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The new bike lanes on the Georgia Tech campus are looking nice! Parts are still under construction, but you can already see how impressive the network will be. Check out this bus stop + bike lane combo! It's helpful to have examples of great street design in the city to serve as a template.

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Wow! We had to look it up to confirm it's true, and it is. The North Carolina state legislature has passed a bill prohibiting local zoning laws from requiring a minimum number of parking spaces for developments. 💯 www.ncleg.gov/BillLookup/2...

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ThreadATL co-founder Lauren Welsh's AJC op-ed rocks www.ajc.com/opinion/2025... Mayor Dickens' proposal to delay Eastside rail until Southside rail gets planned & built is a political tactic: appease Eastside rail opponents + promise a project that can't occur until after he's safely out of office

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MARTA buses will be equipped with a button that helps drivers avoid confrontations with fare evaders. The button notifies police, who can then watch a video from the bus & respond. www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/06/18/m... A question: can MARTA ensure that cameras constantly function on all buses?

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

The streetcar will be shut down for at least four months for unrelated utility work by GA Power & Watershed Mgmt. Preventative maintenance is good, but you have to wonder if these needs could've been detected & addressed during streetcar construction 🤔

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Willfully leaving half a billion a year uncollected property tax on commercial trophy towers is the main way this happens. Fulton commissioners are responsible. They need a hefty shove. Andre has known about this revenue shortfall for 8 years. In office, refuses to lift a finger.

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

A tax bill proposed in D.C. claws back the $157.5 mil in federal funds promised to Phase 1 of Atlanta's Stitch, which caps a section of the Downtown Connector. [Another project to put a cap over I-75/85, at GA Tech, was cancelled last summer due to lack of $] atlanta.urbanize.city/post/stitch-...

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

How are we not able to leverage Atlanta's booming gentrification & investments to pay debts/salaries without raiding the affordable housing trust fund to this degree? Why are we seeing this level of debt? Great reporting from Sean Keenan & kudos to the Councilmembers who raised red flags.

submitted 35 days ago • 4 comments

We don't know the details of the collision that killed this pedestrian, but it's worth recalling: there used to be traffic-calming devices at this intersection as part of the Shared Peachtree project. They were removed (along with the whole project) by Mayor Dickens. www.11alive.com/article/news...

submitted 42 days ago • 4 comments

The full vision for Civic Center redevelopment will apparently require a lot of patience. The only component announced for now is a senior housing project, 148 units. Atlanta Housing expects to close financing on it "within the next quarter of 2025." atlanta.urbanize.city/post/atl-hou...

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Last chance to comment on MARTA's new bus system, seen here: www.martanextgenbusnetwork.com/draftnetwork Attend a meeting in person: www.itsmarta.com/public-heari... The May 14 7pm meeting will be streamed at itsmarta.com. Comments must be submitted by May 20 to: [email protected]

submitted 59 days ago • 1 comment

The House Majority’s Transportation & Infrastructure Committee is moving to repeal funding for projects nationwide, including a connection between Atlanta's Beltline & the Flint River, plus Phase 1 of the Stitch. t4america.org/2025/04/29/r...

submitted 62 days ago • 3 comments

Portman essentially says: "Thanks for approving our development with 1,435 parking spaces on the Beltline! We still oppose rail." They're opposing Beltline rail while also adding an amount of parking that undermines transit ridership. Ugh. (Paywalled) www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news...

submitted 67 days ago • 4 comments

What an incredible map! In red you can see every county in the U.S. that contains a subway line (meaning a heavy-rail transit system). Do Atlantans appreciate how lucky we are to have this? Let's make sure we take advantage of it with our urban planning and design. Source: x.com/Colin_d_m/st...

submitted 68 days ago • 3 comments

Please sign this @AbundantHousATL petition against the current draft of Atlanta Tree Protection Ordinance! It adds too many burdens to new housing construction, and it makes it less likely for parking lots to be developed if there are trees in the lot. actionnetwork.org/letters/dont...

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

We interview Tony Jordan, founder of the Parking Reform Network, for the new ThreadATL podcast! A key question we talk about: how do we convince folks who are outside the urbanism bubble about the goodness of reducing our dependency on cars & parking in cities? open.spotify.com/episode/2V6k...

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"We full? Not even close. New housing development in the city demonstrates that we have the capacity to increase housing density, perhaps in ways that will spur increased use of transit and other forms of mobility besides the automobile." 💯 33n.atlantaregional.com/housing/if-y...

submitted 87 days ago • 1 comment

#GApol in case you wondered, Arthur Blank has pocketed $180M of Atlanta's hotel tax in the first 7 yrs of his MB Stadium deal. His heirs will hit $1 Billion in 2023 prices before it's done. Can you think of better public uses for that billion dollars? e.g., 5,000 affordable apts?

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

Take this survey -- let GDOT & ARC know how important it is for us to have good options for commuting beyond just driving a car! gacommutersurvey.org?fbclid=PAY2x...

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

Spotted today in Downtown: pedestrians crossing at 225 Peachtree, where there's a huge need for a crosswalk. A man was killed while crossing here several weeks ago. In 2021 this was the site of the Shared Space project, improving pedestrian safety. The project was terminated by Mayor Dickens. 1/2

submitted 97 days ago • 1 comment

Thanks to guest poster Varun Kumar for letting us share these thoughts about Atlanta’s urbanism from the perspective of someone who relocated here a few months ago! What do you think, other newcomers? Do these impressions seem familiar to you? www.threadatl.org/blog/atlanta...

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

Give some help to Partners for Home, the Atlanta organization responsible for deploying federal homelessness funds locally! Sign their petition to HUD to address funding concerns: partnersforhome.org/letter-to-hud/

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Passenger rail between Atlanta and Savannah? Yes please! Give GDOT your feedback on this idea here (scroll down to get to survey): atlsavpassrail-gdot.hub.arcgis.com

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Correction to previous post: Dickens' new plan for Beltline transit does allow for rail on the Eastside, only in a 2nd phase far in the future when it would be implemented with rail on the Southeast (funding unknown). You can see the full plan here: threadatl.org/dickens-stre... 1/

submitted 107 days ago • 3 comments

"We are committed to building rail on the Beltline, however, not in the form that has been previously discussed," said Courtney English, the mayor's chief adviser. Mayor Dickens effectively killed the streetcar extension to the Eastside Beltline today. www.ajc.com/news/atlanta...

submitted 109 days ago • 5 comments

Yonah Freemark reports that federal transportation agencies have been ordered to review all recent "green" & "equity" grants so they can be revised or canceled. It seems possible that this will include grants for Atlanta's "The Stitch" freeway cap, plus the Five Points MARTA station's new canopy.

submitted 109 days ago • 0 comments

Good news! The GA state House has passed a bill that allows MARTA to enforce its bus-only lanes through cameras mounted on buses. Source: a (paywalled) article from Atlanta Business chronicle. www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news... 1/

submitted 112 days ago • 2 comments

A new report from the Trust for Public Land looks at the "past and future of Atlanta Beltline," but at a March 4th event about the report, the Trust's vice president declared transit to be off-limits to the conversation. 😠 What a bizarre place we've landed in. saportareport.com/emerald-neck...

submitted 113 days ago • 1 comment

On Tuesday, a federal webpage listed 3 major buildings in Downtown -- IRS Service Center (Peachtree Summit), MLK Federal Building, and the Sam Nunn Federal Center -- as "designated for disposal." Wednesday, the page simply read: "Non-core property list (Coming soon)" www.gsa.gov/real-estate/...

submitted 117 days ago • 2 comments

Are Breeze card readers at MARTA rail stations really broken enough to impact ridership statistics this much? If so, this maintenance failure is as concerning as the ridership itself, since fare payments affect MARTA's ability to fund things like maintenance. www.fox5atlanta.com/news/fewer-a... 1/

submitted 117 days ago • 7 comments

Georgia House Bill 638 will permit MARTA to use automated camera enforcement for its new Bus Rapid Transit lanes! www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/... The bill needs to clear the state house or senate by March 6. Please contact your legislators today or tomorrow! www.letspropelatl.org/bus_lanes_fo...

submitted 118 days ago • 0 comments

A pedestrian death on Peactree Street, in the remains of the abandoned Shared Space program, is tragic and infuriating. Thanks to Councilmembers Farokhi, Dozier, Westmoreland for calling on the Dickens administration to put a safe crossing here. threadatl.tumblr.com/post/7771184...

submitted 118 days ago • 0 comments