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People Are Hoping Trump Infra Plan Includes Gulf Coast Passenger Rail (AL.com) “Concerned” VA Leaders Still Back Cuts to Metro Hours (WTOP) Virginia Beach Light Rail Is on Life Support (Bacon’s Rebellion) Pinellas County Has the Most Pedestrian Deaths in Florida (WFTS) New NC Law Requires Rear Bike Lights, Reflective Clothing (WRAL) Forest Park, GA Gets […]

House Transp Chair John Mica Lost to Political Newcomer Stephanie Murphy (Wall Street Journal) Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez Pledges to Prioritize Transit Plan (Herald) Hillsborough County Legalizes Ride-Share Services (WFTS) Hampton Roads Cancels Order for Train Cars After Light Rail Vote (Virginian-Pilot) Limestone Is the Key to Revitalizing Downtown Lexington, KY (Architect’s Newspaper) Tennessee Ferries Are […]

Atlanta Voters Approve MARTA Tax Bigly; Fulton Tax Passes Barely (AJC) Charleston Voters Raise Taxes for Roads and Buses (Post and Courier) Wake County, NC Voters Approve Tax Hike for Transit (News & Observer) Virginia Beach Voters Overwhelmingly Reject Light Rail (Virginian-Pilot) Broward Voters Reject Tax for Light Rail, Buses and Sidewalks (Sun-Sentinel) Tri-Rail at […]

The Post and Courier Endorses Half-Penny Transpo Tax in Charleston NC State Student Paper Endorses Wake County Transit Referendum (Technician) Virginia Beach Light Rail Is Just One of 49 Transit Projects on U.S. Cities’ Ballots (Virginian-Pilot) Columnist: Vote Yes on Atlanta Transit Expansion (Saporta Report) More Reasons to Vote Yes on T-SPLOST (Curbed) Today’s T-SPLOST […]

Broward Officials Make Final Pitch for Penny Transpo Tax (South Florida Business Journal) Creative Loafing‘s Guide to the Atlanta TSPLOST Referendum Virginian-Pilot Makes the Case for High-Speed Rail Georgia Rep: No High-Speed Rail “in Our Lifetime” (Northwest Georgia News) NC DOT App Works With Uber and Transit (Yahoo) Sanford, FL Plans to Extend Riverwalk (Orlando […]

For Transit to Work, Atlanta Needs Walkable Development (threadATL) Tax Referendums Would Fund Atlanta BeltLine (WABE) Fulton County Redirects BeltLine Tax Revenue to Renovate Libraries (AJC) Mississippi Dems Propose Repealing Tax Cut to Pay for Road Work (Jackson Free Press) Columbia Proposes Multimodal Transit Center (Free Times) $800 Million Overhaul of Atlanta Freeway Interchange Starts (WTVM) […]