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Tri-Rail Is Back Up and Running, and Rides Are Free Today (Sun Sentinel) Florida Bridges Tested for Safety After Hurricane Irma (FIU News) High Transportation Costs Are Bankrupting Rural Georgia Schools (Athens Banner-Herald) 40 Percent of DeKalb Sales Tax Would Go to Road Paving (AJC) Road Builders Endorse Northam for Virginia Governor (Augusta Free Press) […]

Mayor Megan Barry Talks Transit in Nashville Scene Q&A Baton Rouge Council Refuses to Hold Referendum on Transpo Tax (The Advocate) Heavy Rail? Light Rail? BRT? Fulton County Drills Down on Transit Study (AJC) Downtown Atlanta Master Plan Calls for Less Parking, Revamping MARTA Station (Intown Paper) Panama City Officials Want FDOT to Hurry Up […]

Fleeing Irma Wasn’t an Option for Those Who Lack Transportation (NBC 6) The Sun Sentinel Lays Out How to Get Around South Florida MARTA Closure Leads to Redditor’s Epiphany About Transit’s Importance (Curbed) TN Lawmaker Calls Nashville Transit Plan “Insanity,” Plugs Non-Existent Robocars (Flyer) Some GOP Candidates Want to Repeal TN Transpo Funding Law (Daily […]

Flooding Might Shut Down I-75 as Irma Evacuees Try to Return Home (Miami Herald) Traffic Is Terrible in Georgia (AJC) and North Carolina (News & Observer) Too MARTA Resumes Limited Service (AJC) Coalition Kicks Off Push to Pass Nashville Transit Plan (Business Journal) Driver Plows Into Bus in Latest Wreck on Notorious Charlotte Road (WSOC) […]

South Florida Buses, Trains, Taxis and Ride-Shares Back in Operation (Sun Sentinel) Except Miami Transit — Suspended Until Hurricane Debris Is Cleared (Herald) Irma Strews Debris All Over Florida Roads, Shuts Down Interstate (Washington Post) A Measly Hurricane Won’t Stop Orlando Motorists From Driving Recklessly (Sentinel) Causeway Jammed as Miami Beach Bars Residents From Returning […]

Buses, Taxis and Ride-Shares Suspend Service in Florida for Irma (Sun Sentinel) Transit Advocates Protest Charleston’s “Inadequate” Evacuation Buses (Post and Courier) I-16 Contraflow Ends as Savannah Evacuation Is Cancelled (11 Alive) MARTA Names Interim CEO, Will Hire Executive Search Firm (AJC) Plans Call for Road Diet on Atlanta’s Marietta Street (Curbed) Last Leg of […]