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With Zoning 2.0 and CDP still in-progress, now is the time to design the city for fiscal independence so we can pay for important projects without relying on fickle federal grants. We must legalize dense, diverse neighborhoods that actually generate positive cash flow.

submitted 15 hours ago • 1 comment

I saw some damn nonsense. 6 police cars coming from the direction of Cop City stopped all traffic on Moreland during rush hour to escort a Cybertruck.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

My family had such a great time at Atlanta Streets Alive on Sunday. But safe streets for pedestrians and cyclists isn't a special event. It is an everyday necessity for any city that aspires to be world class.

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In fairness, “we must remove the Danes from our shores” is a 1,000 year old Anglo tradition. On the other hand, Danelaw is a lot different nowadays. Mississippi could do worse.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

It’s wrong to say Keisha quit on Atlanta by forgoing a reelection campaign. Can one really quit if they never showed up for the job in the first place?

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APS would be stronger with Stephen on the board.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Everyone in the Trump administration has really intense Pyramid Scheme Energy.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

BREAKING: a second man was killed on Downtown Atlanta's Peachtree Street yesterday, where Mayor Andre Dickens ignored business and public opposition to dismantle a road diet. www.fox5atlanta.com/news/71-year...

submitted 4 days ago • 4 comments

ATLDOT: shares Instagram about Mayor Hartsfield’s segregation wall The CEOs of Trees Atlanta & Atlanta Botanical Gardens: “wait, are walls an option?!”

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

This is from 20 (!) years ago today. Crazy. Certain revisionists want to diminish the role and vision of the two pictured above the fold…

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

The failure of imagination from the anti-streetcar is frankly disappointing. TWO trails is boring. Crack open a bottle of crazy and try to shock us with something audacious. Why not a beltline toll lane? What about adding elevated concrete double decker trails? Multimillion dollar parking decks?

submitted 8 days ago • 5 comments

I’m still thinking about this incredibly stupid take. There are currently 125,000 people living along the BeltLine, and the pavement is only half built. In our lifetimes we could anticipate 200,000 to 500,000 residents, and these “civic leaders” think the answer is 12 ft more concrete?!?!?!

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Very important point. When Jim Crow was clawed back, we got rid of separate water fountains and segregated bus seats, but we left the apartheid zoning maps. Zoning 2.0 today is the third major revision, and it fails to remove the original dividing lines.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Private Facebook thread about Moreland being terrible and dangerous for all users has all the hits (“add more lanes”, “there’s a bike trail?”, “build $$$ pedestrian bridges”, “stop building condos”, etc) but this one is my favorite. Perfect reminder that electric cars only solve 1 of 1000 problems.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

4 trips per hour x 10 hours per day x 365 days = 14,600 trips per year. $3M per year divided by 14,600 trips is TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS PER TRIP to travel 1.3 miles.

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

I have no problem riding the bus but can’t imagine using one of these just because of the potential creep factor. Imagine traveling alone and being followed on by some drunk dudes. I mean some women avoid elevator rides with men they don’t know. This is much worse

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Technology grift aside, this West End to Beltline connection is also a pleasant 10 minute walk through a cute neighborhood, an easy route for anyone on foot or wheels. The pod will most likely be slower!

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Mayor Dickens Announces Changing “Vision” for On-Premise Wing Consumption, Seeks Funding for Autonomous Chicken Delivery Pod Pilot Program

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Original Taco Mac in Virginia-Highland closes after 46 years Taco Mac's original location in Virginia-Highland has closed after 46 years in business. The sports bar and restaurant chain, known for its Buffalo wings and vast beer selection, will be replaced by Jack Brown's Beer & Burgers. All staff…

submitted 11 days ago • 4 comments

here we have the net effect of the astroturfed anti-beltline rail movement ironically named "Better Atlanta Transit" .... it's truly hard to put into words just how deeply cynical, stupid and evil this is. you're just making another road thats even less safe you fucking IDIOTS

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Atlanta. We do not need tiny tourist clown cars. We need mass transit that benefits Atlanta residents and commuters. When is the mayor going to stop caving to business interests and move forward real sustainable transit options for the people who actually live and work here?

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

As a structural engineer who is often asked “Why do you bother to check seismic? We don’t really get earthquakes in Georgia,” it’s always validating to get these little reminders that yes, yes we do.

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

Free them all.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Suburban Atlanta YIMBY guy (technically YOMS - Yes on My Stroad): “It was a real masks off moment when they tried to block the new Red Lobster and Daiquiri Factory but welcomed Steak’n’Shake. If these NIMBYs are too scared to live near 1/4 acre ranch houses, they should just move to Heard County.”

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

I’m not Catholic, so my immediate reaction to hearing about Pope Leo XIV is to be reminded of Louis XIV and their 2005 classic all-bangers album which shares a name with the Catholic Church’s legal strategy throughout most of the 20th Century.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Always enjoy passing through my namesake town! As many of you know, the city formerly known as Hubertsville renamed itself Griffin after I won a 3rd grade essay contest about the positive influence of the nearby paper mill which employs most town residents and (full disclosure) is owned by my dad.

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Property taxes on rentals are crazy when you convert them into percentages. East Atlanta Facebook was freaking out about a 2/1 with rent at $2,200/mo, but that rent includes $570/mo property taxes. That is an effective “sales” tax of 35%!

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

he's clearly driving it

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments