Maps | UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

Follow the Cross Charlotte Trail across this map

Clayton Hanson - Jun 07, 2017

This interactive map takes you on a virtual visit along the proposed Cross Charlotte Trail, with photos, updates on construction, little-known facts and information on plans for the future.

Turkeys? Pecans? Collards? Mapping your Thanksgiving meal

Laura Simmons - Nov 19, 2015

Many people know North Carolina is a major turkey producer, No. 2 in the U.S. But did you know it’s tops in sweet potatoes, or that South Carolina is No. 2 for collards? A Carolina atlas for your Thanksgiving meal.

Concord store aims at Latino customers. Photo: Nancy Pierce

Mapping ‘Latino’ in the Charlotte region

Jacob Schmidt - Oct 22, 2015

The term “Latino,” like “Hispanic,” covers many different countries and cultures. The UNC Charlotte Urban Institute decided to map the home countries of the Charlotte region region’s foreign-born Latino immigrants.

Mapping the Charlotte region’s international community

Cat Grenfell & Laura Simmons - Sep 08, 2015

With a variety of international festivals opening in coming weeks, including the UNC Charlotte International Festival Oct. 17, we map where international populations are found in the region.

School children get on the bus. Photo: Derek Graham

Whose N.C. school bus ride lasts longest? Hint: Look west

Jody Pressley - Aug 19, 2015

As most N.C. public school students head to school for 2015-16, some 13,000 school buses are readying to travel some 180 million miles across the state. How lengthy is the average ride in your school district? How long are the longest rides? The shortest? Our maps tell the story.

Charlotte’s I-485 lures growth, and with growth comes traffic

Mae Israel - Jul 23, 2015

When the final leg of I-485 opened in June, motorists cheered its unclogged lanes. But a look at traffic count data for the outerbelt segments that opened 20 years ago in south Mecklenburg indicates that unclogged lanes may be a temporary condition.