Category: Transportation

Gravel > A new threat to Beltline transit.

Posted on by bradleyaddicks in Housing Affordability, Sprawl, Transit Oriented Development, Transportation

By: Ryan Gravel

Maybe I shouldn’t be surprised that we need to make our case for transit again, but I am. Honestly – we’ve been putting colored dots on maps, hand-writing community preferences on sticky-notes, and attending weeknight City Council meetings and mind-numbing Saturday morning public engagement sessions for over fifteen years now – all in support of transit on the Atlanta Beltline. John Lewis was there. And Jane Fonda helped make our video. We didn’t do it because it was fun. We did it to lay the groundwork for the future city we want to live in. Our vision was always transit on the Beltline, and our only challenge to building it was money.

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The Future of Growing Cities Requires Less Parking, More Shared Rides – Urban Land Magazine

Posted on by bradleyaddicks in Transportation

Though longer commute times alone can be a sign of a city’s appeal, metropolitan areas have to fix their traffic problems in order to prepare for the future. “The best-connected cities will win,” Chris Choa, a vice president at AECOM focused on cities and urban development, said at the recent ULI Netherlands Conference in Amsterdam.

Source: The Future of Growing Cities Requires Less Parking, More Shared Rides – Urban Land Magazine