Atlanta
Advice for Turning Dangerous State Roads Into Safe City Streets
It's extra challenging to redesign a city street for safe walking and biking when that street is controlled by the state DOT. That's the case with Memorial Drive in Atlanta, a dangerous state road that runs more than five miles across the city.
August 7, 2017
Atlanta Erases Major New Bike Lane Segment, Replaces It With Parking
After a city installs a bike lane, there's typically some pushback for a while from people who object to the change. What's unusual is when a city loses its nerve and decides to remove the bike lane. But that's what Atlanta has done on a 1,000-foot stretch of Westview Drive.
July 19, 2017
When Your State DOT Starts Talking About “Relieving Congestion,” Alarms Should Go Off
Georgia is looking to reduce congestion on the I-75/85 corridor in through downtown Atlanta, saying "no idea is off the table." But some ideas should be discarded right off the bat - like the notion that adding space for cars is going to solve the traffic problem.
July 11, 2017
What If Atlanta Taxed Parking to Keep Housing Affordable?
A tax on parking could generate funds for affordable housing and transit in Atlanta. The question is whether the city has the political appetite to enact it.
July 3, 2017
Atlanta Advocates Campaign to Set Aside Some Transit Funding to Keep Housing Affordable Near New Lines
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.
June 27, 2017
You Can’t Have Family-Friendly Cities Without Kid-Friendly Streets
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.
June 26, 2017
Atlanta’s Raising $2.5 Billion to Invest in Transit. Will It Be Money Well-Spent?
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.
June 2, 2017
Popular Support for Bike Lanes Is Precisely the Problem for Atlanta Columnist Bill Torpy
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.
April 25, 2017
Parking Madness Final Four: Atlanta vs. Denver
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.
April 5, 2017
Atlanta’s I-85 Collapse — Another “Carmaggedon” That Wasn’t
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.
April 4, 2017
