So I knew the #charlotte public transit system was having a hard time, but I hadn't realized it was as near the breaking point as so many other societal systems are now: qcnerve.com/opinion-things-are…

Biggest reveal there is that our transit operations have apparently been run by an underperforming private contractor for years??? and very few city leaders knew about it?? wbtv.com/2022/07/14/private-co… The city could be making bank off this company if they charged the fees we're owed for shitty service.

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A private company runs CATS bus operations. Charlotte leaders didn’t know that until this story.

WBTV began investigating the bus system after months of problems plagued CATS operations: two shootings, dozens of daily driver absences, buses that don’t show up on schedule and other trips that are never made at all.

^{David Hodges (WBTV)}