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Associated PressOctober 6, 2016

Hundreds of thousands of anxious people boarded up their homes and businesses and grabbed a few belongings to flee inland as Hurricane Matthew gained strength and roared toward the Southeast seaboard on Thursday. In Florida, Gov. Rick Scott said the state, its skies already darkening from early outer rain bands of the life-threatening storm, could […]

Phil AmmannNovember 15, 2015

Uber is taking the next big step in trying to break Miami-Dade’s growing traffic congestion. On Thursday, the San Francisco-based ride-sharing tech company launches uberPOOL, a next-generation carpool service that matches passengers going in the same direction, while allowing them to split the cost of the ride. Ryan Graves, Uber’s Senior Vice President and Head of […]

Guest AuthorMay 13, 2015

I may have missed an upgrade or 2, but I believe Avenir 3.0 was just released. This version appears to shed its former illusions of becoming an eco-tourism triumph (1.0), and a New Urbanist Utopia (2.0). Avenir 3.0 rebrands the Vavrus Ranch development as a simple and pragmatic solution to a host of problems the […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorFebruary 26, 2015

Florida Department of Transportation officials will be on hand 5 to 7 Thursday evening to answer questions and present the Gateway Expressway project to residents. The meeting will be at the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority’s administration building located at 3201 Scherer Drive, St. Petersburg. The location is appropriate considering it’s just about ground zero for […]

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Hundreds of thousands flee Florida coast to escape Matthew’s fury

Miami-Dade to get #uberPOOL, new Uber carpool service

Timothy Hullihan: Why Palm Beach Gardens and Palm Beach County should shun Avenir 3.0

FDOT officials bring expressway plans to Pinellas