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New Wal-Mart Stores Designed to Draw Customers Who Walk and Bike (Democrat Gazette) Relay, Atlanta’s Bike-Share Program, Launches June 9 (Creative Loafing) Atlanta to Spend $1 Billion On Bike/Ped Projects in Next 25 Years (Bicycling) Atlanta’s I-285 Is America’s Deadliest Interstate (AJC) If Atlanta Votes to Join MARTA, Will Neighboring Jurisdictions Follow Suit? (AJC) Clarksville […]

NC House Passes Bill to Cancel I-77 Toll Project (Charlotte Observer) Is Transit the Solution to Florida Congestion and Dangerous Roads? (Herald Tribune) Tampa Looks to Miami for Cues on How Not to Build a New Ball Park (TBO) Jacksonville Intersection Will Preserve Iconic Traffic-Calming Beacon (Florida Times-Union) Orlando Airport Train Station Slated for Late 2017 […]

Palm Beach Post Devotes Seven Sentences to 588 Pedestrians Killed by Florida Motorists Miami-Dade Parking Violation Fees May Go to Fund Transit (Miami Today) Miami-Dade Begins Process Of Updating Metrorail, Starting With Control Systems (ITS International) With People Like This Guy Allowed to Drive, Little Wonder Florida Roads Are So Deadly (QC Online) Suburban Nashville Leaders Head to Denver to Learn About […]

Alabama and Florida Among Most Dangerous States to Walk (WAAY) SFRTA Votes to Allow Tri-Rail Service at New MiamiCentral Station (Miami Herald) When Will GDOT Threaten to Close Georgia’s Dangerous Road System? (AJC 1, 2) Former Atlanta Mayor Knocks Cobb County, Braves for Lack of Transit at New Stadium (AJC) Raleigh Newspaper Doesn’t Get Density (City Beautiful 21) Nashville Needs Better Land Use Planning in […]

Hattiesburg-Based Transit System Launches On-Demand Car Service (WDAM) City Leaders Call for Traffic Calming on Drayton, Whitaker Streets (Business in Savannah) AJC Traffic Columnist Still Doesn’t Understand What’s Wrong With the Atlanta Streetcar Memphis Area Transit System Stuck With “Lemon” Buses to Match Shelved Trolleys (Commercial Appeal) New Orleans Used Design Competition to Reclaim Vacant […]

Memphis Misses Its Streetcars (Commercial Appeal) The Miami Herald Editorial Board Speaks Out in Favor of Tri-Rail Expansion Mississippi Coast Transit Authority Now Offers a Free Trolley to the Beach and Casino (WDAM) GDOT Threatens to Shut Atlanta Streetcar as Road Carnage Continues Unabated (WTVM) Can Atlanta Find Its Way Out of the Parking Desert? (WABE) … Not If the […]