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Virginia’s transportation funding plan was finally in place. ‘Then COVID-19 hit.’ | Govt-and-politics

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Success came in 2013, when the assembly approved a $6 billion transportation funding package — sponsored by then-House Speaker Bill Howell, R-Stafford, and supported by then-Gov. Bob McDonnell — much larger in scope than they originally sought. The final package included long-sought regional funding for transportation priorities in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads.

Secretary of Finance Aubrey Layne, then a member of the Commonwealth Transportation Board, said Southard played an important role in getting the bill passed, as well as subsequent legislation that led to the creation of the Smart Scale program for ranking state transportation projects and committing money to get them done.

“He was a steadfast proponent of transportation funding,” Layne said.

Later, as transportation secretary under Gov. Terry McAuliffe, Layne said he initially clashed with Southard and his industry over reforms to the Public Private Transportation Act to protect the state’s interests in major highway deals with

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After driving into a tree, drunk driver complains the vehicle he hit swerved into him: Broadview Heights Police Blotter

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BROADVIEW HEIGHTS, Ohio



a car parked in a parking lot: Broadview Heights Police Car

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Broadview Heights Police Car

Drunken driving, Windsor Way: On Sept. 6, police were dispatched to a one-car crash on Windsor Way.

An arriving officer located a red Chevy Trax, which struck a tree. The driver, who was still in the Trax, smelled like booze.

When asked if he had been drinking, the man slurred, “Oh, yeah, a couple of drinks.” The man then attempted to explain the car crash to the officer.

He said the car he hit swerved into him. At that point, the office corrected the driver and told him he actually hit a tree.

The driver then looked up and admitted he indeed hit a tree. After failing a field sobriety test — during which he said, “You are going to arrest me anyways, you might as well do it” — the man was arrested for drunken driving.

The officer

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Topeka transportation service takes financial hit from pandemic

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TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT)- Many small businesses have taken a hit financially due to the pandemic. One people might not think about as often is a travel service, like Cortez Transportation Company in Topeka.

The company relies heavily on weddings and parties for its business, but the drivers haven’t seen many of those since early March. Owner Carlos Cortez said his company is currently down 74% in revenue this year and he has already applied for loans.

“We got the host fund, the PPP plan and there are different grants we are still applying for now,” said Cortez. “The city grant is still available and the state grant is still available.”

To stay afloat financially in the middle of the pandemic, he is finding new ways to utilize his fleet of cars he has to typically shuttle people around. He is teaming up with local restaurants to deliver food.

One restaurant

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Jersey City man killed after being hit by car and bus in Bayonne hit-and-run

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A Jersey City man was killed after being hit by a car and then a bus in Bayonne on Thursday night.

Do you know what to do if you’re in an accident?

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A car-size asteroid called 2020 QG nearly hit Earth on Sunday

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  • An asteroid the size of a car flew within about 1,830 miles of Earth this weekend — closer than any known space rock has ever come without crashing into the planet.
  • A NASA-funded program detected the asteroid, called 2020 QG, six hours after its close approach.
  • If the asteroid had hit Earth, it probably would have exploded in the atmosphere in an airburst too high up to do any damage on the ground.
  • But the near miss highlights a major blind spot in Earth’s programs to search for dangerous asteroids.
  • Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories.

A car-size asteroid flew within about 1,830 miles (2,950 kilometers) of Earth on Sunday.

That’s a remarkably close shave — the closest ever recorded, in fact, according to asteroid trackers and a catalog compiled by Sormano Astronomical Observatory in Italy. 

Because of its size, the space rock most likely wouldn’t have posed any

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Transportation revenues take a hit

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Pointing to issues such as the coronavirus pandemic, economists say Florida will collect about $1.5 billion less than expected in transportation-related revenues during the next several years.

The economists, who meet as the Revenue Estimating Conference, said in a new report that the cumulative amount of money going into the State Transportation Trust Fund during a period ending in the 2025-2026 fiscal year would be $1.485 billion below earlier projections, or 5.7%.

The largest hit will come during the current 2020-2021 fiscal year, when revenues are expected to be $432.2 million below earlier projections.

The State Transportation Trust Fund, which receives money from fuel taxes and other sources, plays a key role in paying for transportation projects.

The report said fuel tax revenues will be less than projected for a series of reasons, including “decreased consumption of motor fuel and other fuels (diesel, aviation and off-highway fuel)

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Former candidate for governor hit by car while jogging

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  • During his losing 2010 campaign for governor, Oz Griebel shared a laugh during a visit to the former Southport Brewing Company in Fairfield. Photo: Brian A. Pounds / ST / Connecticut Post

    During his losing 2010 campaign for governor, Oz Griebel shared a laugh during a visit to the former Southport Brewing Company in Fairfield.

    During his losing 2010 campaign for governor, Oz Griebel shared a laugh during a visit to the former Southport Brewing Company in Fairfield.


    Photo: Brian A. Pounds / ST


Photo: Brian A. Pounds / ST

During his losing 2010 campaign for governor, Oz Griebel shared a laugh during a visit to the former Southport Brewing Company in Fairfield.

During his losing 2010 campaign for governor, Oz Griebel shared a laugh during a visit to the former Southport Brewing Company in Fairfield.



Photo: Brian A. Pounds / ST


HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A former two-time candidate for Connecticut governor was hit by a car while jogging in Pennsylvania and is receiving

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Mountain Brook police need help locating vehicle suspected in fatal hit and run

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Update 4/21: The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office has identified the victim as Jack Henry Moody, 23, of Birmingham.Officials said Moody was the lone rider of a motor cycle traveling west on Highway 280. He drove through the Overton Road intersection under a green light and collided with a vehicle turning onto Highway 280 from Overton Road. The vehicle left the scene without rendering aid to Moody or reporting the accident to authorities.Moody was taken to UAB Hospital where he was pronounced dead on April 17, according to the coroner’s report.Mountain Brook police need help locating a vehicle suspected to be involved in a fatal hit and run on Overton Road.Police said one person was killed late last week as a result of the accident.Authorities are looking for an older white or silver-colored work van.Anyone with information is asked to call the Mountain Brook Police Department at 205-802-2414.

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Kolby Crum, one of the Moore High School students hit by vehicle, has died

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PORSHA: YES MECCA, VERY HEARTBREAKING FOR SURE — MANY TAKING TO SOCIAL DESCRIBING — SOCIAL MEDIA, DESCRIBING CRUM AS SELFLESS AND GENUINE SAYING HE MAY BE GONE BUT WON’T EVER BE FORGOTTEN. THOUSANDS KEEPING MOORE IN THEIR HEARTS AS THEY NOW MOURN THE LIFE OF THE THIRD MOORE STUDENT KILLED BY A DRUNK DRIVER. THIS PAGE DEDICATED TO CRUM REMEMBERING HIM AS THE TYPE OF PERSON WHO IMPACTED MANY ASKING FOR PEACE AND PRAYERS FOR HIS FAMILY. THE MOORE WAR RUN PAGE ALSO SHARING, SAYING HE WAS A TALENTED RUNNER WHO ALWAYS FINISHED HIGH AND NEVER STOPPED PUSHING HIMSELF. HIS FRIENDS AT D.Z. COMICS HAVE BEEN HOSTING FUNDRAISERS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK TO HELP IN ANYWAY THEY CAN, SAYING THIS JUST DAYS AGO, CHRIS DIAZ DZ >> HE WOULD COME HERE AND HANG OUT AND BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY. THAT’S WHY HE’S TOUCHED SO MANY PEOPLE. PORSHA: RACHEL FREEMAN AND … Read More

How to Not Get Hit by Cars

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important lessons in Bicycle Safety

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This page shows you real ways you can get hit and real ways to avoid them. This is a far cry from normal bicycle safety guides, which usually tell you little more than to wear your helmet and to follow the law.  But consider this for a moment: Wearing a helmet will do absolutely nothing to prevent you from getting hit by a car.  Sure, helmets might help you if you get hit, but your #1 goal should be to avoid getting hit in the first place.  Plenty of cyclists are killed by cars even though they were wearing helmets.  Ironically, if they had ridden without helmets, yet followed the advice on this page, they might still be alive today.  Don’t fall for the

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