Today’s Headlines

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  • Florida DOT OKs 18-Mile Osceola County SunRail Extension (Orlando Biz Journal)
  • Uber Ride-Pool Coming to Broward and Palm Beach (Sun Sentinel)
  • Atlanta Is One of the Fastest Growing Metro Areas in the Country (ATL Biz Journal)
  • Redevelopment of Chattahoochee Riverfront Could Kill Riverwalk Dreams (Saporta Report)
  • Murfreesboro Mayor Likes Commuter Rail (WZTV)
  • Charlotte Magazine Goes In-Depth on What It Means to Rely on Local Bus Service
  • CATS to Host Public Meetings for Independence Boulevard Toll Lanes (News Shine)

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  • Arkansas DOT Pits Little Rock Revitalization Against Highways (The Atlantic)
  • GoTriangle Confident NC Will Move Forward With Durham-Orange Light Rail (Duke Chronicle)
  • ULI Panel Says SouthPark Residents Should Be Involved in Development (Charlotte Weekly)
  • Inadequate Transit Cited as Contributor to Crushing Poverty in Memphis (WREG)
  • Transit Isn’t a Luxury, It’s Vital to Miami’s Future (Community Newspapers)
  • Miami River: The New Waterfront Development Frontier (Miami Herald)
  • MARTA Army Working With Chamblee Officials to Bring Bus Stop Improvements (Post)
  • Saporta Report Columnist: Turner Field Redevelopment Should Repair the Community
  • Georgia Commutes Are Real Killers (WABE)

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  • While City of Atlanta Gets Transit, Fulton County Gets More Roads (WABE)
  • Georgia Lawmakers Spike Savannah Streetcar Funding Bill (Savannah Now)
  • Georgia Town Experiments With Jitney Service for Seniors (Valdosta Daily Times)
  • Charlotte Magazine Examines Transit Projects in the Pipeline
  • Could Miami’s Rail Project Change How We Build Commuter Systems? (Guardian)
  • Knoxville Area Transit Gets Major Overhaul (News Sentinel)

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  • Thanks to Legislature, City of Atlanta Will Vote on MARTA Expansion This Fall (AJC)
  • The Detroit Free Press Called the Atlanta Streetcar a “Disappointment”
  • Officials Met in Biloxi to Move Forward With Restoring Gulf Coast Train Service (NOLA Advocate)
  • David Beckham Building a Stadium in Miami – With No Taxpayer Dollars (WTVJ)
  • Palm Beach County Hopes All Aboard Will Boost Festival and Event Attendance (Palm Beach Post)
  • Miami-Dade Integrates Transportation and Public Works Into One Department (Next City)
  • Are Ride-Hailing Services Encouraging Urban Development in Nashville? (Tennessean)

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  • Commissioner: Miami-Dade Should Be Developing Light Rail (Community Newspapers)
  • All Aboard Meets Construction Milestone as Pillar for First Station Rises (Palm Beach Post)
  • Transit Union Threatens to Sue Mobile’s WAVE Transit Over Service Cuts (Lagniappe Weekly)
  • Tennessee Legislature Approves Bill to Allow BRT Buses on Highway Shoulders (Tennessean)
  • MARTA Halts TOD Plans at Oakland City Site, for Now (Creative Loafing)
  • Emory Student Opines on Obstacles to Better Campus and CDC MARTA Service (Wheel)
  • Old Thinking on Transit Still Plagues Gwinnett County (AJC)
  • Atlanta Studies Takes a Look at Housing Inequity

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MSD Pushes to Build a Park-Topped Logan Street CSO Basin at Grade

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Call it a win for the Smoketown neighborhood. Mayor Greg Fischer and Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) Executive Director Tony Parrott have confirmed that the sewer agency will push to redesign the embattled Logan Street CSO Basin as an at-grade facility topped with a community-serving park. Fischer and Parrott met with leaders from the neighborhood including The post Breaking! MSD pushes to build a park-topped Logan Street CSO Basin at grade after community outcry appeared first on Broken Sidewalk.

Today’s Headlines

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  • Altamonte Springs: Tired of Waiting on Central Florida to Fix Transit (Curbed)
  • Fulton County Isn’t Giving Up on Transit Expansion Yet (WABE)
  • Advance Atlanta President: Atlanta Needs to Be Bold on Transit (Saporta Report)
  • Can the Chattahoochee Riverfront Be Atlanta’s Next Big Revitalizer? (Saporta Report)
  • Creation of Yet Another Atlanta-Area City Moves Forward in Legislature (AJC)
  • Kasim Reed Discusses the Future of Atlanta as a “Smart City” (How Stuff Works)
  • Athens Residents Still Trying to Drag Athens Officials Into the Current Century (Banner-Herald)
  • Insurer: Pedestrians on Cell Phones Are Why Your Insurance Is So High (Orlando Sentinel)
  • Louisiana Had a 6 Percent Drop in Pedestrians Deaths in 2015 (Times-Picayune)

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