FreightWaves bringing F3: Future of Freight Festival to Chattanooga in November
In-person festival celebrating the freight industry will take place at 30 locations around the Tennessee city
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FreightWaves in-person events quickly became known for their trendsetting experiences since their launch in 2018, but the COVID pandemic forced a change in 2020. While the company switched to virtual events last year, the same on-site experience was missing.
It won’t be later this year. FreightWaves will open the doors to an in-person event with F3: Future of Freight Festival.
FreightWaves will be bringing the F3: Future of Freight Festival to its home city of Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Nov. 8-10. Several thousand freight executives, supply chain leaders and industry stakeholders are expected to descend on Chattanooga – named one of America’s most livable cities – for the in-person event, which will take place not at one location like many events but throughou
Gainesville will take over control of a stretch of West University
The Florida Department of Transportation agreed to begin transferring responsibility of the road February 24, 2021 | 6:45am EST
Pedestrians walk down West University Avenue on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Signs down the road redirect traffic due to ongoing construction on the road, near UF campus and Midtown. Photo by Chasity Maynard | The Independent Florida Alligator
The Florida Department of Transportation will transfer control of the section of West University Avenue near UF campus to the city of Gainesville.
City and county officials met with FDOT representatives Monday at a meeting of the Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization, a joint operation between G
Gainesville City Commission responds to traffic safety concerns
Officials are discussing increased pedestrian lighting and road redesigns Photo by Ashley Hicks | The Independent Florida Alligator
Gainesville City Commissioners will meet with Florida traffic officials in a mounting effort to make roads safer after two student deaths less than two months apart on University Avenue.
The City Commission has broken down its efforts into a series of short- and long-term policies. Commissioners believe there are a number of immediate changes that can be made to stretches of the state highway inside the city, such as lowering the speed limit, equipping sidewalks with better lighting and increasing traffic enforcement.
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Almost exactly one month ago The Sun published a column from me about traffic safety and the work we must do as a community to make our roads safer for everyone. I wrote, “Death on our roadways can be a thing of the past.”
Less than a week later two cars crashed into each other on University Avenue in front of the University of Florida. One of the cars skidded into a group of students waiting to cross the street. Six people were taken to a hospital and one, 18-year-old Sophia Lambert, died from injuries sustained in the accident.
To say that my words from earlier that week ring hollow to me now is the height of understatement.