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Miami’s Problem Isn’t Scarce Parking, It’s Too Many Cars (Herald) … And Parking Rates That Incentivize Driving (Herald) Planning for Fort Lauderdale Streetcar Does Not Inspire Confidence (Sun Sentinel) Kasim Reed Pledges $60 Million to Buy the Rest of Atlanta BeltLine (Biz Chronicle) Athens, GA Voters Decide on Transpo Sales Tax Today (Flagpole) New Bus […]

MARTA Seeks Federal Funding to Extend Atlanta Heavy Rail Line (WABE) Broward Sales Tax Would Fund Hundreds of Buses and Streetcars (Sun Sentinel) Sun Sentinel Editorial Board Quotes Cato Report in Anti-Transit Rant Apparently 49,000 Parking Spaces Isn’t Enough for Downtown Memphis (C-A) Birmingham BRT Construction Will Start Early Next Year (Al.com) “No Parking” Signs Spark […]

Support for Metro Atlanta Transit Expansion Is High and Growing (Saporta Report) Athens, GA Driver Convicted of Killing Cyclist (ABH; Red & Black) BikeAthens: Bike Infrastructure Is for Workers, Not the Elite (Flagpole) Sales Tax Hike Would Pay to Fix DeKalb’s Janky Roads (AJC) 13 Percent of Alexandria Pedestrians Who Are Hit By Motorists Die […]

Gimenez Reneges on Metrorail Support, Tries to Sell Miami on BRT (Herald) Dallas Transit Is Bad and Nashville Can Avoid Repeating Its Mistakes (Tennessean) Austell, GA Will Cut Transit to Balance Budget (Marietta Daily Journal) Jacksonville, NC Transit Celebrates 10th Anniversary (Daily News) Jacksonville, FL Surveys Residents on How They Get Around (WJXT) Melbourne, FL […]

Tampa Officials Imagine a Sports Stadium Not Surrounded by Surface Parking (TB Times) Talking About Livable Streets and Transit Probably Won’t Draw Amazon to NC (WECT) Memphis Bike-Share Looks for Permanent HQ and Warehouse (Flyer) Louisville Drops Traffic Charges Against Cycling Advocate (Courier-Journal) Study on “The Stitch” Plan to Cap Downtown Atlanta Freeway Kicks Off (Curbed) […]

If DeKalb Tax Passes, MARTA Will Fund BRT Before Building More Rail (AJC) Nashville Transit Plan Will Increase Density, Protect Greenspace (Tennessean) Atlanta BeltLine Eastside Trail Extension Officially Opens Friday (Curbed) Complete Streets Group Endorses Athens, GA Transpo Tax (Banner-Herald) Brookhaven, GA Gas Station Replaces Greenway Connection With Dumpster (Reporter) Corporate Feud Could Leave Miami […]