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Florida Port Directors Warn of Ripple Effect If Dockworkers Strike Goes Ahead
(image courtesy of Florida Seaports Council) (Orlando, Fla. — WMFE) Florida port directors held a conference call with Governor Rick Scott Thursday to warn about the impact of a looming dockworkers...
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Threatened Tortoises Make Way for Central Florida Toll Road
A gopher tortoise captured from a burrow on the Wekiva Parkway site (photo by Matthew Peddie) Construction of a 25-mile long toll road that will complete a beltway around Orlando is due to begin in...
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Mica Gets Transportation Subcommittee Posts
John Mica (photo by Matthew Peddie) Representative John Mica (R-FL) will retain some influence in helping set transportation policy, even though Pennsylvania Congressman Bill Shuster has taken over as...
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NASA’s Moon Mining Robot
NASA's RASSOR (Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot) (photo by Matthew Peddie) In a building at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, about 40 engineers and scientists are tackling the...
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Making Orlando’s Streets Safer for Pedestrians
Pedestrians fare better crossing low-speed streets like this one in Thornton Park, Orlando. But high-speed, multi-lane roads are more of a challenge. (Photo by Matthew Peddie) For years, Orlando has...
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Florida’s SunRail Is On Pace to Launch in 2014, Gets Another $87 Million in...
Federal Transit Administrator Peter Rogoff at Friday's SunRail announcement (photo by Matthew Peddie) Another infusion of federal cash is keeping central Florida’s SunRail project on track to open in...
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A Year After the Trayvon Martin Shooting, Florida City Examines Urban Design
Trayvon Martin memorial in Goldsboro, Sanford (photo by Matthew Peddie) Last year the shooting of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin thrust Sanford to the center of international attention — and...
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Toll Lanes Touted as Congestion Fix for Central Florida’s I-4
Artist's impression of the I-4 Ultimate project through Orlando (Image courtesy of Florida Department of Transportation) “We love Orlando, we love Mickey Mouse, we love Walt Disney, Universal, the...
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Object Lesson: How Sequestration Could Affect Small Airports
Chocks Away- business jet traffic at Kissimmee Gateway Airport could suffer if the control tower closes (photo by Matthew Peddie) Budget cuts brought about by sequestration could force the closure of...
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US Navy Could Use Blimps to Track Drug Submarines
The MZ-3A airship (photo by Doug Abbotts, US Navy) The US Navy has been testing a blimp in Jacksonville Florida to see if it could be used as a submarine spotter off the coast of Central and South...
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