• 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 and Widen Road (News Herald)
• Bradley County, TN Residents Fight Widening Project (News Channel 9)
• Virginia Candidate Gillespie Flip-Flips on Transpo Funding (Daily News)
• Atlanta Mayoral Forum Will Focus on Transit, Walking, and Biking (Eventbrite)
• Atlanta BeltLine Park Will Open in 2019 (Curbed)
• Wanna Be a Lab Rat for Ford’s Robot Car Experiments? Good! (The Verge)

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• 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 News)
• Lack of Transportation Keeps Memphis Poverty Rate High (Commercial Appeal)
• Homestead, FL Seeks Grant for Multi-Modal Center (Miami Today)
• North Avenue “Smart Corridor” Launches Today in Atlanta (AJC)
• Charlotte Woos Amazon; Lack of Transit Puts Raleigh Out of Running (WSOC)
• Remembering Asheville’s Streetcars (Mountain XPress)

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• 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)
• Roanoke Amtrak Service Starts October 31; Tickets on Sale Now (Roanoke Times)
• For the Disabled and Injured, Virginia Tech Is Tough to Get Around (Collegiate Times)
• Zipcar Comes to Lexington — But With Only Two Cars (UKNow)
• MARTA Asks Hackers to Help Improve Atlanta Transit (Saporta Report)

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• 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 Home (New Times)
• Despite Popular Belief, There Are Alternatives to Widening I-81 in Tennessee (WITF)
• Virginia DOT Expects 40 Percent Cut for Transit Next Year (Free Lance-Star)
• Mississippi DOT Is Short 350 Workers Because It Can’t Pay Enough (Clarion-Ledger)
• Curbed Atlanta Checks In On Chamblee Transit-Oriented Development
• Planners Release Book on How to Build a Better Atlanta (Saporta Report)

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• 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 Road for Chattanooga Industries Will Cost Taxpayers $10 Million (Times Free Press)
• Williamson County, TN Offers School Bus Drivers $17.25 an Hour (Nashville Ledger)
• With More Funding on the Way, Memphis Transit Boosts Service to Schools (Flyer)
• Currituck County, NC Unveils Countywide Walking Trail (13 News Now)

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• Tampa Buses Will Shut Down Sunday in Anticipation of Irma (Tampa Bay Times)
• Abandoned Cars on Florida Turnpike Hamper State Troopers (Orlando Sentinel)
• Tampa Residents Fleeing Irma Turned Back By Traffic (Times)
• Roads Clogged in Carolinas as Ecavuees Head North (WNCN; Greenville Online)
• Tolls Suspended on I-75 South of Atlanta (CBS 46)
• Contraflow Lanes Opening Saturday on I-16 From Savannah Inland (WMGT)
• Georgia Officials Have High Standards for Next MARTA Chief (AJC)
• Non-Stop Development on New Orleans’ Lafitte Greenway (Curbed)
• After 30 Years, Sunflower Trail in Memphis Is Finally Complete (Daily News)

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• Florida: Gas Shortages and Price Gouging as Irma Approaches (Tallahassee Democrat)
• Florida and Coastal Georgia Evacuees Fill Metro Atlanta Highways (AJC)
• Departing MARTA CEO Brokered a Transit Cease-Fire in Georgia (AJC)
• Buckhead CID Plan Would Narrow Lanes, Add Multi-use Path to Lenox Road (Reporter)
• UNC-Chapel Hill Transit Celebrates 25 Years By Expanding (UNC News)
• Wilmington Traffic, Explained (Port City Daily)
• Transit Generates 130,000 Jobs, $600M in Tax Revenue in NoVa (WAMU)
• Business Coalition Pitches Nashville Voters on Transit Referendum (Tennessean)
• Biz Report Frets Baton Rouge Will Be Left Out of Trump’s Nonexistent Infrastructure Plan
• House Defeats AL Congressman’s Effort to Kill Amtrak (Railway Age)

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• Miami Evacuates Ahead of Category 5 Hurricane Irma (Herald)
• Harrowing Tales of Cycling in Miami (New Times)
• CEO Who Turned Around MARTA’s Finances Is Stepping Down (AJC)
• Board Chairman: Parker “Transformed” MARTA (Atlanta Magazine)
• Atlanta Mall Will Temporarily Transform Parking Spots Into Mini-Parks (Reporter)
• New Columbia, SC Bus Line Connects Entertainment Districts (Free Times)
• Greensboro News & Record Columnist Concern-Trolls LimeBike Riders
• Brunswick County, NC Residents Don’t Want $330 Million Parkway (WECT)
• Pricing Reforms Free Up Parking in Downtown Charlottesville (Tomorrow)
• Ole Miss Starts Six-Hub Bike Share (Oxford Eagle)