Today’s Headlines

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  • How Do You Get a Skeptical Pol to Believe in Climate Change? Just Add Water (KTTZ)
  • Jacksonville Transportation Authority Receives APTA Outstanding System Award (Metro Jacksonville)
  • Pro-Bike West Palm Beach Mayor Should Ask Why Cyclists Feel Compelled to Ride on Sidewalks (Post)
  • Driver Injures Miami-Dade Police Lieutenant and Kills His Wife as They Rode Their Bikes (Herald)
  • People Who Oppose Florida Passenger Rail Still Toiling Away (Martin County Times)
  • Sounds Legit: Lt. Governor Offers State Funding as Long as MARTA Can Pay for Itself (AJC)

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What $1.1 Billion Dollars Looks Like

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I’m pulling out some interesting factoids from the 2016 State of Downtown Raleigh report. There is over $1.1 billion worth of completed, under construction, or planned developments in downtown Raleigh. What does that look like? Below is the list. I’m proud to say that this blog has hit almost every one of them. I’ll try […]

Today’s Headlines

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  • County Commission Approves Funds to Extend Tri-Rail to MiamiCentral Station (Miami Today)
  • A Properly Managed Streetcar Could Help Remake Downtown Atlanta (Saporta Report)
  • To Get Votes, MARTA Sales Tax Package Should Improve Bus Service (WABE)
  • Cobb Considers SPLOST Funds to Pay Upfront Costs of Pedestrian Bridge to Braves Stadium (AJC)
  • Regional Coordination Key to Solving Memphis Blight Problem (Governing)
  • NASA Releases Beautiful Map Of NOLA Sinking (Phys.Org)

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Carrboro Likely to Approve Homestead-Chapel Hill High School Path for Construction

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Near the end of their May 10th meeting, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen affirmed their commitment to see the Homestead-Chapel Hill High School Multi-Use Path move forward to construction this summer. Compromise Recommended by the School System Staff and Town of Carrboro Staff Early in the meeting, Todd LoFrese of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School System took to the podium to describe a compromise that had been worked out between school staff and Town of Carrboro staff regarding the Multi-Use Path. That compromise took the following form: Reduced the number of Multi-Use Path crossings of the Cross-Country trail from three to one. Proposed looking at alternative surfaces (such as ADA-compliant rubber instead of concrete) at the remaining crossing. Explore creating as much separation as possible where the multi-use path and the cross country trail parallel each other.   One citizen brought forward an interesting photo (at right) showing staggered gates on a greenway designed to slow riders ...

Today’s Headlines

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  • MARTA Fares Among Nation’s Highest Relative to Local Wages (AJC)
  • Neighborhood Organizations Ask Atlanta for Funds to Fight Blight (Creative Loafing)
  • Miami Developers Turn to Rentals as Condo Market Slows (Miami Herald)
  • Floods Are Contaminating the Water in Biscayne Bay, and That’s a Problem (Miami Herald)
  • AL: Morgan and Lawrence Counties to Transfer Transit to NARCOG Control (Decatur Daily)
  • Five Top Competitors Drop Out of APTA Bus Rodeo in Charlotte (Mass Transit)

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Taxpayers Are on the Hook for Sprawl When Impact Fees Are Illegal

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In Kentucky, development impact fees are illegal. What’s an impact fee? According to the American Planning Association (APA), “Impact fees are payments required by local governments of new development for the purpose of providing new or expanded public capital facilities required to serve that development.” In short, they cover the cost of infrastructure required to The post Taxpayers are on the hook for sprawl when impact fees are illegal appeared first on Broken Sidewalk.

Today’s Headlines

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  • Mobile Residents Lose Transit Service Thanks to Mayor and City Council (Alabama Live)
  • Charlotte Transit Lags Badly as NC Focuses on Highway Construction (Charlotte Observer)
  • Aspiring GA Legislator Tries Scaring Suburban Voters With MARTA Invasion Lie (AJC)
  • Expanding MARTA Would Add $5 Billion to Atlanta Economy (WABE)
  • Georgia Considers Physically Separated Interstate Truck Lanes (Savannah Now)
  • People in Greater Miami Want Transit — Will Officials Make It Happen? (Community Newspapers)

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Making Place: How Louisville Is Using Tactical Urbanism to Rebuild Civic Life

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“You can have a space, and even though it’s vacant at the time, it can still have a life. It’s still part of the life–history of this particular parcel.” —Marianne Zickuhr Downtown Louisville has a problem with vacant lots. With an unrelenting focus on automobile accommodation, developers have traditionally favored surface parking as a means The post Making Place: How Louisville is using tactical urbanism to rebuild civic life appeared first on Broken Sidewalk.

Today’s Headlines

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  • MARTA Releases Wish List for Referendum Funds (AJC)
  • Athens Transit Study Finds People Want More Transit (Banner-Herald)
  • North Carolina Legislators Look to Lift Light Rail Cap (News & Observer)
  • Orlando and Orange County Officials Plan Light Rail From Airport to Convention Center (WFTV)
  • Sorry Florida, But “Education” Means Zilch Without Streets Designed for Cycling (Village News)
  • Thanks to Rick Scott, Florida HSR Funds Will Help Upgrade Rail in Northeast (Real Estate Weekly)

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Reminder: Just Laying Track Is No Guarantee Riders Will Come

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Atlanta’s streetcar route is still surrounded by parking lots. Photo: Streetcarviews/Tumblr Laying track isn’t enough to build a successful transit system — as some cities are learning the hard way. A slate of new rail projects — mostly mixed-traffic streetcars, but that’s not the only way to mess up — are attracting embarrassingly few passengers. Some of these projects may be [...]
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