About $49,000 in cash is missing from the Gainesville Regional Airport parking lot payment system, airport employees have discovered. What airport management does not know is where the money went. Airport chief executive Allan Penksa said the airport’s accountant in late February noticed a discrepancy in the cash that should have …
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The city of Gainesville is teaming up with UF and FDOT to research, develop and test autonomous vehicles and human-operated vehicles synced to traffic signals on campus and city streets.
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After a four-year battle in the Florida Legislature, lawmakers on Wednesday passed statewide regulations for ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft that would undo a patchwork of local rules across the state.
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Marion County has partnered with CSX Transportation and the Florida Department of Transportation to establish three quiet zones at track intersections along U.S. Highway 301.
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Four people were killed Sunday afternoon when a single engine plane crashed at the Williston Airport. The identities of the four were not immediately known, nor was the cause of the crash.
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The average "net" cost for students earning baccalaureate degrees at Florida universities last year was $14,820, according to a new measurement that will be used to evaluate the schools this summer.
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The parking garage for The Standard, a new student apartment complex under construction on the corner of University Avenue and 13th Street, might have been built too large and might be encroaching on Florida Department of Transportation's right of way, according to an FDOT investigation.
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Tuesday marked the one-year anniversary of Governor Rick Scott approving HB 7027, a bill that loosened restrictions on automated vehicles in the state of Florida in an effort to increase testing of autonomous and connected vehicles.
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Budget cuts for the Putnam County School Board will result in discontinued transportation for students who live within two miles of a middle school and high school. The decision was made in order to avoid making cuts in classrooms or with faculty members.
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At Monday’s Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization for the Gainesville Urbanized Area meeting, local commissioners and the mayor considered improvements to local bike lanes and I-75.
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