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Study: Atlanta’s Traffic Is the Eighth-Worst in the World (AJC) MARTA Helps Draw Fortune 500 Company to Sandy Springs (Reporter Newspapers) Savannah Starts Free Downtown Trolley Service (Morning News) Blountville, TN Doesn’t Want to Be a “Drive-Through Place” Anymore (WJHL) Council Will Vote on Bike Route Through Athens, TN (Daily Post-Athenian) Virginia Beach Councilman: Stop […]

Times: Tampa Bay’s Transit Is Among the Nation’s Worst Virginia Railway Express Expansion Decision Coming Soon (WTOP) Metro Cuts Also Hurt Smaller Virginia Transit Agencies (Washington Post) Gov. Cooper Appoints 10 to NC DOT Board (News and Observer) Sandy Springs, Cobb County Put a Band-Aid on Braves Traffic Problem (11 Alive) Senator Asks FDOT to Investigate Tri-Rail […]

Georgia House Approves Groundwork for Regional Transit (Atlanta Business Chronicle) Supply-Sider Tells TN Legislator Haslam Tax Plan Won’t Help Poor (Times Free Press) Louisiana Has Over 1,000 “Deficient” Bridges (Baton Rouge Business Report) In a Year, New Orleans Will Have 70 Bike Stations and 70 Rentable Bikes (Curbed) Poor Road Conditions Cost Alabama Drivers $4.2 […]

Toll Roads Coming to East Orange County (Orlando Sentinel) Tri-Rail Defends Controversial One-Bid Contract (Florida Politics) Cheap Gas and Distracted Driving Are Killing Thousands of Georgians (AJC) That Should Do It: GDOT’s Deadly Gray Intersection Now a Four-Way Stop (WMAZ) SC Gov. McMaster Favors Unspecified Spending Cuts to Gas Tax Hike (The State) Columbia Transit […]

SC DSS Says Parents Can Have Their 4-Year-Old Back When They Get a Car (ABC News 4) Midtown Alliance Has Plans for Atlanta Bike Infrastructure (Creative Loafing) Atlanta Cyclists Take Safety Concerns to Police (WTVM) New Raleigh Multi-Modal Center Is on Schedule (WNCN) Virginia House Candidate Wants to Extend Metro to Prince William County (PotomacLocal) Kentucky […]

Horribly Designed GDOT Bypass in Rural Gray Kills 3 People in 5 Days (Telegraph) Georgia, Florida Lawmakers Consider Regulating Self-Driving Cars (WABE, Orlando Biz) GM Says Car-Sharing Will Catch On, Even in Car-Crazy Atlanta (AJC) FL Lawmaker Predicts “Generational Shift” in Transportation (SaintPetersBlog) Paradis, LA Biz Owners Think Drivers’ Convenience Is Worth Lives (St. Charles Herald Guide) Haslam’s […]