{"id":151231,"date":"2026-02-11T05:39:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T05:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/151231\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T05:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T05:39:11","slug":"orlando-begins-magnolia-avenue-conversion-to-two-way-traffic-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/151231\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando begins Magnolia Avenue conversion to two-way traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brief<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Work has begun on a major redesign of Magnolia Avenue in downtown Orlando.]<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The street will shift from one-way to two-way traffic to slow cars and improve pedestrian safety.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">City leaders say the project supports the Downtown Orlando Action Plan and aims to boost walkability and business activity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">ORLANDO, Fla. &#8211; Work is underway on a major downtown Orlando street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Magnolia Avenue will soon be converted from a one-way corridor into a two-way road, part of the city\u2019s broader effort to calm traffic and encourage pedestrian activity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Local perspective<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">City officials marked the start of construction with a groundbreaking ceremony, describing the project as a key piece of the Downtown Orlando Action Plan.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/fox-local\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:CLICK TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX LOCAL APP;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">CLICK TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX LOCAL APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The initiative calls for similar changes on other major downtown streets aimed at slowing traffic, improving safety and drawing more people back to sidewalks and businesses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:SIGN-UP FOR FOX 35&#039;S BREAKING NEWS, DAILY NEWS NEWSLETTERS;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">SIGN-UP FOR FOX 35&#8217;S BREAKING NEWS, DAILY NEWS NEWSLETTERS<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officials said the Magnolia Avenue redesign is intended to make the area easier and safer to navigate for residents, workers and visitors, while enhancing public spaces and supporting continued growth in the downtown core.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This story was written based on information shared by the City of Orlando.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Work has begun on a major redesign of Magnolia Avenue in downtown Orlando.] The street will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[73048,2470,2275,66062,139,141,140,6957],"class_list":["post-151231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-calm-traffic","tag-city-leaders","tag-downtown-orlando","tag-magnolia-avenue","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-pedestrian-safety"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}