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Feds Maneuver to End Lawsuit, Move Forward With Brightline (Palm Beach Post) DC Pressures Virginia to Increase Funding for the Metro (Washington Post) Orange County, University of Central Florida Agree to Street Safety Plan (Orlando Sentinel) A New Atlanta Resident Notices the City Isn’t Very Walkable (Paste) Neighbors Think Atlanta BeltLine Development Is Both Too Tall […]

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  • Feds Will Build CNG and Charging Stations on Georgia Freeways (AJC)
  • Trump Could Widen Freeways, Expand Light Rail in Florida (Orlando Sentinel)
  • Will Florida Republicans Fund Light Rail or Stick to Ideology? (Miami Herald)
  • Lake Charles, LA Gets Into Complete Streets (American Press)
  • Study Says Louisiana Has the Worst Drivers in the Country (WWL)
  • Technology Will “Revolutionize” Transportation in Nashville (Tennessean)
  • Ex-Tennessee Rep. Harold Ford Under Consideration for Transpo Secretary (Townhall)
  • Congress Shouldn’t Repeal Trucker Rest Laws (Lexington Herald Leader)
  • Virginia Will Miss Deadline for New Metro Safety Agency (Washington Post)
  • Feds Approve New NC Interstate (Rocky Mountain Telegram)

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  • Big Bright Signs Won’t Give Downtown Atlanta Its Own Times Square (City Lab)
  • Atlantans Push to Make Room for Cyclists on DeKalb Avenue (Creative Loafing)
  • Snellville, Atlanta’s Poster Child for Sprawl, Wants to Get Livable (AJC)
  • Parents Complained About Chattanooga School Bus Driver Who Killed Five Kids (WBNS)
  • Few States Require Seat Belts on School Buses (WJHL) But Maybe They Should (Knoxville News Sentinel)
  • $5B Transpo Plan Spurs Nashville’s First Transit-Oriented Development (Tennessean)
  • Fort Myers, FL Trolley Adds New Stop (Neighbor)
  • December 9 Is Public Transit Day in Miami (Miami Today)
  • Vienna, VA Designated Bicycle-Friendly (Inside NoVa)

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  • Miami Beach Residents Say Light Rail Won’t Help Traffic (The Real Deal)
  • Orange and Durham Counties Face Shortfall for NC Light Rail (News & Observer)
  • Speeding Driver Crashes School Bus in Chattanooga, Killing Five Children (Times Free Press, NYT)
  • Reversible Toll Lanes in Clayton County, GA Near Completion (WSB)
  • Maryland Will Replace Bridge to Virginia (Baltimore Sun)
  • Memphis Is Revitalizing the Historic Pinch District (Commercial Appeal)
  • Atlanta Approves Grants for Businesses Along MLK, Howell Mill Corridors (Saporta Report)
  • Orlando Sentinel Endorses Mica for Transpo Secretary
  • Revival of Pensacola Amtrak Service Draws Closer (News Journal)

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Advocates of Color are Elevating a Different Perspective on Safe Streets

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Last week, advocates convened in Atlanta for the Untokening, a gathering for people who’ve felt isolated or tokenized within the safe streets movement, and an opportunity to put their perspectives front and center. Stefani Cox, who attended, posted this report on the Better Bike Share Blog: According to one attendee, about two-thirds of the Untokening participants were people of color, and […]

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  • Chattanooga High-Speed Rail Advocates Look to Trump (Times Free Press)
  • Hanover County Could Oppose DC-Richmond High-Speed Rail (Times-Dispatch)
  • After Failed Vote in Virginia Beach, Norfolk Light Rail Might Be a Decade Away (Virginian-Pilot)
  • With Trump’s Win, Atlanta Transit Expansion Is in Republican Hands (AJC)
  • Inside Miami’s Complicated Transit Politics (Herald)
  • In South Carolina, Rails to Trails Are Economic Development (Spartanburg Herald Journal)
  • Lyft Debuts “Luxury” Car Service in Miami (South Florida Business Journal)
  • Uber’s Return Draws Mixed Reactions in Tuscaloosa (Crimson White)
  • Ocean Springs, MS Residents Want to Slow Drivers on Major Road (Gulf Live)
  • Alma, AR Takes Steps Toward Sidewalk Connectivity (Greenwood Democrat)

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