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Traffic

NC House says yes to interstate tolls - but with limits

If the Senate agrees with an unanimous House vote, North Carolina won't be able to use tolls to finance major freeway overhaul projects. But the state could start adding toll express lanes to existing interstates.

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CRIME

Raleigh police say driver who hit pedestrian was impaired, unlicensed

The driver of a car that hit a woman who was crossing a street just west of downtown Raleigh on Thursday night has been charged with driving while impaired and driving with a revoked license.
TRAFFIC

Legislators make progress on speeds, tolls and transportation money

Raleigh's Tift Merritt has a lovely song that comes to mind on the General Assembly's frantic "Crossover Day." Any bill that didn't clear one chamber by the end of the day Thursday was eliminated from consideration by the other chamber. Here's where the transportation issues stand.
LOCAL/STATE

Autopsy details injuries to Clayton woman's body in towed car

An autopsy shows the body of a Clayton woman found inside her car after it was towed to an impound lot had a blood-alcohol level of 0.18 percent, and suggests she may not have lived long after the crash.
TRAFFIC

Effort to repeal NC's motorcycle helmet law fails again

After refusing to endorse legislation that would repeal North Carolina's safety helmet requirement for most motorcycle riders, a House committee endorsed a proposal to study the issue.
TRAFFIC

Tata takes steps to ease I-40 project pain around Raleigh

The I-40/440 rebuild project will cause traffic delays for Raleigh’s busiest expressway. NCDOT says it has taken steps to minimize the chaos.
DURHAM COUNTY

Woman killed in North Roxboro Street crash in Durham

Krystal Lashay Langley, 24, of Durham, died Tuesday after her car and a transfer truck collided and a second car on North Roxboro Street shortly before noon Tuesday, police said.
TRAFFIC

Feds urge states to get tougher on drunken driving

The National Transportation Safety Board recommended Tuesday that states lower their threshold for drunken driving with the goal of reducing alcohol-related fatal crashes, which have held steady for much of the past 15 years.
TRAFFIC

NC DOT gathering ideas at hearings on I-95 expansion, tolls

North Carolina's Department of Transportation is looking to collect more ideas on ways to pay to upgrade Interstate 95, including hearing about the possible cost to businesses of charging tolls.
TRAFFIC

Naked women, and their kids, cause traffic jam in Charlotte

By most accounts, it was a normal Saturday afternoon stroll with the family. The only thing missing? Their clothes.
LOCAL/STATE

Charlotte wreck involving underage driver kills 1

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say one person is dead following a wreck in which an underage driver was at the wheel.