

We're starting your day with a heads up if you're planning to use public transit in Uptown. The Charlotte Area Transit System is making temporary adjustments through one o'clock this afternoon to accommodate the Martin Luther King Jr. Parade happening on Tryon Street. Multiple bus routes including the one, five, seven, eight, eleven, sixteen, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-six, thirty-four and thirty-five will be rerouted. If you need to get around, CATS is running a bus bridge to supplement streetcar service between the CTC and French Street stations from eight in the morning until one in the afternoon. The streetcar between CTC and Sunnyside will keep its normal twenty-minute schedule. For help finding alternative stops and routes, check out the CATS Pass app or call customer service at seven zero four three six six seven four three three.

On Monday, keep in mind that the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday means all CATS offices will be closed, including the call center and pass sales. The Blue Line and Gold Line will operate on a Saturday schedule that day along with those bus routes we mentioned.

The NASCAR community came together yesterday in a solemn tribute here in Charlotte. Hundreds gathered at Bojangles Coliseum for a memorial service honoring former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, his wife Cristina, and their two children Ryder and Emma, along with four others who died in a plane crash last month in Statesville. Biffle was just fifty five years old and had been selected as one of NASCAR's top seventy five drivers in history. Beyond the racetrack, he earned tremendous respect for his humanitarian work as a helicopter pilot bringing aid after Hurricane Helene. Speakers at the service included fellow drivers and close friends who shared how Biffle's legacy of generosity and passion continues to inspire the racing community.

Looking at our economy, Charlotte continues to show real strength in job growth. The city's strong corporate clusters in finance and professional services keep fueling employment opportunities. Economists are watching early twenty twenty six as conditions improve throughout the year, though they're expecting job growth to be modest in the near term. Our real estate market remains active with those rising home prices reflecting our growing population and economic momentum.

As we head into the weekend, make sure to bundle up out there and catch that parade this afternoon in Uptown if you get the chance.

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