• WSB Talks to People Who Are Organizing for Heavy Rail in North Fulton
• Atlanta Streetcar to Debut Mobile Payment App Next Month (WABE)
• Tampa “Parking Crunch” Reflects Lack of Transportation Options (TBO)
• In a World of On-Demand Taxis, NOLA Riders Still Don’t Know When Bus Is Coming (Times-Picayune)
• Tennesseans Protest Dumb Bill to Prevent Gas Tax Revenues From Funding Bike-Ped Infra (TFP)
• TN Group Promotes “Steel Interstate” System for Freight and Passengers (Times-News)
• Groundbreaking Friday for Downtown Raleigh Transit Hub Renovation (News & Observer)
• Invoking Carmageddon, Arkansas DOT Opposes Little Rock Highway Teardown (Arkansas Online)

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• Mississippi Governor: Amtrak Means a Gulf Coast Revival (Alabama Live)
• Congress Members, Local Electeds Rally for Amtrak Service to Gulf Coast (WJAX)
• TDOT Commissioner: Transit to Help Nashville Congestion Won’t Be Cheap (Nashville Biz Journal)
• Tennessee Bill to Allow PPPs Would Build Toll Lanes, Won’t Help Transit (Nashville Biz Journal)
• MARTA Funding Bill Passes Senate Transportation Committee (Atl Biz Chronicle)
• Might Gwinnett Leaders Be Dragged Into the 21st Century? (AJC)
• Emory University President: Investment in Transit Critical for Region (Atl Biz Chronicle)
• Athens Transit to Apply for State Grant to Buy Hybrid Buses (Red & Black)
• Hit-and-Run Driver Hits 4 Cyclists Near Raleigh; 2 Victims Critical (WNCN)

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• Industrial Canal Flood Walls Need Improvements, Shouldn’t Be Used to Store Surges (Times-Picayune)
• Elected Officials, Hundreds of Neighboring Residents, Greet Amtrak Inspection Train (North Escambia)
• Alabama’s Governor Missed the Train Tour (Alabama Live)
• Birmingham Biz Journal Looks Back on Birmingham’s Complicated History With High Speed Rail
• Atlanta Suburbs Launch Study of Gondolas (Atl Biz Chronicle)
• Another Historic Atlanta Building With Gone With The Wind Ties Slated For Demolition (Curbed)
• Homeowners Association Seek Moratorium Against Development on Turnpike (Community Newspapers)

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• Proposed MARTA Expansion “Compromise” Would Cost Hundreds of Millions (GAPol.com)
• Alpharetta Mayor: More Highways Would Be Better for Atlanta Than More Transit (Patch)
• People Who Rely on Transit Not a Concern of the Powers-That-Be in Memphis (Commercial Appeal)
• Middle Tennessee Officials Support $1.2 Billion Regional Transit Plan (Nashville Biz Journal)
• You Can Take a 3-D Tour of the Boca Train Museum (Sun Sentinel)
• Amtrak Inspection Train Rolls Out for 2-Day Gulf Coast Tour (AlabamaLive)
• The Pulse Profiles Historic Gulf Train Stations That Might See Restored Service

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• Kasim Reed Vows to Spike Transpo Funding Initiative If MARTA Is Shortchanged (AJC)
• MARTA Funding Bill Has First Hearing in Senate (Atl Biz Chronicle)
• Officials Talk Transit as Gridlock Chokes Tampa Area Beaches (TBO)
• Related: St. Pete Submits Federal Grant Application for Gondolas (Florida Politics)
• The Crack Truth Squad at WSB-TV Discovers Transportation Is Subsidized
• Some Atlanta Suburbs Are Rethinking Car Dependence (WABE)
• Charleston Transit Advocates Want Improved Service, Not Fewer Bus Stops (Post and Courier)

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• You Know You Have a Good Project When the Cato Institute Comes After It (The Advocate)
• Wake County Officials Take Transportation Plan on Road Show (News & Observer)
• However You Cut the Data, People Want MARTA (Curbed)
• So Do AJC Staff and Mid-Fulton Residents (AJC)
• GA Sen. John Albers: Grown-Ups Have Cars, Not Rail Passes (AJC)
• ATL Bike Coalition Wants Street Improvements After Driver Kills High School Student (AJC)
• Atlanta’s Newest Toll Lane Project Half Complete (AJC)
• Feds Will Take Light Rail Funds If Virginia Beach Votes for Second Referendum (VA Pilot)

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