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Emory Wants a MARTA Line So Badly It’s Asking Atlanta to Annex It (AJC) Huntsville Joins Birmingham and Mobile to Lobby for Amtrak Line (AL.com) Brooksville, FL City Council Wants Trucks Out of Downtown (Tampa Bay Times) Orlando Businesses Hire Consultant to Consider Revamping I-Drive Trolleys (Sentinel) Florida International University Creates Its Own Ride-Sharing App, […]

Good Luck Paying for Sustainable Transport, TN DOT Commissioner Tells Nashville (Nashville Biz Journal) Looks Like NOLA Is Serious About Safer Streets (Times-Picayune) Miami-Dade MPO Considers Expanding Metrorail With Street-Level Tracks (Miami Herald) Tampa Chamber Proclaims Elevated Highway the Future of Regional Transportation (Tampa Bay Times) Cape Coral Hosts Southwest Florida Transportation Summit (News-Press) Atlanta Gets $500,000 Grant to Plan Streetcar […]

Athens, GA: Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Pedestrian, Cops Offer “Didn’t See Him” Defense (Banner-Herald) Gas Pipeline Leak Was Colonial’s Fifth in Alabama This Year (AL.com) Florida DOT Will Test Toll Tech, Driverless Cars at $68M Lakeland Facility (Fox 13) Highway Project Surreptitiously Added to Charleston Transpo Tax Project List  (Post & Courier) BeltLine Founder, Board Member Resign Over […]

How Charlotte Highways Contribute to Racial Injustice (ThinkProgress) Miami Launches Study on Bus Rapid Transit (Miami Herald) Virginia Beach Officials Are Split on Tide Light Rail (Southside Daily) West Virginia University PRT System Showing Its Age (Daily Athenaeum) Is Gainesville Really the Most Bike-Friendly City in Florida? (IFA) Live Oak, FL Wants an Amtrak Stop (WUFT) Tallahassee Doesn’t Get […]

Virginia Beach Flood Gets People Out of Their Cars (WTKR) Lack of Transit Means Gwinnett County, GA Is Losing Out on Jobs (Saporta Report) Louisville Boy Falls From Dilapidated Pedestrian Bridge, Nearly Lands on Highway (WHAS) Another Steamboat for Natchez, MS? (The Advocate) Sandy Springs Residents Already Pissed About New Braves Stadium Traffic (AJC) Bike-Share Program […]

Gasoline Pipeline Restarted After Days of Shortages in the Southeast (Fortune) Ambitious Nashville Transit Plan Clears Key Hurdle (Tennessean) Talk of Atlanta-Macon Commuter Rail Resurfaces (WMAZ) Seniors Drive Transit Growth in North Carolina (WCGS) Georgia DOT Rejects Median Cut for Oconee County Sprawl (Oconee Enterprise) Public Meetings Set on North Fulton Transpo Plan (AJC) Gainesville Sun Says […]