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Red Lights, Roadkill, And Wreckers: A Carolina Curious Transportation Roundup

EDDIE GARCIA/WFDD

You've been asking about a LOT of transportation issues in our series, Carolina Curious.

Roadkill, cameras, and yes, even turn signals: they are all questions from listeners in the WFDD mailbag.

WFDD reporter Sean Bueter found four answers – and one unsolved mystery – in this Carolina Curious transportation roundup.

Light Rail

Before we get on the road, let's ride the rails.

Listener Glenn Fulk got in touch to ask about trains. Specifically: when is Winston-Salem getting a light rail system?

Fulk says it would be a good step for the city. And WFDD reporter Paul Garber says local transportation officials would probably agree. But there are a few hitches.

“It's highly competitive – with other cities vying for that federal money – to do light rail. And we simply just don't have the population density to compete with other cities for that,” Garber says.

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