Recent Streetsblog SOUTHEAST posts about Today’s Headlines

How Southern States Moved 2 Million People Out of Matthew’s Way (Wired) Mandatory Coastal Evacuations Ongoing in Georgia (Savannah Morning News) Lane Reversals End on I-16 in South Carolina (WRDW) Birmingham Multimodal Station Set to Open in December (AL.com) Birmingham’s Expensive, Environmentally Destructive Northern Beltline (Trussville Tribune) Shreveport Residents Spend a Quarter of Their Income […]

Stay Off the Roads After Hurricane Matthew Hits (StarNews) Evacuation Begins in South Carolina (WYFF) Traffic Builds on I-16 as Coastal Georgia Residents Flee (WMAZ) Florida Lifts Tolls for Matthew Evacuees (Palm Beach Post) Jacksonville Buses Will Be on Sunday Schedule Friday (Times-Union) Florida Could Shut Down Bridges If Winds Hit 40 MPH (First Coast […]

Coastal Florida Might Be Evacuated Today as Hurricane Matthew Approaches (CBS Miami) South Carolina Will Reverse Freeway Lanes for Matthew Evacuees (The State) Evacuations Ordered in Coastal North Carolina, Too (News & Observer) New Orleans Opens New Streetcar Line (Curbed) Jefferson Parish Applies for Bike Infrastructure Grants (Times Picayune) Arkansas Bridges Need $750M in Repairs (Insurance […]

Norfolk-Virginia Beach Light Rail Will Cost $84M Less Than Estimated (Virginian-Pilot) Virginia Beach Festival-Goers Support Light Rail (Southside Daily) Governor McCrory Unveils Vague Plan to Stop Distracted Driving in North Carolina (WNCN) Durham Officials Want a Light Rail Station Near North Carolina Central University (Mass Transit) Jacksonville Officials to Learn What It’s Like to Walk […]

Few Fulton County Voters Know About Proposed Transpo Tax (AJC) Atlanta Streetcar Shut Down by Sinkhole (AJC) South Florida Motorists Incapable of Negotiating I-95 Express Lanes (New Times) Cape Coral, FL Hosts Complete Streets Summit (News-Press) SC DOT Aims to Solve Charleston Traffic With More Highway Lanes (Post and Courier) Secretary Foxx Talks Up Safety of Driverless Cars […]

Charleston Puts $600M for Transit on the Ballot (Post & Courier) Poll: Support for Light Rail Growing in Hampton Roads (Daily Press) With the BeltLine and Westside Reservoir, Atlanta’s Ready to Make the Leap (Forbes) Midtown Atlanta Residents Call for Converting Car Lanes to Bike Lanes (Curbed) Birmingham Might Move Freeway Out of Downtown (AL.com) […]