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The Macon Newsroom provides regular news updates from Macon-Bibb County boards, authorities, and commissions.

New pedestrian safety measures, Bicentennial Park opening, Transit driver shortage

This Macon-Bibb agenda recap includes Pedestrian Safety Review Board, Urban Development Authority and Transit Authority
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
April 1, 2025
Macon-Bibb County crews work on the reversible lane on Vineville Avenue, but parts are getting hard to come by on the obsolete system.

Vineville ‘suicide lane’ near death

GDOT, Macon-Bibb must decide future traffic plan as failing equipment is obsolete
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
March 26, 2025
Voters will decide fate of penny tax this Tuesday

Voters will decide fate of penny tax this Tuesday

Staff
March 17, 2025
There are also Macon residents who chose to ignore the signs. A pedestrian is shown after continuing through the roadwork in the rain. Photo credit: Angel Colquitt

Pedestrians fatalities in Macon-Bibb

Macon Newsroom Staff
January 28, 2025
Members of Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful, the United Way of Central Georgia and community volunteers walk along Watkins Lane while participating in a Walking School Bus audit for Burdell-Hunt Elementary School Tuesday.

East Macon students tread hazardous paths to school. Community wants to change that

'I didn't realize how bad her walk was,' teacher says of third grade student's trek to school
Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
September 26, 2024
Janice McCrary uses the new medianettes on Gray Highway one sweltering afternoon in August 2024. The 59-year-old lives in an apartment at McAfee Towers and was on the way back from eating lunch at Dairy Queen.

Macon-Bibb County gets millions to fix one of its deadliest roads

U.S. DOT grants $5.6 million for Gray Highway safety improvements
Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
September 9, 2024
A Macon Transit Authority bus wheels into the bus hub it shares with Greyhound late afternoon Tuesday.

MTA butts heads with Greyhound, hot buses spark heated exchange

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
September 4, 2024
Janice McCrary uses the new medianettes on Gray Highway one sweltering afternoon in August 2024. The 59-year-old lives in an apartment at McAfee Towers and was on the way back from eating lunch at Dairy Queen.

One of Macon’s deadliest highways is made a bit safer

Gray Highway is among the deadliest highways for pedestrians in Bibb County
Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
August 13, 2024
Jan Smith hugs members of her legal team after the final hearing before Georgia's Public Service Commission on the issue of whether or not a local railroad can use eminent domain to take rural land which has been in her husband's family since the 1920s.

Sparta residents and the railroad they oppose get a final hearing

Grant Blankenship, Georgia Public Broadcasting
August 8, 2024
A man was hit by a car at Cotton Avenue and Cherry Street in early June.

Macon wants to add ‘teeth’ to rules keeping downtown sidewalks clear

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
June 18, 2024
An enhanced crosswalk and median was added to Montpelier Avenue to improve pedestrian safety.

Macon-Bibb Works to Address Pedestrian Safety Issues

Domonique King, Center for Collaborative Journalism
April 10, 2024
Macon-Bibb County Pedestrian Safety Review Board pamphlet and hat.

New software will help identify roads where speeding is a problem, Gray Highway to get pedestrian crossing 

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
March 19, 2024
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