Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Atlanta

Georgia Removes Tolls, Invites 11,000 More Drivers to Clog GA 400 Each Day

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 29, 2013 | No Comments

Why raise desperately needed transportation funds for a broke region when you could let people drive for free? In Georgia, the state has made up its mind: The DOT will pay $4.5 million to tear down tolls on GA 400 — and forfeit the $21 million a year the tolls brought in. It cost drivers […]

Atlanta Beltline, Still in Its Infancy, Already Boosting Business

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 17, 2013 | No Comments

It’s working. The Atlanta Beltline, still in its most formative stages, is already boosting business and promoting development, according to this report from a local news station. The Beltline — which will eventually consist of a rail and trail loop encircling Atlanta — recently marked the completion of a new park/trail segment on the city’s northeast side. […]

Greater Atlanta Continues to Treat Walking Like a Crime

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 2, 2012 | No Comments

Despite the national outrage over the Raquel Nelson case, officials in metro Atlanta continue to treat pedestrians like criminals. Last Wednesday, a 35-year-old woman was hospitalized after being struck by a vehicle while attempting to cross a road in northwest Atlanta. A local Fox affiliate reports that the woman suffered injuries and is in “stable” condition […]

Georgia Prosecutor Continues Case Against Raquel Nelson

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 11, 2012 | No Comments

The impaired hit-and-run driver who struck and killed her son on a metro Atlanta road in 2010 has been released from prison by now, but Raquel Nelson is still being prosecuted for her purported role in the tragedy. The single mother of three was injured trying to prevent the collision that killed four-year-old A.J. Newman. […]

Atlanta Beltline Staff: “We Still Have a Project to Build”

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 6, 2012 | No Comments

The Atlanta Beltline project isn’t going away. Project staff want to make that clear. Sure, last week, Atlanta turned down — by a wide margin — a major transportation spending package that would have awarded $600 million to the Beltline project. But this project — an innovative transit and trails corridor that will circle Atlanta’s central city — has seen […]

Atlanta’s Bad Traffic Situation Is About to Get Worse

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 1, 2012 | No Comments

Well, the Atlanta region has spoken. The proposed one-cent sales tax hike to support $7.15 billion in spending on transit and roads was roundly defeated Tuesday, with 62 percent opposing. Though approved by Atlanta city voters, none of the 10 counties considering the measure gave it the thumbs up, according to unofficial results. The defeat […]

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