Transportation

Lovebugs, or more specifically Plecia neartica, are the little black and orange bugs that resemble fireflies that become the scourge of drivers across Central Florida, especially along I-4, twice a year.

According to the Florida Department of Transportation in 2017-2021 statewide, Florida experienced more than 53,000 work-zone related crashes, including more than 356 fatalities, and more than 1,904 severe injuries.

The issue of how to distribute the $570 million will be taken up during the 2024 legislative session.

The initial version of the bill, filed by Zephyrhills Republican Sen. Danny Burgess, brought up exploring the potential dissolution of HART within its first few sentences, and mentioned it seven times throughout the legislation’s language.

The project, which is slated to cost more than $240 million, is taking place between State Road 580 and County Road 95.

The Florida Department of Transportation is developing an $11.9 million wildlife overpass across a section of I-4 that’s designed to protect wildlife from the threats posed by the highway.

The board voted Tuesday to pay Le Grand roughly $90,000 along with two months of health benefits, with her resigning the position immediately.

A new investigation of a law that allows Florida law enforcement to ticket drivers for loud music found that Black drivers received almost 37% of the tickets, despite making up about 16% of the state's driving-eligible population.

The ferry celebrated its 62,131st rider of the season on April 29.

The organization made a long stretch of Park Boulevard in Pinellas Park the focus of the pilot, from west of 71st St to east of US 19.

Uber and Lyft drivers will rally at airports across Florida Friday kicking off a historic effort to unionize rideshare drivers in the state.

The mural is on the intersection of Cass and Tyler, which creates a gap between the Tampa Riverwalk