Through the Federal Transit Administration New Starts/Fixed Guideway Account, which will go to the City of Charlotte, North Carolina. The Blue Line Extension Light Rail Project, one of Charlotte's five rapid transit corridors, extends 11 miles from Center City Charlotte through the North Davidson Street and University City areas to I-485 northeast of UNC-Charlotte. The dual track system will be considered an extension of the LYNX Blue Line (South Corridor) with 13 proposed stations. Specifically, the project will serve to reduce traffic congestion, ease future air and noise pollution, and enhance the overall quality of life in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area. Due to the City of Charlotte’s increasing population the project will help local, state, and federal governments to reduce traffic congestion, traffic fatalities and injuries, and reduce air and noise pollution.