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DUNEDIN — City officials are calling for action after the death of a 79-year-old pedestrian in an accident Jan. 7 at the downtown crosswalk on Edgewater Drive near the marina.

MADEIRA BEACH — City commissioners have taken the first step toward increasing the limits on development in John’s Pass Village, a change they said is needed to allow property owners

The construction on the US 19 pedestrian bridge near Harn Boulevard in Clearwater is nearing completion.

A couple was killed Tuesday night while crossing Gulf Boulevard in St. Petersburg, once again shining a light on the dangers faced by pedestrians in Pinellas County, especially in areas of heavy tourism.

CLEARWATER — Forward Pinellas, the countywide planning agency dedicated to transportation and land use, underwent a changing of the guard recently, as Indian Rocks Beach Mayor Cookie Kennedy concluded a

TREASURE ISLAND — City Commissioners are considering adding micromobility devices, such as electric bicycles and electric scooters, to its ordinances regulating traffic and vehicles with a host of new restrictions.

CLEARWATER — The Pinellas County Commission has its first Republican majority in nearly a decade, thanks to newcomer Brian Scott’s success in flipping his seat red on Election Day, but

DUNEDIN — City commissioners are addressing a pedestrian safety issue along the Edgewater Drive sidewalk one step at a time.

CLEARWATER — Plans for a new public transit center downtown will move forward after the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority secured its final piece of funding Nov. 15, with county commissioners

For the first time in Pinellas County, traffic crash victims and advocates walked along roads in Treasure Island and St. Petersburg for World Day of Remembrance.