Today’s Headlines

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  • Woman Who Killed Athens Cyclist Kept Driving After Two Prior DUI Arrests (Banner-Herald)
  • The Atlanta BeltLine Struggles With Equity (Saporta Report)
  • Nashville Commuter Rail Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary (Tennessean)
  • Florida Still Sprawling, Not All That Interested in Containing It (WJCT)
  • Georgia Approves Solar Panels Along I-85 Right-Of-Way (SeeNews)
  • Pipeline Spill Releases 250,000 Gallons of Gas Near Birmingham (AL.com)
  • Alabama DOT Abandons Some Road Widening Projects (Times Daily)
  • Clarksville, TN, Seeks Input on Greenway Extension (Clarksville Online)
  • Signs Warns Virginia Drivers to Keep It Below 80 on Interstates (WDBJ)
  • Asheville Hosts NC Bike Summit (Citizen-Times)

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FHWA’s New Goal: Eliminating Pedestrian and Cyclist Deaths in America

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Pedestrian and cyclist deaths account for a growing share of traffic fatalities in America. Can federal officials reverse the trend? Graph: FHWA The Federal Highway Administration wants to eliminate pedestrian and cyclist fatalities “in the next 20 to 30 years.” In a new strategic plan [PDF], the agency calls for reducing serious injuries and deaths 80 percent in the [...]

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  • Tennessee Chooses Federal Funds Over Facilitating Drunk Driving (Times Free Press)
  • Land Line Outlines South Florida Transpo Votes
  • Just What the Atlanta BeltLine Needs: A Self-Storage Facility (Curbed)
  • Macon Has the World’s Largest Pop-Up Bike Lane (WMGT)
  • Valdosta Asks for Input on Bus Routes (WALB)
  • Moving Trees to Make Way for Cars in Ocean Springs, MS (Sun Herald)
  • Chattanooga Transportation Officials Propose Road Diet (WRCB)

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  • NCDOT Aims to “Create a Wide River of Traffic” Through Western NC (Asheville Citizen-Times)
  • Bike Shop Owner Among Cyclists Hit by Accused Drugged Driver in Deadly Athens Crash (WSB)
  • Gwinnett County, GA Has a $4 Billion Wish List for $950 Million Transpo Tax (AJC)
  • Cobb Parkway Will Be Widened With a Multi-Use Trail (AJC)
  • Cobb County Installs Digital Signs and Traffic Cameras at Cumberland (Marietta Daily Journal)
  • Albany, GA Upgrades Bus Stops (WALB)
  • Work Starts on Two Pedestrian Crossings in Lindale, GA (Rome News-Tribune)
  • Decision on Uber/Lyft Regs in Hillsborough County Could Be Delayed (Tampa Times)
  • Louisiana Will Widen I-10 Near Baton Rouge (The Advocate)
  • Opponents Criticize Virginia Beach for Spending $16 Million on Light Rail (Virginian-Pilot)
  • Charlottesville-Area Transit Service JAUNT Adds Routes (NBC 29)
  • Wack Job Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin in the Tank for the Auto Industry (KyForward, Yahoo)
  • Cleveland, TN Takes Another Look at Sidewalk Projects (Daily Banner)
  • Mississippi DOT to Extend Columbus Riverwalk (Commercial Dispatch)

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Today’s Headlines

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  • Allegedly High Driver Strikes Cyclists in Athens, GA; 1 Dead (FlagpoleBanner-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 Louisiana Gas Tax (KEEL)
  • Kingsport, TN Greenbelt Back on Track (Times News)
  • Tampa Officials Beg to Let Uber and Lyft Stay (WFTS)
  • Tampa Mayor Wants to Dismantle City Transit Board (Tampa Bay Business Journal)
  • Transpo Summit Coming to Cape Coral, FL (News-Press)
  • Land Acquired for Nashville Pedestrian Bridge (Tennessean)

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Today’s Headlines

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  • 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 to Go Around in Tennessee Drunk-Driving Law Snafu (Knoxville News Sentinel)
  • Birmingham, Little Rock Win Federal Grants for Natural-Gas Buses (NGT News)
  • Bus Service for Louisiana Flood Victims Canceled Due to Low Ridership (WBRZ)
  • After Governor Overturns Local Ban, Uber Is Back in Oxford, MS (Oxford Eagle)
  • Alabama DOT Takes Input on 25-Year Transportation Plan (Decatur Daily)

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  • 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 Park Over GA 400 Could Look Like (Curbed)
  • Atlanta Development Sparks Debate Over BeltLine Transit (Creative Loafing)
  • Chipotle Will Deliver Burritos by Drone at Virginia Tech (Ridgecrest Daily Independent)
  • University of Kentucky Bans Cars From Part of Campus (UKNow)
  • Souped-Up Golf Carts Used to Ferry People Around the University of Tennessee (Daily Beacon)
  • Clarkesville, TN Likely to Get Rail Service Before Murfreesboro (WGNS)
  • Middle Tennessee Transit Plan Calls for Light Rail, Express Buses (Daily Beacon)
  • University of Alabama to Discourage Bus Ridership by Building More Parking (Crimson White)

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  • 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 Mass Transit Link (SaintPetersBlog)
  • Stafford County, VA Supervisors Vote Against High-Speed Rail (The Free Lance-Star)
  • Take a Survey on Nashville Traffic (Patch)
  • Memphis Area Transit Authority Announces New Bus Route (Local Memphis)

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How Sprawling Development Worsened the Flooding Crisis in Louisiana

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Development patterns that failed to adequately account for flood risk exacerbated the damage in Louisiana. Photo: Craig Colten Thousands of people are still living in hotels and shelters following last month’s devastating floods in the Baton Rouge area. After nearly two feet of rain fell on central Louisiana, 13 people lost their lives and some 40,000 homes were damaged. In a post at Network [...]
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