Blake Aued is a News Editor at Flagpole Magazine. He focuses on transportation and mobility, climate change, and regional interests, often exploring the intersections of public transportation, climate policy, and real estate. Blake's work has been featured in Streetsblog USA, Ecotopical, Flagpole Magazine, and NewsBreak.
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Intercity buses are back: Since Flix acquired Greyhound five years ago, the company has upgraded its fleet, improved on-time performance and added 37 new lines.
A bill to keep transportation money flowing rolls back funds to pre-infrastructure act levels.
Plug-in hybrids are a "greenwashing stunt" that are not much cleaner or fuel efficient than fully gas-powered cars, according to Transport & Environment.
More than a decade after the proposal originally surfaced, Athens-Clarke County commissioners are once again considering banning plastic grocery bags, as well as plastic foam food containers.
Athens-Clarke County immediately put new security protocols into place and is reviewing its policies related to Flock cameras after a police department employee was fired for using the automated license-plate readers to track his ex-wife, top ACC officials told the mayor and commission. Police said Aug. 28 that Criminal Intelligence Analyst Supervisor Nick Barker, a civilian employee, had used the Flock system to search for his ex-wife’s license plate number “numerous times over the course of several months in 2025.” Barker has been fired, and both ACCPD’s Office of Professional Standards and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are looking into potential crimes. According to Police Chief Jerry Saulters, he initiated an audit of ACCPD personnel’s use of Flock after reports […]
By: Blake Aued
Selling or leasing county-owned property around Akins Ford Arena has always been part of the plan for funding its construction, and the Athens-Clarke County Commission took another step toward that goal last week. The county is putting a parcel known as the Kelley Diversified tract on Willow Street up for sale. The old City of Athens bought the land and built a warehouse in 1970, and for a time it was used for vocational training. The unified government declared it surplus in 2007, but bids came in well below expectations, so it was never sold. However, since then the area between downtown and the North Oconee River has been built up, so the property could be more desirable to developers […]
A short-term continuing resolution will keep federal transportation funds flowing for the next three months while Congress considers a new five-year bill,
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Cleaner air equals smarter children. That was the result of a Columbia University study that found that a reduction in tailpipe pollution, among
Just putting a bike in someone's hands is the best way to get them to ride one.
