Recent Streetsblog SOUTHEAST posts about Today’s Headlines

FDOT “Safety Manager” Blames Deceased Pedestrians for Unsafe Roads (CityLab) Miami Will Offer Public Transit on Boats (Miami Today) FSU Prof Thinks Self-Driving Cars Will Pretty Much Usher In a Utopia (Florida Politics) Atlanta Leaders Look to Dallas Light Rail for Inspiration (Saporta Report) Peachtree City, GA Is Getting New LED Streetlights (AJC) Virginia Beach Takes […]

“Striking” Pedestrian Bridge Proposed for Atlanta’s Freedom Park (Curbed) Cobb Transpo Projects Include Wider Sidewalks, Pedestrian Bridge (Marietta Daily Journal) Audit: GDOT Hasn’t Justified Widening I-75 (Macon Telegraph) Deadly Crash Renews Calls for Safety Upgrades on GA 316 (WGAU) Florida’s Brightline Is America’s First Privately Owned Passenger Train in a Century (Slate) Virginia Bill Would […]

Atlanta Bicycle Coalition Releases Streets Alive Schedule (Medium) Cobb Commission OKs Cumberland Trail Extension (Marietta Daily Journal) Electric Vehicle Sales Plummeted in Georgia After Lawmakers Canceled Tax Credit (AJC) Atlanta Mayor Unveils 100 New EVC Spaces (AJC) Arlington, VA Bike Use Falls After Surge During Metro Disruption (Mobility Lab) Virginia DOT Won’t Widen I-95 (Potomac Local) […]

Passenger Rail Spurs Tourism, Development in Florida (RCI Ventures) FL Bill Would Stop Local Governments From Regulating Uber and Lyft (News 4 Jax) Downtown Augusta Plan Will Address Parking, Walking, and Biking Safety (Chronicle) Atlanta Streetcar Introduces Mobile Fare App (The Signal) Smart Growth Report: Nashville Should Quadruple Sidewalk Spending (Tennessean) Congress Mems Request Hearing […]

East Point Plans 25 Miles of Walking and Biking Paths Linked to Atlanta BeltLine (Curbed) GA House Speaker Calls for State to Fund Transit for the First Time (AJC) Wake County Asks NC Legislature for Permission to Raise Taxes for Transit (News & Observer) Transpo Officials: Too Much Trash on Miami Highways (Miami Today) FL Says Crashes […]

Clemson Opens College Ave. to People for First Time, Wins Title; Coincidence? (ESPN) Florida Has the Seven Deadliest Cities for Walking (Tampa Bay Times) Fulton, Dekalb Lawmakers to Intro Bill for $5.5B MARTA Expansion (ABC) Bike Advocates Want to Connect the Atlanta Beltline to the Silver Comet Trail (River Edges) Roswell Invites Public to Series of Bike Meetings […]