Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Atlanta

Wowza: Scale Maps of Barcelona and Atlanta Show the Waste of Sprawl

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 3, 2014 | 58 Comments

This graphic was created by Alain Bertaud, a senior researcher at NYU’s Stern Urbanization Project. He was formerly principal urban planner for the World Bank. Part of his work has focused on comparing densities of world cities. In this stunning comparison of metro Atlanta and Barcelona, you can see that the two regions have almost the […]

Re-imagining Parking Spaces as Micro-Apartments

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 14, 2014 | 7 Comments

Can parking spaces get a second life? A student project in Atlanta helps demonstrate the possibilities in every stall. Students at the Savannah College of Art and Design created three “SCADpads:” 135-square-foot micro-apartments designed to fit in the space defined by a single parking spot. Three prototypes for these modular homes, which cost $40-$60,000 to […]

The Whole City of Florence Could Fit Inside an Atlanta Interchange

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 13, 2014 | No Comments

It’s incredible how much we’ve given up in the United States all so we can travel slightly faster by car. The above graphic, revived by Lloyd Alter at Network blog Treehugger this week from an old blog post by author Steve Mouzon, really makes you stop and think. On the left is Florence, Italy — a global treasure. On the […]

Why Atlanta’s Better Off Without Turner Field

By Angie Schmitt | May 9, 2014 | 6 Comments

When the Braves announced they were leaving Atlanta for suburban Cobb County, it was interpreted in some quarters as a blow to the city, another symptom of the city’s notorious suburban sprawl. But it looks like Atlanta might come out of this thing smelling like a field of roses. Not only did the city avoid shelling […]

Anthony Foxx Kicks Off Nationwide Project for Better Bike Lanes

By Michael Andersen | Apr 29, 2014 | 3 Comments

Staring down a highway trust fund that he described as “teetering toward insolvency” by August or September, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Monday that better bike infrastructure projects are part of the solution. “When you have a swelling population like the USA has and will have for the next 35 years, one of the […]

Parking Madness: Detroit vs. Atlanta

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 20, 2014 | 19 Comments

Yesterday, Chicago’s United Center parking lots bested Denver’s Court Place parking crater in the first match-up of Parking Madness 2014. Today, two heavyweights are facing off: It’s the motor city versus sprawl city in a bare-knuckle brawl of car infrastructure run amok. Without further ado, here’s the Detroit entry. Warning: This could get ugly. This […]

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