Recent Streetsblog SOUTHEAST posts about Today’s Headlines

Allegedly High Driver Strikes Cyclists in Athens, GA; 1 Dead (Flagpole, Banner-Herald) The New York Times Discovers Atlanta BeltLine Huge Mixed-Use Project Planned Across From Dunwoody MARTA Station (Curbed) Kennesaw, GA Will Limit How Long You Can Park Downtown (AJC) Virginia DOT Plan to “Ease Congestion” in Hampton Roads Straight Outta 1960 (Times-Dispatch) Panel Calls for Raising […]

Sarasota, FL Recognizes Widening Roads Is Unsustainable (Herald-Tribune) Downtown Augusta, GA Redevelopment Plan Could Improve Walkability (Chronicle) NC Gov. Pat McCrory Once Championed Light Rail (News & Observer) Hampton Roads and Newport News, VA Set to Release Transit Plan (Daily Press) Memphis Park Plans Include Bike Lanes, Tunnels Under Roadway (Commercial Appeal) Plenty of Blame […]

Miami-Orlando Passenger Rail in Legal Limbo (Florida Bulldog) Hillsborough County, FL Wins $4 Million Fed Grant for New Buses (Tampa Business Journal) … and Savannah Got $1.6 Million (Savannah Morning News) Jacksonville Will Try to Regulate Uber Again (Florida Politics) Florida Parents Worried Gators Will Eat Their Kids at the Bus Stop (WKBW) Here’s What a […]

South Carolina, With Third-Lowest Gas Tax in U.S., Borrowing Billions for Roads (The State) GA 400 “Deck Park” Gets Warm Welcome in Buckhead (AJC) The Atlanta BeltLine’s Taking Out a $50 Million Loan (Creative Loafing) Athens, GA Seeks Bicycle-Friendly Status (Banner-Herald) Transit Could Come to Carroll County, GA By July (Times-Georgian) New Tampa Bridge Could Be […]

Lack of Active Transportation Options Blamed for Kentucky’s Rise in Obesity (The Lane Report) Buckhead Group Holds Meeting on Plan to Build a Park Over Downtown Connector (AJC) Driver Kills Man Getting Off MARTA Bus in Alpharetta (AJC) Murder Charge for Motorist Who Shot ATV Rider in Miami (Miami Herald) Why Should Uber Drivers Be Subjected […]

Altamonte Springs, FL, Abandons Transit and Residents Who Can’t Afford Uber (The Verge) Historic St. Augustine Has a Car Problem, Says City Report (St. Augustine Record) Megabus Offers Free Rides at Georgia Tech, Georgia State (AJC) Atlanta Mayoral Candidate Says BeltLine Is “Off Track” (Saporta Report) Cobb County Bus Routes Are Changing (Marietta Daily Journal) Complete […]