Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Atlanta

Advocates want MARTA to do more to ensure that housing near new transit routes like the Belt Line remains affordable to current Atlanta residents. Photo: Atlanta BeltLine/Flickr

Atlanta Advocates Campaign to Set Aside Some Transit Funding to Keep Housing Affordable Near New Lines

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 27, 2017 | 1 Comment

Now that new transit projects are coming to Atlanta, advocates want to ensure the people who supported the investment will be able to benefit from it. The Partnership for Southern Equity is leading a campaign to reserve 5 percent of the money from a recent ballot measure - about $120 million - for a fund to subsidize housing near transit.

Playing road hockey in Vancouver. Photo:

You Can’t Have Family-Friendly Cities Without Kid-Friendly Streets

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 26, 2017 | 3 Comments

A lot of cities assume that all parents who can move to the suburbs will do so. But it doesn't have to be that way.

Atlanta’s Raising $2.5 Billion to Invest in Transit. Will It Be Money Well-Spent?

By Yonah Freemark | Jun 2, 2017 | 9 Comments

The city seems to have learned from mistakes like its mixed-traffic streetcar and is looking to give future transit lines dedicated rights of way. Still, there are many more decisions ahead that will determine whether the city spends $2.5 billion in new transit revenue well or not.

If he can't drive his car on it, it's of little use to Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist Bill Torpy. Image: City of Decatur

Popular Support for Bike Lanes Is Precisely the Problem for Atlanta Columnist Bill Torpy

By Stephen Miller | Apr 25, 2017 | 5 Comments

A plan to put an extra-wide suburban Atlanta thoroughfare on a road diet, adding protected bike lanes in the process, has come under fire from a local columnist with an unhealthy vendetta against people who ride bikes.

Parking Madness Final Four: Atlanta vs. Denver

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 5, 2017 | 6 Comments

This semi-final pits central areas in two major American cities against each other. Only one will have a shot at everlasting shame in the championship match.

There was no congestion crisis on the Atlanta highway system this morning. Image:

Atlanta’s I-85 Collapse — Another “Carmaggedon” That Wasn’t

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 4, 2017 | 12 Comments

When a heavily-traveled section of Atlanta's I-85 collapsed in a fire last week, the traffic predictions were dire. But the highway disruption appears to be another case of "carmaggedon" that never materialized -- and that should inform the way we plan our transportation systems.

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