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The Health of Atlanta’s Historic Downtown Has an Effect on the Whole City
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What are we saying to Atlantans and to the world when the cradle of the city is sad and disused?
Is Atlanta Transit Access More Important After the I-85 Collapse?
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The question everyone’s asking, now that the interstate repairs are complete: will a significant number of these new riders stick with transit after the bridge is repaired?
Improving Atlanta Neighborhoods Without Displacing Residents: It’s a Struggle
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We’ve been demonizing gentrification for years with little result. Promoting “housing security” may be a better focus .
Rationalizing Inertia on Atlanta’s Auburn Avenue
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Auburn Avenue, with its architecture and history and connectivity, has the potential to be a vibrant and beautiful signature-street for Atlanta.
Connecting the Dots for Mobility in Atlanta’s Core
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“Atlantans want to drive to Downtown” is a common rationale for the parking blitz in the district. Anti-transit bias, the low price of parking, lack of housing options close to Downtown jobs — all of that plays a part.
Transit in a Divided Atlanta
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If we look at the racial segregation of housing in Atlanta’s history, it seems likely that some streets were purposely designed to provide limited connection between black and white neighborhoods.