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Transpo Funding Bill Passes TN Legislature (Memphis Daily News) FL Bill Regulating Ride-Share Services Goes to Governor (WUFT) Bill Is a Win for Uber and Lyft (Tampa Bay Business Journal) Ponte Vedra A1A Widening Includes Sidewalks and Bike Lanes (Recorder) Sinkhole Opens in Midtown Atlanta as City Continues to Crumble (AJC) Atlanta BeltLine’s Eastside Trail Progresses […]

Atlanta Bike-Share Adds 400 Bikes, Triples Number of Stations (AJC) Athens, GA Installs Pedestrian Islands, Flashing Lights at Mid-Block Crosswalks (Flagpole) Fire Under Bridge Shuts Down Yet Another Atlanta Highway (Reporter) Bristol, VA Commissions Study to Lure Amtrak (Herald Courier) As Haslam Transpo Plan Comes Up for Vote, Report Slams Bad TN Roads (Tennessean) Nashville Completes Its […]

Atlanta Police Chief on How to Avoid Crash-Induced Gridlock: “Slow Down” (AJC) PATH 400 Will Be an Alternative for Northside Atlanta Commuters (AJC) Trump Budget Threatens Metro Atlanta Transit Projects (AJC) Louisville Bike Share Launches Next Month With 30 Stations, 300 Bikes (Courier-Journal) Luckie Street Bike Lanes in Atlanta Near Completion (Curbed) FSU, Jacksonville Cops Target Cyclists […]

Hillsborough County, FL, Bus Cuts Force Children to Walk on Dangerous Road (Tampa Bay Times) Cheap Gas, Growing Economy Leads to Dip in South Florida Transit Ridership (Sun Sentinel) FDOT, Local Governments Finish Bike Path Around Sanford Lake (Orlando Sentinel) Florida Times-Union Praises Jacksonville Express Bus Traffic Could’ve Been Worse for Braves’ Home Opener at New […]

Outdated Road Design Makes Florida the Deadliest State for Pedestrians (WTMA) Republican Metro Atlanta Congressional Candidates Are Vague on Transit (AJC) Georgia Contractor Has 3.1 Million Reasons to Fix I-85 By Memorial Day Weekend (Curbed) Massive Redevelopment Could Turn Doraville Into Transit Hub (Atlanta Business Chronicle) Cyclists Say New Orleans Is Getting Bike-Friendlier on Bike to Work […]

Louisiana and Florida Have the Most Distracted Drivers of Any State (Sun Sentinel) MARTA CEO Talks Ridership Surge, Braves Traffic, Streetcar and More (Reporter) Tampa Bay Times Columnist to FDOT: Don’t Destroy Tampa Neighborhoods for More Roads With I-85 Closed, AJC Traffic Columnist Finally Plans to Try MARTA Uber Introduces Flat-Fare Carpooling in Atlanta (Curbed) Smyrna, TN Improves Downtown […]