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Shelby Park Bus Stop to Be Installed Wednesday, Dedicated at CycLOUvia

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Shelby Park is about to install the second crowd-funded bus stop in Louisville. The first so-called Beta Bus Stop was installed and dedicated in the SoBro neighborhood last November. Workers are expected to install the new bus stop on Wednesday, August 3, and an official dedication ceremony will be held this Sunday at CycLouvia Three […] The post Shelby Park Bus Stop to be installed Wednesday, dedicated at CycLOUvia appeared first on Broken Sidewalk.

Today’s Headlines

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  • A Georgia Tax Is Paying to Pave Rural Georgia Roads (AJC)
  • New Orlando Department  Will Focus on Livable Streets (Orlando Sentinel)
  • A South Carolina Official Tries to Stop Columbia Transportation Improvements (The State)
  • Kinston, NC, Makes Intersection Safer for School Buses (Lexington Dispatch)
  • Free Lance-Star Weighs Roundabouts vs. Red-Light Cameras in Fredericksburg, VA
  • Lexington, KY, Receives $14 Million for Urban Trail (Courier-Journal)
  • Bike Lanes Are Coming to New Orleans’ Tulane Avenue (Gambit)
  • Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Man Walking in Charlotte (Charlotte Observer)
  • Downtown Charleston Road Projects Delayed Again (Post and Courier)
  • LED Streetlights Installed in Jacksonville (Action News Jax)
  • European Railway Review Previews the Florida Brightline
  • Atlanta’s Peachtree Street Needs a Streetcar (WABE)

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Today’s Headlines

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  • Memphis Test Drives Bike-Share Program (Daily News)
  • Atlanta Looks to Raise Parking Fines and Add New Meters (Saporta)
  • The Slog to Boost Atlanta Transportation Funding Continues (AJC 1, 2)
  • Atlanta Urbanism Group Changing Conversation on Transit and City Services (WABE)
  • Funding Cuts Imperil Transit for the Poor in Knoxville (News Sentinel)
  • City Council Rejects New Residential Projects in Rapidly Growing Areas of Charlotte (Observer)
  • Jacksonville Transit Brings Farmers Market to Food Deserts (Mass Transit)

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How Sprawling Development Is Poisoning Floyds Fork

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Have you been to the Parklands of Floyds Fork yet? Visiting the pristine landscapes on the far eastern edge of Jefferson County is like “being dropped off in Yellowstone,” Scott Martin, parks director at 21st Century Parks, told Broken Sidewalk’s Matthew Beck. Beck was writing this past May about how unchecked sprawling development around the 4,000-acre series […] The post How sprawling development is poisoning Floyds Fork appeared first on Broken Sidewalk.

Today’s Headlines

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  • Charlotte Is Rewriting Its 20-Year-Old Zoning Code (Observer)
  • Doral, Florida, Office Park to Be Redeveloped as a Whole New Downtown (Urban Land)
  • Huge Coral Gables Mixed-Use Project to Include Trolley and Lots of Parking (Herald)
  • Blind Woman Credited for Helping to Bring Better Bus Service to Meridian (Star)
  • Prichard Struggles to Keep Buses Running After Mobile System Cuts Regional Service (WBRC)
  • Alabama Motorist Charged With Murder for Killing Teenager in Victim’s Front Yard (Dothan Eagle)
  • Self-Driving Cars No Substitute for Walkable Cities (TreeHugger)

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Tim Kaine Took a Stand Against Cul-de-Sacs

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Even though the Democratic Party’s strongholds are in cities, we probably won’t hear much about urban transportation and development policy at the Democratic National Convention this week. City issues seldom get much play when political parties are focused on scooping up swing votes in the suburbs. Tim Kaine But Hillary Clinton’s VP choice, Tim Kaine, is the former mayor of Richmond, Virginia, [...]

Today’s Headlines

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  • New Renderings of Turner Field Redevelopment Include Streetcar Expansion (Atlanta Intown)
  • Is a Soccer Field Coming to MARTA’s Five Points Station? (Creative Loafing)
  • Real Estate Study Finds MARTA Is Good for Business (Curbed)
  • Tennessee House Candidate: Nashville’s Traffic Mess Is a Suburban Problem (Tennessean)
  • Jacksonville Journalist Killed by Truck Driver While Riding Bike in Iowa (Action News JAX)

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Atlanta Looks for Options Where Bidirectional Protected Bike Lanes Intersect

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Image: City of Atlanta Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities connect high-comfort biking networks. Bidirectional protected bike lanes, which put both directions of bike traffic on the same side of a street, aren’t ideal. But they can be useful in a pinch. Like all protected bike lanes, well-designed bidirectionals [...]

Today’s Headlines

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  • Brightline Will Look to Expand as Soon as Service Begins (Real Deal)
  • Another Iconic Atlanta Building Slated For Demolition (AJC)
  • Orange County Commissioners Stall, Refuse to Pay For College Students’ Safety (WFTV)
  • The Post & Courier Takes a Look at Why Charleston’s Transportation System Is So Dysfunctional
  • Everyone’s Talking About High-Speed Rail in the South (WYFF & Air Quality Matters)

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