Transportation

Transportation is just as important as housing in the quest to make an Orlando a better place to live. Austin Valle with the advocacy group Orlando YIMBY, says he’s pushing the city to address both issues.

President Biden is expected to meet with Senate Republicans today to discuss funding for the plan.

The future of transportation and urban design in Orlando could include flying taxis, self-driving cars and a park under I-4. Tanya Wilder, who was named Orlando’s transportation director last February, joins Intersection to discuss the future of transportation design and the age-old problem of making roads safer.

It could take until 2025 for airport traffic to return to pre-COVID levels.

The state has already spent more than a million dollars on building the first pedestrian bridge over the Overseas Highway in the Keys.

The Key West Art and Historical Society has a permanent exhibit about the Overseas Railway, which linked the Keys to the mainland from 1912 to 1935. So curator Cori Convertito was excited when she got an inquiry from a man in Ormond Beach who said he had the clock that was originally from the railway's terminal in Key West.

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer said it could take some time for transportation in Central Florida to recover after the pandemic. Dyer's comments came during the announcement of the Orlando Economic Partnership’s blueprint for the region’s transit future.

Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings and the Board of County Commissioners met today for the first of two work sessions to consider a penny sales tax for transportation. The county collected more than 11,000 surveys from residents on transportation in the region

The one hour comment period was dominated by resident concerns that the county already had money for public transportation.

There will be two new rideshare hubs opening in Orlando this spring.