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When Republicans take control in Washington, they will try to slash funding for transit, street safety and infrastructure. But reining in infrastructure spending may not be so bad for the climate.

"Just as we know the top factors causing roadway deaths, we also have the solutions to stem the traffic safety crisis. The key now is leadership – to act on this knowledge and put proven, life-saving tools in place."

Mike Tyson may not believe in legacies, but state DOTs do. They've left their legacies in the form of all-but-uncrossable 12-lane stroads scarring cities.

In cities all over the country, people gathered on Sunday to remember the thousands of people who've been killed in car crashes.

State Rep. Spencer Frye (D-Athens). Credit: Anna Watkins/file

One was brutally murdered on an Athens trail. The other was mortally wounded on an Athens trail. That’s where the similarities between Laken Riley and Santonio Coleman end. Amidst national media attention, a massive multi-agency manhunt took a suspect into custody just days after Riley, a white female college student, was found dead on the trails near UGA’s Lake Herrick. Meanwhile, because Coleman was a Black gay man or transgender woman, their death has not received nearly the same attention from the media or the police. (Coleman’s relatives used masculine language, but others said they identified as trans.) “Many of us feel like, if this person was someone like Laken Riley—I’m just going to go ahead and say it—there would […]

Athens residents love trails and want more of them, according to surveys conducted for a new Leisure Services Department master plan. Sandy Creek Nature Center (90%), Firefly Trail (88%), Sandy Creek Park and Lake Chapman (87%) and the North Oconee River Greenway (82%) were among the top five recreational facilities that residents said they were most satisfied with, along with the Lyndon House Arts Center (84%). Nature programs had the highest satisfaction rate of any type of program—gymnastics, dance, aquatics, etc.—with 79% very or somewhat satisfied. And trails were by far the amenity that respondents listed as most important for their household. Despite a high satisfaction rate, trails were also the amenity that the most people said needs improvement, at […]

Former "The Real World" cast member Sean Duffy is also a champion lumberjack. Will he take an axe to transit spending as Trump's transportation secretary?

The outgoing transportation secretary reflects on the Biden administration's legacy.

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