Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Atlanta

The Promise of Expanding Atlanta Transit Inside the City Limits

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 21, 2016 | 3 Comments

It looked like the Atlanta region’s ambitious transit plans might have been thwarted late last month when state lawmakers shot down a bill to allow Fulton, Clayton, and DeKalb counties to hold ballot measures potentially raising $8 billion to expand MARTA. But maybe that was a blessing in disguise. Transit expansion plans for Atlanta are moving ahead […]

BeltLine Visionary: It’s Time to Radically Reconceive Urban Infrastructure

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 11, 2016 | No Comments

Ryan Gravel was just a graduate student at Georgia Tech when he came up with the idea for the Atlanta BeltLine — a ring of parks, trails, and transit that would encircle the city, repurposing derelict space around abandoned train tracks. The first phases of trails and parks are now underway, and the Beltline has already catalyzed a […]

Georgia Lawmakers Won’t Even Let Atlanta Vote on Transit Expansion

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 1, 2016 | 4 Comments

Once again, state lawmakers in Georgia have undermined urban transport in Atlanta. A bill to allow residents Fulton and DeKalb counties to vote on a half-cent sales tax to fund transit died in the Georgia Senate this week when leaders refused to bring it to the floor for a vote. A successful referendum would have raised $8 […]

$8 Billion Expansion of Atlanta Transit Clears First Hurdle

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 24, 2016 | 4 Comments

Atlanta’s regional transit network, MARTA, isn’t known as a dynamic, growing system. While cities as varied as D.C., Minneapolis, and Houston have rolled out new high-capacity transit routes, MARTA has stagnated. But has MARTA’s moment finally come? The prospects of major transit improvements for the region are looking more hopeful today than they have for a generation. Last week a Georgia […]

Braves Stadium Relocation Shaping Up to Be a Disaster

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 30, 2015 | 348 Comments

When the Braves announced they were leaving Atlanta for suburban Cobb County in 2013, logistically it seemed to make some sense. After all, the new stadium site is more centrally located in relation to the highest concentration of fans who attend games. But it turns out that relocating a sports stadium to a sprawling, car-dependent area is […]

Here’s What a Billion-Dollar Interchange Expansion Looks Like

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 12, 2015 | 9 Comments

In case you were wondering what a $1.1 billion highway interchange looks like, feast your eyes on this rendering from the Georgia Department of Transportation. In an effort to “ease congestion” on this confluence of highways north of the city, Georgia will spend three-and-a-half years widening about four miles of I-285 and about one mile of SR 400, […]

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