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THE COMMITTEE'S CHARGE · Develop a community consensus on a land use and transportation vision for the Charlotte metropolitan area. · Decide on a major revenue source to fund the improvements needed to make the vision a reality. · Decide on the type of organization structure or partnerships best suited to implement major transportation proiects in the metropolitan area. · The Transportation/Transit Committee of IO0 was established in September, 1993, by the Charlotte City Council and Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners. · [ts members include residents from a cross-section of the 30 communities in the two-state, seven-county metropolitan area. Bill Simms, of Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company, serves as chairman. A full list of members is found on the last page. · The Committee's work is funded by the City of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, and the State of North Carolina. The Committee will issue its final report in November, 1994. · The need for the Committee was first expressed by Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. It was felt that a broad-based citizens committee could help develop community consensus on the levd of transit service Charlotte should provide, as well as consensus among metropolitan jurisdictions on the need for regional transit services - or on how services would be paid for and operated. At the same time, there is a push for accelerating regional highway construction schedules. · How can these regional road and transit issues be addressed in a coordinated and integrated way? Over the years, a number of groups have been formed to discuss transportation issues, making it difficult to determine if a unified vision exists for our region. The Committee of 100 was proposed as a year-long strategic process for building such a consensus on future transportation and transit needs. · The Committee of 100 focused on five major issue areas. A subcommittee was formed for each issue area. Their recommendations follow. BACKGROUND