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Only Half of Atlanta Streetcar Riders Pay Fare (WABE) Atlanta Cyclists Ask for Bike Tunnel Under 400 (CBS 46) Buses, Trails Top Athens Residents’ Transpo Tax Wish List (Flagpole) The AJC Tells an Angry Reader Why John’s Creek Has So Many Roundabouts Atlanta Colleges Plan Green Infrastructure on the Westside (Saporta Report) Virginia Tech and Wake Forest Work With […]

Atlanta Columnist: Complete Streets Mean “Screwing Over Cars” (AJC) Buckhead Officials Look to Make Peachtree Road More Walkable (Atlanta INtown) Macon Group Gives Downtown Residents Free Bikes (Telegraph) Atlanta Launches Streetcar Mobile App (AJC) TN Gov. Haslam Delays Announcement on Gas-Tax Hike (Times Free Press) Feds Take Step Toward Reviving Orlando-New Orleans Passenger Rail (The Advocate) […]

Virginia Spent Record Money on Roads in 2016 (Virginian Pilot) Greenville, NC Plan Closes Campus Center to Cars (Daily Reflector) Nashville Could Fund Transit Plan With Congestion Parking Rates (Business Journal) Momentum Builds for Tennessee Gas Tax Hike (Transport Topics) Work Starts on Chattanooga I-75 Interchange (Times Free Press) State Grant Will Buy Charleston 20 […]

Macon, GA Painted 8 Miles of “Pop-Up” Bike Lanes and Cycling Increased Tenfold (Next City) Clarksville, TN Is Catching Up on Sidewalks (Leaf Chronicle) Zipcar Is Now Available in Downtown Baton Rouge (Business Journal) The Sun Herald Hopes Safe Streets Will Draw Tourists to Biloxi NC Bill Would Reimburse Schools for Road Improvements (News & Observer) […]

How Should Virginia Beach Spend Light Rail Money After Ballot Defeat? (Virginian-Pilot) Construction Starts on Roanoke Passenger Rail Platform (WDBJ) Georgia Republicans Warm Up to Transit (AJC) Macon Road-Widening Project Includes Sidewalks, Maybe a Roundabout (Telegraph) Charlotte Commuters Want Gov.-Elect Cooper to End I-77 Tolls (WSOC) Durham, Orange County Will Have to Dig Deep to […]

New Dade County Commission Chair Aims to Fast-Track SMART (Miami Today) Company Behind Dakota Access Pipeline Eyes Louisiana Bayou (Louisiana Weekly) Now Cobb Officials Are Worried About New Braves Stadium Traffic (AJC) Memphis Neighborhood Uses Tactical Urbanism to Improve Walkability (Daily News) Country Living or Sprawling Development in Nashville? (Tennessean) Arkansas Can’t Afford to Match Its […]