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"Ponce City Market pays $250k in property taxes when it should be paying close to $20m...if you fixed that problem across the board, the city could have $100m in new revenue annually...if you devoted 40% of that to affordable housing, that’s $40m a year."
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In the background: a $23 mil bridge built to enable car-flow during events at the stadium (lifting pedestrians out of the way).
In the foreground: a perpetual puddle that blocks pedestrians every time it rains. Next to a rail station.
What we do & don't fund matters.
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Woot! We've heard news from the office of Councilmember Jason Dozier that the new Nelson Street Bridge in Castleberry Hill is fully open to the public today, connecting pedestrians & cyclists across the railroad gulch into South Downtown. What a beauty!
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GDOT is leading a federally funded study of a passenger rail line from Atlanta to Savannah. This could also be a boon for a lot of smaller cities in between. Imagine getting off a train in Milledgeville, for instance, and exploring the place on foot.
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Congratulations to Atlanta's former planning chief Tim Keane for finding a more supportive environment in Boise, where leaders are willing to vote 'yes' on the kind of housing plan he proposed for Atlanta, but was rejected here.
Hopefully we can learn.
The City of Boise is about to pass one of the most forward thinking land use plans of any in the US.
It prioritizes mixed use environments, "missing middle" housing typologies, affordable housing, and streamlines the permitting process.
Bravo!
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A Georgia Tech study debunks a common belief that adding affordable housing to a neighborhood lowers nearby property values (a major source of pushback on affordable homes). The researchers found no such effect.
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Kudos to Atlanta for taking away a car-travel lane from several blocks of Courtland Street in Downtown and replaced it with a wider sidewalk, street trees, and a series of bioswales, like the one in the foreground.
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Advocates ask people to use alternatives to driving when coming to Downtown.
Meanwhile, the city lets limos park in the MLK Drive 'protected' bike lane. Unacceptable.
Atlanta has to do a better job with supporting walking, biking, and transit as excellent options to driving.
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This sounds promising: Councilmember
@jasonsdozier
is introducing three zoning papers today to improve the urbanism of the Beltline Overlay. They would ban new gas stations, ban new drive-thrus/drive-ins, and remove parking requirements inside the overlay.
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A woman is in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle last night in the Summerhill neighborhood, at this spot.
"The woman was attempting to cross the roadway outside of the crosswalk...the victim is considered at fault and will be charged."
What crosswalk? Charged??
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Thanks to the Zoning Review Board for approving the elimination of parking minimums in the Beltline Overlay tonight!
And big thanks to all who showed up to speak in favor!
Added bonus, we got a look at the new bike lanes around City Hall and the Capitol 😍
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This is car traffic piled up on the Auburn Avenue streetcar tracks during a big event in Downtown. Way in the back is a streetcar, trapped and unmoving. It's the kind of failure that needs to be addressed as we extend the streetcar to the Beltline & a Ponce City Market.
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Loooooook at it. 😍
Look at the intercity rail for Atlanta.
Amtrak's response to the Biden infra plan:
Proposes:
-30+ new routes
-20+ enhanced existing routes
-20m more annual riders
-Better service to cities like HOU, ATL, Cincy
-New service to unserved cities like Las Vegas, Nashville, Columbus, Phoenix
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Kudos to Georgia Tech for naming car-dependency as a negative thing in a new comprehensive plan that "discourages car dependency by prioritizing transit, pedestrian, bike, and other modalities to provide universal and equitable access." 🙌
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Encouraging news! This week, Invest Atlanta's housing committee approved funding for the controversial housing development for the homeless in Reynoldstown!
This is the project that the neighbors opposed recently at a meeting (79 voted against it, 16 voted for it).
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Gwinnett won't be joining MARTA this year.
So, we're spending 100's of millions of public $ on Gwinnett car commuters by widening I-85 & I-985. No referendum needed. But to expand transit, we require a referendum to pass first?
Transit struggles while driving is subsidized.
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Good news from the groundbreaking for MARTA’s Summerhill Bus Rapid Transit line today!
It appears that, effective immediately, minimum parking requirements in much of Summerhill, Peoplestown & South Atlanta are eliminated & maximum limits are in effect!
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Mayor Dickens wants to place restrictions on property investors who are contributing to a surge in Atlanta home prices. A whopping 1/3 of ATL homes bought in the first quarter of 2022 went to investors.
The median Atlanta home price is now $426,250.
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It's been four years since Emory University paid $6.2 million for this building on the north edge of Downtown Atlanta, which used to hold the Peachtree/Pine shelter.
It remains empty; how sad to see a large structure in the middle of the city go unused year after year.
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MARTA’s redesign of Five Points Station prevents access to trains from the street for four years, and riders with limited mobility have to take a shuttle bus for connections they'd usually make with a simple elevator ride.
This is too much.
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Houston is closing seven blocks of its main street to cars, permanently.
Meanwhile in Atlanta, our mayor killed a much smaller shared-street program on Peachtree Street in its testing phase after powerful people worried about car flow complained. 🤯
"The program was a hit with business owners and patrons alike."
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2 blocks from Midtown MARTA Station, a developer has proposed a 30-story building where 13 floors will be parking. Ridiculous.
The Midtown Design Review will meet June 8 to review the application for this Spring Street proposal. No public comment is allowed.
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Thirty-story building. Thirteen of those floors will be parking. In Midtown. Close to MARTA. This is embarrassing.
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When you see a new development like 725 Ponce (Eastside Beltline) you might think: "that's gotta be a huge boost for tax revenue!"
It should be. But this building provided less than $3k in property taxes in 2021 & 22 🤬
Tax breaks & under-valuations rob us of public benefits.
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Hopefully Atlanta can be as progressive as Birmingham, Alabama is some day!
Congratulations to Birmingham for eliminating all parking minimums city-wide. 🙌
This is the kind of progress that cities do best. Unfortunately we've still got one foot stuck in the suburban mindset.
🚨 Birmingham, Alabama eliminates costly parking mandates🚨
“Birmingham is now on track to be more walkable, bikeable, and transit accessible. This means a better city for all of us.”
- Mayor Randall L. Woodfin.
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Because we don't say it enough:
Yes, MARTA needs significant improvements so that it serves Atlantans better.
But the need for a better tomorrow doesn't justify dismissing MARTA as useless today, and it doesn't justify driving everywhere instead of trying MARTA for some trips.
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In 2023, Atlanta reduced its DOT budget to a paltry $50.7 million -- three times smaller than the transportation budgets of similarly sized cities.
The budget announced last week adds only a weak 2% increase. Let's boost that budget & keep up with peers!
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A year ago,Mayor Dickens said that the affordable housing trust fund would not be used “as a piggy bank;" the goal was to spend the money immediately to support the development of affordable housing.
As of this week, it's looking like a piggy bank.
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Good news today: Atlanta City Council has banned right-on-red in the center of the city!! This is a win for safer streets for all, especially for pedestrians.
Big thanks to Council's Jason Dozier for his work on this!
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It's a sad map, but it should also be a map that strengthens our resolve as a city to make better use of our transit-adjacent land in the future.
How much of your downtown is taken up by parking?
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1,500 homes are planned for Civic Center but “there should be thousands" says Council's Amir Farokhi, who calls this a "site that can support significant housing density"
We agree. Apparently community members didn’t want "skyscrapers." Next to Downtown.
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The coverage of Beltline rail opposition can seem lopsided -- there's a lot of info out there about who's opposed to it. It's refreshing to see a major developer on the Eastside Beltline speaking out in favor of rail.
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Once again, a photo of Atlanta gets used in a news article about the damage highways have done to cities.
It's not completely insane to at least start having conversations about setting highway removal as a goal here.
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Work appears to be underway on a supportive-housing project at the Odd Fellows Building (1913) on Auburn Avenue. It will become the new home for Georgia Works, a nonprofit that helps men who are chronically homeless achieve self sufficiency.
@InvestAtlanta
provided some funding.
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FULTON Co. RESIDENTS:
Please submit a comment to doris.coleman
@fultoncountyga
.gov prior to 9am tomorrow (Tuesday) asking Fulton's Development Auth to vote *no* on a needless tax break for the X Corp (Twitter Inc) Generative AI Equipment Project.
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Big news from Atlanta Business Chronicle: Mayor Dickens says the locations for the four new MARTA infill stations are:
Krog Street-Hulsey Yard
Joseph E. Boone Boulevard
Murphy Crossing
Armour Yards
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Mayor Dickens has walked back on Beltline rail, now saying that analysis will decide if the path gets rail or "rubber tires," "small pods" or nothing at all. Similarly, Beltline chief Clyde Higgs says their "position on all things transit" is yet to come.
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Ugh. MARTA's CEO says the number of More MARTA projects will be chopped down to a list containing less than half of what it has now.
That's according to a statement he made to the transportation committee of City Council today.
'More MARTA' is apparently becoming 'Less MARTA'.
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Today, Atlanta City Council unanimously approved a new bike lane law: drivers parking, stopping, or moving in bike lanes now face $100 tickets.
Tractor-trailer drivers will get a $1,000 fine for violating bike lane laws.
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Raleigh City Council voted 7-1 Tuesday to end parking minimums citywide, to require bike parking for new apartments, and to charge a fee for developments that exceed parking maximums.
Catch up, Atlanta!
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This seems to make it official: The Stitch is happening, thanks to a (huge) federal grant. Regardless of your feelings on this project, now is the time to hammer away at city leaders to ensure it truly has equitable outcomes including a *lot* of affordable housing. Do it right.
HUGE news for Atlanta and Downtown: $157,645,161 in federal funds coming to match some local money to complete "The Stitch" Phase 1.
Full team effort between
@atlcouncil
@andreforatlanta
@SenatorWarnock
@SenOssoff
@RepNikema
@USDOT
and, especially,
@downtownatlanta
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Wow! The Invest Atlanta board has approved $39 million to purchase the 2 Peachtree tower in Downtown to converting it into affordable housing!
Owned by the State of GA, it was recently been emptied of its government offices.
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Big thanks to all who spoke out on the ridiculous $10mil tax break for Twitter/X in the past 24 hours!!
Fulton County Development Authority did not pass it.
They voted 4-4 (which does not pass) on a $10.1M tax break for
@X
to install AI tech and computers at an existing data center in Fulton County. Because it was a tie, it can come back for another vote at a later meeting unless X withdraws the request.
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Cobb County residents will vote on a transit tax in November 2024 that would fund: microtransit for seniors & disabled; Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) connecting to MARTA rail stations; enhanced bus service, & more.
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MARTA CEO Collie Greenwood tells City Council that the 4 recently announced infill stations (on existing heavy-rail lines) won't replace plans to extend the eastside streetcar, the first step in the plan to install light rail along the Beltline.
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This sucks. The Atlanta Streetcar is ending service early because car traffic is too heavy in Downtown.
It's tempting to blame MARTA but this is a *City of Atlanta* issue. It's a Mayor Dickens issue.
The city holds the key to prioritizing transit through street design & policy.
Due to heavy traffic affecting the Street Car alignment, Street Car services has ended early. We apologize for the inconvenience.
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City Council passed legislation this week asking Atlanta's DOT to establish safer 10 ft lanes widths, w/ 11 ft allowed for truck routes.
For years, safe-streets gurus like Jeff Speck have been asking cities to make their lanes no wider than 10 ft to reduce deadly speeds.
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In 2016, Atlanta voters overwhelmingly approved an additional half penny sales tax to fund More MARTA, an ambitious forty year program to significantly expand mass transit's coverage of the city. /1
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Renters are not second class neighbors, residents, citizens, or people.
If your neighborhood is fighting for equity, justice and other buzzwords, but you're up in arms about rentals, you're just using buzzwords.
God forbid some of them be affordable.
That's it. Full stop.
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A parking lot at Ponce City Market is gone, with new retail & residential on the way. It's a reminder of an important lesson:
The developer requested millions of dollars in tax breaks for this. They were denied, but the thing is *being built anyway*.
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The Peachtree Shared Street has been a success in its first phase, according to a new report from
@ATLPlanning
This exciting project has taken two car lanes and turned them into an extended sidewalk, and added a new crosswalk as well as other safety features.
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If you're visiting Atlanta today, thinking: "24 minutes between all train arrivals on
@MARTAtransit
? Is this what passes for transit service in Atlanta?"
The answer is 'no'. This does not pass. We consider this a fail; even considering the need for regular track maintenance.
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Donuts are good. Local institutions & landmarks are good.
But there's an argument to be made that this store should be at the bottom of a new, multi-story building against the sidewalk, rather than continuing this car-centric use of property near MARTA stops.
The Krispy Kreme on Ponce has been closed since the great fire of February 2021. Today, driving past, a hive of activity toward the completion of a new facility. Ponce without hot donuts 🍩 and coffee isn’t the same.
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This tweet from three years ago speaks to how crucial it is for Atlanta to improve support for transit.
The streetcar has been suspended in the past during big events because of car traffic. That needs to never happen again. It's time to grow up and act like a city.
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Hopeful news for Downtown Atlanta! At a panel discussion this morning (hosted by Bisnow), the owner of the 34 Peachtree office tower says he plans to convert it to residential.
This tower sits at the intersection of Peachtree and Walton Street.
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Eight years after high school freshman Alexia Hyneman was killed while cycling at the 10th St/Monroe Dr/Beltline intersection, a major safety overhaul of bike & pedestrian routes is finally happening.
It's appreciated, but it shouldn't take this long.
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The new buyer for the South Downtown properties formerly owned by Newport is "a venture led by Atlanta tech entrepreneur David Cummings...driven by Cummings and Jon Birdsong, partners in Atlanta Ventures...whose portfolio includes Atlanta Tech Village"
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It's been one heck of a head-spinning year for transit commitments in Atlanta. The project list for the More MARTA tax we approved is getting bounced around like a ball on a court, along with our expectations for transit growth. There's got to be a better way.
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Reynoldstown's 97 Estoria has been cited for extending their patio into the parking lot & removing a few parking spaces.
The City has denied permission to keep the patio extension. Estoria is asking folks to sign a petition to send the City a message:
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Nice! Getting rid of right turns at red lights would be great for pedestrians.
Atlanta Council members Jason Dozier and Amir Farokhi have introduced legislation to ban right on red in Downtown, Midtown, & Castleberry Hill.
Reading on this subject:
1/ Exciting news y'all! 🎉 Today, I and
@AmirForATL
introduced legislation to enhance pedestrian safety in Downtown, Midtown, and Castleberry Hill. 🚶♂️ Our proposed ban on turning at red lights aims to prioritize the well-being of pedestrians at intersections.
#SafeStreetsForAll
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The old World of Coke building was demolished by the State of Georgia this week to make way for a new parking lot, next to the Capitol. Which is sad. This is near MARTA and there's already too much space deadened by parking here.
But it gets sadder...
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Thanks to the Braves for showing us how efficient buses can be! 😁
Many folks complained that the one carrying the team was going too fast in the parade.
But we got a *great* look at how buses can move in dedicated lanes. Let's keep that in mind, ATL!
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What if instead of requiring developments to add parking, we required them to add great bus stops (with seating & arrival signs), bike racks, & sidewalk-adjacent entrances?
Needs for urban mobility get ignored by our laws, while car-culture compels us to mandate parking.
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Here's a great comparison of a "donut" development (wrapped around parking) and a Charleston-style block.
Both have the same number of bedrooms and commercial space, but the Charleston block has a more urban-appropriate, lower amount of parking.
Source: Bevan/Liberatos design.
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Atlanta: while we plan our upcoming Bus Rapid Transit lines, keep in mind that this is what we should look for as a sign of success.
Dedicated lanes that truly prioritize flow for the buses, so they aren't stuck in traffic with cars.
Expect no less, accept no less.
@IndyGoBus
Red Line BRT brings me joy! All these people in their single occupancy vehicles...
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Some related reading:
The enormous costs of hiring consultants has made it so expensive to build transit that we're building less of it than we should.
One way to address it: fund transit agencies better so that they can hire more in-house talent.
Former MARTA deputy director and ATLDOT Commissioner Josh Rowan is suing the transit agency, claiming he was fired a year ago after discovering two sets of books were being kept on major projects and alleging millions in overcharging by consultants.
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Cool story: a group of SW Atlanta residents is using $35,000 raised through Kickstarter to help them open a coffee shop in a historic 1954 building in West End. The shop will be called Portrait Coffee.
(Paywalled article)
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In case you need a little good news: GSU is demolishing a small parking deck in Downtown!
This eyesore on Peachtree Center Avenue has been sitting unused for several years, wasting valuable space in the center of the city.
Source:
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Check out the Jackson Street Bridge page on the Atlanta City Studio website for info on the planned redesign, including a plaza and a protected bike lane.
If the engineering/procurement phase wraps up on schedule, construction will begin this year.
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This is great news for transit service in Atlanta:
Watching today's MARTA board meeting, we found out the agency is working with Jarrett Walker & Associates to redesign its entire bus system!
Watch Walker's presentation here, along w/ a Q&A afterward:
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Beltline planners are looking to put trees & shrubs between the trail & the light rail tracks.
They're also "exploring how the trains could run on a grass track without any overhead wires." Design for the first rail segment should be completed in 2025.
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Excellent, sobering account of Atlanta's efforts to keep Black populations separate, through the placement of public housing, zoning, and highways in the early-to-mid 20th century.
The maps alone make for some tough (but necessary) viewing.
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Disappointing news from Decatur: a proposal that allows missing-middle homes was shouted down during a tense, six-hour public meeting.
There was strong opposition to letting duplex, triplex, & quadplex homes get built among single-family, detached ones.
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Realizing transit use will drop for a while, Milan, Italy wants to prevent a surge of car trips from ruining city air & filling streets when the crisis is over. Their plan: redesign streets to have more space for pedestrians and bikes, and less for cars.
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Renovation of three old manufacturing buildings on Edgewood Ave included the removal of 100% of the surface parking.
New projects *are* financially feasible in Atlanta w/out new parking facilities.
1st photo: the block today
2nd photo: the block a few years ago w/ parking
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Thanks to
@letspropelatl
for this letter asking MARTA to keep Five Points Station open to the street during four years of construction!
ThreadATL has joined several other groups in signing the letter. MARTA has responded & is meeting with a Propel rep.
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Very disappointing.
"Neighbors in the Reynoldstown community of Atlanta overwhelmingly voted against an affordable housing project that would house 42 formerly homeless individuals with disabilities."
79 voted against it, 16 voted for it
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"In 2011, GDOT converted HOV lanes along I-85 to toll lanes & in 2018 it extended those lanes an additional 10 miles...But as the region grows...even the toll lanes at times get bogged down"
Hmm. It's almost like expanding hwys doesn't work.
Maybe:🚆🚉
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Good news from Decatur! To boost attainable housing, small multifamily buildings will be allowed throughout the city. A "missing middle" ordinance allows duplexes & four-unit apartments on properties previously zoned for only for single-family homes.
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Ugh. A plan to redesign Baker Street in Downtown Atlanta from a wide, one-way car sewer into a safer two-way street was scuttled a few years ago after pushback from powerful property owners. The city now confirms it will not follow through on the safer redesign. Do better, ATL.
Watching now
@atlcouncil
@AmirForATL
asking about the status of Baker St funded in 2015 Renew Atlanta project. Response: we've made the "executive decision" to keep it one way and resurface the corridor.
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A developer was denied $2 mil in tax incentives for building an office tower in Buckhead. The result? The project is being built anyway.
Further proof that the tax breaks we've been handing out, which hurt schools & other services, need to be questioned.
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For anyone who doesn't know the backstory, Mayor Dickens said in December of 2021 that one of his goals for his time in office was:
"Use federal infrastructure dollars to complete Beltline rail and Campbellton Road transit by 2030."
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You've got to be kidding, Atlanta.
This is the westbound lane for the streetcar, near Centennial Olympic Park, where Super Bowl activities are happening.
We couldn't have blocked this to automobile traffic and left it clear for the streetcar this weekend???
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.
@ATLPlanning
has an elaborate April Fool's joke, announcing the Braves' return to the city & a new ballpark next to the BeltLine. But no joke, that rendering looks nice. Bonus points for no parking & for including rail on the Beltline.
You can see it at
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A developer wants to raze the Cameli's building in Little 5 Points (plus an adjacent parking lot) and build a seven story block of hundreds of apartments, plus retail.
In a reaction that surprises no one, some nearby residents are vehemently against it.
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The highest density of light rail & heavy rail stops in Atlanta is in Downtown, but only a small amount of land near them is populated.
It's not surprising info but seeing it mapped is impressive & should make us think about making the best use of our investments in rail.
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Atlanta's planning chief Tim Keane is on a warpath against ugly buildings.
"You can’t build insulting buildings in Atlanta anymore. This is not about architecture & architectural awards. It is more how architecture contributes to a better public realm."
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1.) Neighborhoods south of Downtown ATL, before freeways. Homes & street grids.
2.) Same exact area, after freeways.
Over 24,000 ATL residents were displaced by highway construction from 1955-65, most of whom were Black residents living in low-income neighborhoods.
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Atlanta is looking for a skilled urban planner who can help to build a great multimodal transportation system in the city, and to lessen our dependency on cars trips.
Apply for the Director of Transportation and Mobility Planning position here:
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Lessening car culture's harmful dominance over cities doesn't mean sending in the black helicopters to take away everyone's cars.
It means achieving a safer balance between driving, walking, cycling, and transit.
This is a block in Downtown Atlanta. We can do this.
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This map of Metro Atlanta's climate impact comes from "The Climate Impact of Your Neighborhood, Mapped," NY Times.
There are stark disparities. Areas with low housing density and high car dependency make the biggest contribution to climate change.
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The avg. annual cost of new-car ownership rose to $12,182 this year. Too often, we enforce this cost burden by way of our unwalkable, sprawling urban designs which offer little alternative to driving.
We know how to fix this. Let's make strides in 2024.
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Inspiration from Los Angeles where a famous boulevard is being redesigned. Imagine it on Peachtree.
"Plans are underway to revamp a 3.6-mile stretch of Hollywood Blvd, eliminating two traffic lanes along most of the route, adding bicycle lanes & widening sidewalks"
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A parking lot next to Garnett MARTA will be used to house 40 people in converted shipping containers, prioritizing folks living on the street.
Permanent solutions are needed in the long run, but this an impressive quick-implementation project by Atlanta.
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The president of Centennial Yards wants a new Amtrak station to be part of the Gulch development. But he warns that Amtrak will have to move fast for it to happen amid planning for the project: "They have got to move fast because we’re moving fast."
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Car traffic on the Atlanta Streetcar tracks during a big event, blocking the streetcar's potential for moving many people efficiently.
Every person inside these cars would likely fit in one streetcar.
For new Atlanta street transit, ART, BRT, or rail, priority matters.
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MARTA is protecting bus drivers from coronavirus by suspending fares on buses.
Passengers will board for free from the back door (away from the driver & fare box). The exception: disabled riders will still use the ramp in front.
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City of Atlanta had more than 2.1 million shared micro-mobility rides in 2023, the highest ridership since the pandemic; and for 2024, trips are up 17% year-to-date.
Atlantans are hungry for alternatives to driving. Urban planning should reflect it.
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Georgia is allowing teens to get driver's licences w/out the driving test, due to distancing concerns.
Why not just wait until the crisis is over for the licensing, rather than putting untested teens behind the wheel on our streets as solo drivers?
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This is the kind of thing that happens when MARTA hires a long-time transit advocate like
@martarider
to improve services!
Those signs predicting train arrivals (as well as the app) are getting better data.
Also: MARTA is currently replacing broken signs in stations.
Happy to see one of my first rider-facing tech projects for MARTA go live, a complete rewrite of the train prediction logic feeding the app and newer station signs. Should resolve many of the recent problems w/ ghost/zombie trains. lmk if you still see any issues.
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How terrible. Multiple pedestrians were struck in Decatur on a single day, one fatally. The pedestrians were walking with the right-of-way in each case.
We shouldn't accept these as inevitable casualties.
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