WUFT News News and Public Media for North Central Florida from the University of Florida in Gainesville

More than 600,000 travelers are expected to pass through Orlando International Airport this Memorial Day weekend.

Airline industry experts are working with a consortium to bring new routes to the city.

More than $500,000 worth of traffic-signal improvements will start on Monday at two busy Gainesville intersections. The Florida Department of Transportation’s project will replace traffic signals, poles and pedestrian countdown signals on East University Avenue at its intersections with East 14th and East 15th streets, according to a news release from …

Alachua County Sheriff's Office is reporting that Interstate 75 Southbound has reopened at mile marker 382 after being shutdown due to an overturned milk truck.

Four large population states — California, Florida, Texas and New York — accounted for 42 percent of the pedestrian deaths in the first six months of 2015.

A recent crash in The Villages that involved a golf cart and resulted in two deaths on Feb 21. put a renewed focus on golf cart safety in the community.

The Senate and House have taken different positions on the issue.

A public hearing will be held Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. to debate three damaged bridges in northeast Gainesville. A tax assessment for those affected and alternative options will be discussed.

Officials are currently searching for destinations and stops that benefit both the railway and its passengers.

The University of Florida's Gatorloop team have made it into the final round to test their hyperloop, a high-speed transportation design. Gatorloop is one of the first ones who began creating the hyperloop.

A 30-year plan by RTS is hoping to save $13,000 per bus. Their plan is to switch to compressed natural gas, or CNG.

The bridge, which spans a creek near Waldo Road, provides access to 13 or so occupied houses, resident Diana Lancaster said.

A change in a city ordinance allows a new form of transportation in the city -- the "pedibus."

An Alachua County Commissioners Meeting was held to discuss improving existing routes on I-75 and limiting environmental harm.

Anyone in possession of the popular, self-balancing hoverboards will be denied service from the Regional Transit System buses.

Mayoral candidate Lauren Poe and City Commission District 4 candidate Adrian Hayes-Santos won the Gainesville Citizens for Active Transportation’s (GCAT) endorsement over Donald Shepherd and Jim Konish, respectively, at the GCAT candidate forum Wednesday evening.

The re-striping of the road should be completed by April.

A Gainesville resident is challenging the way the city enforces parking downtown. “The sign says you are legally allowed to park for two hours,” Kelsey Naylor said. “To get ticketed at an hour and forty minutes, how is that fair?”

A heads up for your travels around Gainesville over the coming weeks: you will hit a traffic delay or two on NW 8th Avenue. Multiple lanes are closed for construction, and while construction will pause for Thanksgiving and on Friday, it will resume Monday. Gainesville’s Public Works Department has resurfaced the east …

The annual Downtown Festival & Art Show is this weekend, and like its name suggests, it will be held in downtown Gainesville on Nov. 14 and 15. Due to the expected high levels traffic, Gainesville Regional Transit System released a map of alternatives to the usual downtown routes. Roads will be closed …

Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency's Southwest Fifth Avenue project built new sidewalks in the community of Porters in downtown Gainesville. The CRA received the Out-of-the-Box Award from the Florida Redevelopment Association on Oct. 22 for addressing issues in the Porters neighborhood. These redevelopments have given community members a new sense of pride for their neighborhood.

As part of the University of Florida's goal to promote safe bicycling and walking on campus, a new shared use path is being constructed.

Commuters traveling by the University of Florida tomorrow can expect heavy traffic and delays, as well as those using RTS. Find a list of select RTS routes being affected, and a map for traffic prone roads to avoid.

Gainesville residents living near Depot Avenue are seeing clouds of dust and dust lines left on the street. With more construction under way in the area, a local soil researcher says the dust being left behind can pose harmful health effects.

Northwest 8th Avenue's resurfacing project will include upgrades to safety for pedestrians. The road was not originally designed with pedestrians in mind, but will have bicycle lanes and wider sidewalks when the project is completed.

Several individuals in Gainesville have taken up the hobby of modifying scooters, one even for business ventures.

Due to a lack of parking spots in the Grove, residents are illegally parking and getting towed.