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Sun-Sentinel to Florida Legislature: Don’t Cripple Tri-Rail Winter Park, FL “Mobility Plan” Will Favor Cyclists and Pedestrians (Orlando Sentinel) Worried About Costs, Volusia County, FL Amends SunRail Contract (Daytona News-Journal) Transit Bills Advance in Georgia Legislature (AJC) Uber Is Coming to Valdosta (Daily Times) Charleston County Could Pour $300M Into a Freeway Extension (Live 5 […]

Nashville Mayor Eyes Transit Funding Referendum in 2018 (Tennessean) TN Gas Tax Brings GOP Governor, Democratic Mayor Together (NextCity) When <1 Percent of Your Transpo Budget Is for Walking and Biking, People Die (Jax Biz Journal) State Senator Says Tampa’s Lack of Regional Transit Will Slow Growth (Tampa Bay Times) South Carolina’s Busiest Roads Are […]

Brightline May Nix Stop in Poor Miami Nabe to Appease High-End Retail Developer (Herald) FL Gov. Scott Wants to Tighten Control Over Tri-Rail Spending (Palm Beach Post) Study Says Tampa Needs Regional Governance to Get Regional Transit (Tampa Bay Times) TN Gov. Haslam Keeps Pushing Gas Tax Hike Despite Backlash (WCYB) Fire Shows Importance of Transit […]

SC Plan to Crash-Proof Rural Roads Ignores People Outside Vehicles (Post-Courier) Brookhaven, GA Delays Vote on MARTA Development After Resident Backlash (Reporter) Reversible Toll Lanes Open on I-75 South of Atlanta (WSB) Multimodal Lanes Among Recommendations to Address Sandy Springs, GA Traffic (Curbed) Louisiana Considers Privatizing I-10 Improvements (Greater Baton Rouge Business Journal) After 20 Years, Plan to Improve […]

Florida Officials Threaten to Withhold Funding for Tri-Rail (Sun-Sentinel) Miami Starts Construction on Park-and-Ride Bus Station (Herald) Complete Streets Are Spreading, Transit Is Lacking in Brevard County (Florida Today) FDOT Already Funded Miami Freeway on Trump’s Infrastructure List (Tampa Bay Times) Hall County, GA Looks to Expand Transit Service (Gainesville Times) Self-Driving Bus Kicks Off […]

Mayor Carlos Gimenez: Miami Is Not a Sanctuary City (WaPo) Top Georgia Lawmakers Push for Transit Funding (AJC) ThreadATL Gets Into the Nitty-Gritty of Atlanta Urbanism Memphis Task Force Aims to Connect Riverfront and Downtown (Daily News) Memphis Lags Behind Peer Cities in Transit Funding (Daily News) Tampa Activists Favor Transit Over Toll Lanes (Creative Loafing) […]