Today’s Headlines

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  • The Alabama Pipeline That Was Leaking in September Has Exploded (AL.com)
  • MARTA Worries “Voter Fatigue” Could Sink Atlanta Transpo Tax (Atlanta Magazine)
  • At Least Braves Fans Crossing I-285 Won’t Have to Walk Up Stairs (AJC)
  • The World’s First Soccer Field at a Transit Station Has Opened in Atlanta (Creative Loafing)
  • Atlanta’s Buford Highway Is a Good Candidate for a Road Diet (Medium)
  • Virginia Beach Light Rail Would Benefit College Students (Alt Daily)
  • Louisiana Has a $13 Billion Road and Bridge Backup (The Advocate)
  • Arlington Map Highlights the Safest Streets for Bikes (Mobility Lab)
  • A 40-Mile Cross-City Trail Is on the Ballot in Charlotte (Observer)
  • Study: Uber and Lyft Drivers Discriminate Against Women and African-Americans (USA Today)

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Today’s Headlines

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  • Sun-Sentinel Thinks It’s Crazy to Provide South Florida With Transportation Options
  • I-4 Might Not Be the Most Dangerous Interstate After All (Orlando Sentinel)
  • Three Possible Routes for Atlanta-to-Chattanooga High-Speed Rail (Times Free Press, WABE)
  • Tupelo, MS Mayor “Blown Away” by Natchez’s Transit System (Mass Transit)
  • Monroe, LA Applies for Sidewalk Grants (MyArkLaMiss)
  • Virginia Beach Officials Raise Light Rail Ridership Estimate (Virginian-Pilot)
  • The Pros and Cons of Virginia Beach Light Rail, Per Virginian-Pilot Op-Ed Writers
  • Remember the NAFTA Superhighway? (Commercial Appeal)
  • Proposed Miami Beach Streetcar Scaled Back (Herald)

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Bicycling Thomasville, GA — Past and Future

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In the Spring 2016 issue of Georgia Backroads magazine, authors William Warren Rogers and Robert Holladay describe a "bicycle craze" that swept through Thomasville, GA in the 1890's, prompting construction of "wide pathways, trails and circular tracks linked to the town’s network of existing roads" for people riding bikes. Like many cities in the US at the time, residents and visitors to Thomasville "enthusiastically embraced a new mode of transportation called the bicycle." Bicycles seemed to find an especially receptive audience in Thomasville, a south Georgia city popular with tourists who believed its "pine-scented air held the promise of physical improvement." The article goes on to describe a vibrant, bike-friendly atmosphere in Thomasville: Men and women contributed to bicycling’s phenomenal popularity in Thomas County. For any number of reasons — utilitarian, sport, or simple pleasure — bicycles immediately became popular. It was a natural fit for guests searching for relaxation, restoration, and pleasure in a warm and varied setting. In l886 a local resident wrote in the Thomasville Times, “This mode of transportation is growing in popularity everywhere.” Today, a new generation of bicyclists in Thomasville is looking to revive this healthy, enjoyable form of transportation and recreation. I Bike Thomasville, an emerging advocacy organization, just started an online petition calling for a Complete Streets conversion of a local street to make it safer for families who want to walk and bike. For the full, fascinating story on bicycling's heyday in south Georgia, check out the full article here.

Today’s Headlines

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  • Florida Has Three of the Country’s 10 Deadliest Roads (Miami Herald)
  • Everything You Wanted to Know and More About Palm Beach Express Lanes (Palm Beach Post)
  • Jacksonville’s Getting a Diverging Diamond Interchange (News 4 Jax)
  • Atlantans Say Transportation Is Their Most Important Issue (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
  • Traffic Deaths in Georgia Are Up 7 Percent (WFXL)
  • The Atlanta BeltLine Is Driving Out the Poor (Creative Loafing)
  • Half a Dozen Cars Have Crashed Into One Raleigh Home (WNCN)
  • Memphis Transit Is Developing a Strategic Plan (Daily News)
  • Virginia Beach Looks to Charlotte as a Model for Light Rail (13 News Now)
  • Chincoteague, VA, Is Considering a 15 MPH Speed Limit (Delmarva Now)
  • Alabama DOT Unveils Options for Cyclists and Pedestrians to Cross the Mobile River (WKRG)

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Transit Vote 2016: Atlanta May Finally Expand MARTA and Beef Up Bus Service

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Atlanta’s MARTA rail (left) hasn’t expanded much since the 1980s. On the right, D.C.’s Metrorail, which has grown substantially. Credit: MARTA, Greater Greater Washington We continue our overview of what’s at stake in the big transit ballot initiatives this November with a look at Atlanta. Previous installments in this series examined Indianapolis, Seattle, and Detroit. Back in the 1970s, both Atlanta and [...]

Today’s Headlines

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  • Sitcom “Atlanta” Is a Realistic Look at Living in the City Without a Car (Grist)
  • BeltLine Director Makes Case for Atlanta Transpo Tax (Saporta Report)
  • Hapeville, GA Comprehensive Plan Will Focus on Walkable Downtown (AJC)
  • Athens, GA Safe Streets Org Expands Bike Recycling Program With a Storefront (Flagpole)
  • Virginia Will Study Potomac River Ferry (WTOP)
  • Blacksburg, VA Applies for Bike Rack Grants (Collegiate Times)
  • Virginia Towns Discuss Intercity Bus Service (Charlottesville Tomorrow)
  • Orlando Does the Little Things — Emphasis  on Little — for Pedestrians (My News 13)
  • Knoxville Could Become a Test Site for Self-Driving Cars (News Sentinel)

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Today’s Headlines

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  • NC DOT: Pedestrian and Cyclist Injuries and Deaths Cost State $238 Million in 2015
  • Parents of 14-Year-Old Killed by Driver While Walking to School Sue Gaston Co. District (WBTV)
  • Lafayette, LA Wins Grant for Sidewalks and a Roundabout (KLFY)
  • Atlanta Will Test Driverless Cars in Midtown (Atlanta Business Journal)
  • All Aboard Florida Asks Judge to Dismiss Funding Lawsuit (Miami Today)
  • Cape Coral, FL Grant Will Pay for Separated Pathway (News-Press)
  • Miami-Dade Unveils New Metrorail Cars (NBC Miami)
  • 60 South Carolina Roads and Bridges Are Still Closed After Hurricane Matthew (WSOC)
  • Sierra Club Endorses Virginia Beach Light Rail (WAVY)
  • Arlington Moves Ahead With 23 New Bus Stops (Washington Post)
  • Waynesboro Looks to Extend Greenway (News-Virginian)
  • Virginia Breaks Ground on Park-and-Ride Lot to Be Paid for With Freeway Toll (WTOP)
  • Nashville Motorists Killed 30 Pedestrians in the Past Two Years (Fox 17)

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Today’s Headlines

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  • Atlanta Transpo Tax Would Fund Rail, Buses, Sidewalks, Bike-Share, BeltLine (AJC)
  • Hit-and-Run Driver Arrested After Killing Pedestrian in Gwinnett County (AJC)
  • Atlanta Millennials, Cobb Officials Lobby for Transit to New Braves Stadium (Saporta Report)
  • Developers and Real Estate Agents Launch Pro-T-SPLOST Campaign in Atlanta (Curbed)
  • Fayetteville, GA Leaders Hope Connectivity Will Revitalize Downtown (Fayette News)
  • Bike and Transit Social Site Launches in Memphis (Streetsblog Chicago)
  • Memphis’s Big River Crossing Pedestrian Bridge Is Now Open (Commercial Appeal)
  • Nashville Officials Think Transit Could Help With Congestion on I-65 (Tennessean)
  • Nashville Chosen for Bloomberg Self-Driving Cars Initiative (Tennessean)
  • Bloomberg: Driverless Cars Will Be Public Transit (Miami Herald)
  • It’s Already Happening in Hillsborough County, FL (Tampa Bay Business Journal)

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What the Price of Parking Shows Us About Cities

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To see where your city falls, check out the interactive chart at this link. Cross-posted from City Observatory.  Earlier, we rolled out our parking price index, showing the variation in parking prices among large US cities. Gleaning data from ParkMe, a web-based directory of parking lots and rates, we showed how much it cost to park on [...]
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