Paul Chatham's street railway for his Chatham Estates development went bankrupt in 1918. Residents of that neighborhood and around the Charlotte Country Club hired automobile drivers to transport servants and other workers from Belmont switch of the…
Southern Public Utilities Company began integrating buses into its transit system in 1934. Full implementation was complete in March 1938. This photo circa 1936 shows the buses parked in front of the company car barn on South Boulevard.
As part of their efforts to maintain Plaza-Midwood (PM) as a stable neighborhood, the neighborhood association collaborated with the city council and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission to review and revise zoning designations in the area. PM…
Paul Chatham utilized the storage battery streetcar, a technology developed by Thomas Edison, for his Chatham Estates street railway. However, the car was unreliable and uncomfortable for passengers. This photo shows a storage battery car used in…
The jitney, the forerunner to the modern motor bus, first appeared in Los Angeles, California, in late 1914. The following year, this new form of public transportation began service in Charlotte.