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Memphis Transit Ask: $30 Million to Improve Service (Daily News) Growth Pressures Charlotte to Boost Transit, But Where’s the Money? (Biz Journal) Tampa Officials Now OK With Regional Transit Authority Bill (Florida Politics) Lakeland, FL Not Excited About Proposed FDOT Ped Bridges Over Train Tracks (Ledger) Feds Will Resolve Greenway Dispute in Roanoke (WSLS) Light Traffic for […]

Nashville Mayor Kicks Off Push to Pass a $6 Billion Transit Referendum (Tennessean) Florida Cyclists Debate the Value of Helmets (Daily Commercial) FL Chamber: Anti-Brightline Bill Is Regulation Gone Wild (TC Palm) SC Senate Passes Road Funding Plan (The State) Virginia Officials Oppose Sales Tax Hike for Metro Repairs (WTOP) Durham and Orange County Revise […]

Sarasota Looks to the Sea to Reduce Gridlock (Sarasota Magazine) Ponte Vedra Beach Residents Compare Crossing A1A to Frogger (St. Augustine Record) People Are Complaining About Fewer Car Lanes on Miami’s Brickell Avenue Bridge (Miami Today) Volunteers Paint Tampa Bike Lanes Green (Tampa Bay Times) Atlanta City Council Member Calls for Traffic Calming on Memorial Drive (Intown) Atlanta Mayor […]

Bike Paths? But What About the Drivers Who Want to Speed Through Decatur? (AJC) MARTA Adds Spaces for Frustrated New Park-and-Ride Commuters (AJC) Suburban Atlanta Builder Says Buyers Want Transit and Walkability (Curbed) Gas Tax Bill Heads to TN Gov. Haslam’s Desk (Chattanooga Times Free Press) Ashland, VA Forms Stakeholder Group to Study High-Speed Rail […]

Orlando Has a New Train Station, But No Trains Yet (Sentinel) Study Identifies Five Routes for Future Tampa Transit (Tampa Bay Times) A First-Person Account of Walking Tampa’s “Fair to Middling” Streets (Times) Dems Running for Charlotte Mayor Indicate Support for Transit (WSOC) Fairfax County, VA Expands Bike-Share, Approves New Sidewalks and Trails (WTOP) Hampton Roads […]

Drivers Are Killing Record Numbers of Pedestrians in Charlotte (Observer) Is MARTA Ready for Its Close-Up? (AJC) Electric Trolleys Are Returning to Memphis (Commercial Appeal) Fredericksburg Road Upgraded With Sidewalks, Paths, Roundabout (Free Lance Star) SC Senate Adjourns Without Voting on Transpo Funding (Greenville News) Construction Starts on Long-Awaited Athens, GA Rails-to-Trails Project (Flagpole) Gainesville, […]