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Today’s Headlines

By Blake Aued | Oct 4, 2016 | No Comments

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 to School (Daily Record)
Florida DOT Eliminated a Bridge Toll After Drivers Complained (Tampa Bay Business Journal)
Sidewalks, Multi-Use Path Included in Macon Road Project 20 Years in the Making (The Telegraph)
Miami-Dade Tries to Woo Millennials to Transit With Concerts and Free Coffee (New Times)
UGA Students Have Lots of Options to Catch a Ride (Red & Black)

The 4 Biggest Sins Committed By Reporters Covering Pedestrian Deaths

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 3, 2016 | No Comments

Each year, motorists on American streets kill nearly 5,000 pedestrians. The loss of life is enormous — equivalent to 12 jumbo jets crashing with no survivors — but the steady drumbeat of pedestrian fatalities doesn’t register as an urgent public safety crisis. Maybe it would seem more urgent if the press covered pedestrian deaths as the preventable [...]

Today’s Headlines

By Blake Aued | Oct 3, 2016 | No Comments

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 at Greenville Testing Facility (The State)
Memphis Driver Hits Pedestrian, Leaves Victim Unconscious in the Street (Commercial Appeal)
What Rural Virginia Needs Is a New Interstate Intended to Generate Sprawl (Martinsville Bulletin)
In Biloxi, “Build Roads and Development Will Follow” (Sun Herald)

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It’s Not Good Transit If the Streets Nearby Aren’t Good for Walking

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 30, 2016 | No Comments

All transit stops aren’t created equal. The street environment around the station — especially safe, convenient pedestrian access — has a major influence on how people use transit. A wide road with strip malls on the way to a transit stop in San Diego. Photo: Edward Russell/GGW Edward Russell at Greater Greater Washington compares two stops that offer very different walking environments — one [...]

Today’s Headlines

By Blake Aued | Sep 30, 2016 | No Comments

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)
Bike-Ped Improvements Around Metro Stations More Than Pay for Themselves (Mobility Lab)
Megabus Offers Free Shuttle Rides to Atlanta College Students (The Signal)
Uber and Lyft Drivers Fight Fingerprinting in Tampa Suburb (WTSP)
SunRail Saturday Service Starts in October (Orlando Weekly)
Virginia Puts Focus on Distracted Drivers (Daily Press)
Athens, GA Hosts Open House for Planned 39-Mile Rail Trail (Athens-Clarke County)

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Adieu, Cars: Paris Riverfront to Be Permanently Returned to the People

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 29, 2016 | No Comments

A rendering of the Right Bank of the Seine — sans highway. Credit: Luxigon After years of experimentation, the Paris City Council this week committed to the permanent conversion of two miles of the Georges Pompidou expressway along the River Seine into a waterfront park. The 1960s expressway carried two lanes of traffic and about 43,000 vehicles a day along [...]

Today’s Headlines

By Blake Aued | Sep 29, 2016 | No Comments

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, Introduces Intercity Buses (FISM)
Will an Upgraded Metro Station Convince Fairfax County Commuters to Take Transit? (WTOP)
Hanover County, VA Fights High-Speed Rail (Herald-Progress)
Engineers Give Tennessee Transit a D+ (News Channel 9)
Louisiana Panel Suggests Higher Gas Taxes, Interstate Tolls to Fund Transpo Projects (The Advertiser)
Old Little Rock Bridge Will Be Replaced by One That Has Room for Biking and Walking (THV 11)
Study: Driverless Cars Will Make Atlanta More Walkable (Creative Loafing)

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Why Are American Traffic Fatalities Rising So Quickly?

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 28, 2016 | No Comments

What’s causing the steep rise in traffic fatalities? Graph: State Smart Transportation Initiative Summer is barely over but this much is already clear: Traffic safety on American streets is taking a big step backward in 2016. During the first five months of the year, traffic deaths rose 9 percent over 2015 levels, reports Bill Holloway at the State Smart Transportation Campaign. [...]

Today’s Headlines

By Blake Aued | Sep 28, 2016 | No Comments

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 Expansion (AJC)
More on the Atlanta BeltLine Founder’s Resignation (Creative Loafing)
Avondale, GA Wants to Be Bike-Friendlier (Decaturish)
One DC Ride-Sharing Service Closes (Washington Business Journal)
… And Another Starts Up (Transportation Planning Board)

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Louisville’s First Parklet Debuts at IdeaFestival

By Branden Klayko | Sep 27, 2016 | No Comments

On Friday, September 16, the world celebrated Park(ing) Day 2016, a single day where individuals and groups take over parallel parking spaces, transforming them into miniature parks called “parklets.” The idea is simple: explore how we use—or rather how we could be using—public space in our cities. Streets make up our largest public spaces, but an […] The post Louisville’s first parklet debuts at IdeaFestival, headed for Portland restaurant appeared first on Broken Sidewalk.

Today’s Headlines

By Blake Aued | Sep 27, 2016 | No Comments

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 Lack of Affordable Housing (Saporta Report)
Atlanta Moving Ahead With Proctor Creek Greenway (Saporta Report)
Henrico County, VA Approves Funding for Sidewalks (Times-Dispatch)
Murfreesboro Uber Driver Illegally Bars Service Dog From Car (Tennessean)
Bike Parking, Redesigned Crosswalks, and Other Easy Ways to Improve a City (Curbed Miami)

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White House: Make Cities Affordable By Building for Walkability, Not Parking

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 26, 2016 | No Comments

The Obama administration is taking on the crisis of rising rents in American cities, releasing a series of recommendations today to spur the construction of more affordable housing. Among the many ideas the White House endorses: allowing more multi-family housing near transit and getting rid of parking minimums. Rising rents and stagnant incomes are putting pressure on [...]

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