Today’s Headlines

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  • GoRaleigh Station Investment Means More Riders (Route Fifty)
  • Miami Mayor Regalado Thinks Soccer Stadium Needs More Parking (Curbed)
  • Randal O’Toole Thinks Atlanta Transit Has Peaked (AJC)
  • Former City Council Member Says Rethink Anti-Transit Rhetoric (AJC)
  • The Future Of Atlanta’s Transportation Doesn’t Involve More Lanes or Cars (Buckhead View)
  • Decatur Station Is the Best MARTA Stop, AJC Readers Say
  • Time For Savannah To Up the Cost of Parking (Savannah Now)
  • Vote to Expand Rock Region METRO Narrowly Defeated (Arkansas Online)

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  • Atlanta Mayor: MARTA Bill May Not Be Dead (Saporta Report)
  • The AJC Takes a Look Back at MARTA in the 1970s
  • Can Atlanta Streetcar Get Another Round of TIGER? (AJC)
  • Athens Transit Pairs Public Comment With Polling for Expansion Push (Banner-Herald)
  • Charlotte Applies for “Smart Cities” Grant (WSOCTV)
  • Is Uber the “Last Mile” Solution Transit Has Been Waiting For? (News & Observer)
  • Durham-Orange Light Rail Moves Forward as Feds Sign Off on Environmental Impact (Mass Transit)
  • Tennessee Legislators Want Dedicated Transit Funding But Need Bipartisan Support (WZTV)

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  • Georgia Senate Kills MARTA Funding Bill … (Atl Biz  Chronicle)
  • … While Bill Requiring Transit Referenda Gets a Vote (MDJ)
  • Atlanta, Urban Sprawl Poster Child, Makes Some Progress (Harvard Business Review)
  • The Millenials Came to Tampa and Development Listened (TBO)
  • Dear Martin County: All Aboard Florida Won’t Kill You (PenneyVanderbilt)
  • Space Coast TPO Schedules Meeting for Brightline Station (Orlando Biz Journal)
  • Restoring Amtrak Service Is “Bigger Than Republicans and Democrats” (NWF Daily News)
  • CARTA Honors Longtime Employees (Post and Courier)

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  • South Atlanta Metro Leaders Praise Growth, Urge Transit Expansion (Neighbor Newspaper)
  • Curbed Atlanta Takes a Deep Dive Into ARC’s $85 Billion Transportation Vision
  • Joe Biden Comes to Memphis to Tout Intermodal Facility Construction (South Reporter)
  • Riders Rally Behind Memphis WAVE After Threats of Service Cuts (Alabama Live)
  • Has CATS Lost Riders to Uber and Lyft? (Charlotte Observer)
  • Metroplan Board of Directors Votes in Support of Rock Region Transit Sales Tax (Arkansas Online)

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How a small town in Kentucky revitalized its struggling Main Street with local food, local business

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A town of 7,300 in southeastern Kentucky has revitalized its downtown through a local-food renaissance. Corbin‘s main street, once filled with vacant buildings and few businesses, is now thriving, adding 20 new businesses since 2012 while reducing a 40 percent vacancy rate to nearly zero, writes Patty Cantrell, of the Missouri-based consulting firm Regional Food The post How a small town in Kentucky revitalized its struggling Main Street with local food, local business appeared first on Broken Sidewalk.

Today’s Headlines

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  • Transit Opponents Are Exaggerating Impact of MARTA Sales Tax on Individual Taxpayers (AJC)
  • State Senate Advances Bill That Would Kneecap Transit Starts in Many Georgia Cities (GAPol)
  • Valdosta Moves Foward to Make Transit Pilot Permanent (WALB)
  • AJC Asks Readers: What’s the Best MARTA Station?
  • Sun Sentinel: Before a New Tax, Broward County Needs to Get Its Act Together on Transit
  • All Aboard Alcohol Sales Bill Passes Florida Senate (TCPalm)
  • Melbourne City Council Nominates Potential Station Sites to Attract Passenger Rail (Florida Today)
  • Alabama Live Has a Nice Video of the Amtrak Gulf Coast Ride
  • Public Transportation in NOLA Post-Katrina Shows Tourism Bias (Al Jazeera)
  • Asheville City Council Advances Tiny House Zoning (Citizen-Times)

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Crosswalks Coming Back to Clematis Street

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In 2013, pedestrian improvements were made to Quadrille Boulevard, the result of a grant the city secured in 2008. The pedestrian improvements included connecting missing sidewalks along the western flank, planting shade trees, and creating enhanced visibility crosswalks in stamped … Continue reading →

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  • Economic Development Agency CEO Says Miami Needs More Transit (Miami Herald)
  • Jacksonville to Hold Public Meetings on Bicycle Safety (FCN)
  • Gulf Coast Towns Vie for Bragging Rights on Public Turnout for Amtrak Run (Atmore Advance)
  • Mississippi Senator: Gulf Coast Line “Essential” to National Passenger Rail Network (Y’all Politics)
  • In Alabama, Many Are Forced to Rely on Expensive Taxis Due to Lack of Transit (Al Jazeera)
  • Chamber of Commerce, Community Leaders Endorse Little Rock Transit Sales Tax (AK Biz)
  • Atlanta Brings BeltLine’s Ryan Gravel in to Design Its Future (Saporta Report)
  • The Irony: People Are Afraid Proposed MARTA TOD Would Draw Too Much Car Traffic (Dunwoody Crier)
  • Letter to the Editor: Media Focus Is on North Fulton But DeKalb Wants MARTA Too (Decaturish)

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Attack on Street Safety Funds Sets Off an Uprising in Tennessee

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A bill in Tennessee would put make it harder to build safe streets for biking and walking. Photo: BikeLaw.com A bill to restrict spending on biking and walking infrastructure in Tennessee has ignited “a firestorm,” as the Chattanooga Times Free Press called it. Thousands of angry Tennesseans are urging representatives to vote against a bill from state senators Mike Carter and Todd Gardenhire that would [...]
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