Tag: transportation
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Yes on public transport, no on Atlanta streetcar
I’ll admit to not having pored over the data about the alleged benefits of the Atlanta streetcar. To me, it seems like another bad idea for downtown aimed at our city’s favorite demographic — tourists. How many Atlantans traverse between the King Center and Centennial Park? About as many who visit such downtown institutions as the…
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Meh-lanta
A sobering thought for anyone who cares about Atlanta: An expert in land use and urban development, Leinberger outlined how metro Atlanta has fallen out of favor nationally as a business hub and is now competing with cities like Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Dallas, cities once overshadowed by Atlanta. My hometown, competing with Orlando…
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Streetcar skepticism
I understand the Atlanta streetcar is part of a broader transportation plan including the Beltline. Hopefully it all comes together. But I remain skeptical of the city’s promises, and its priorities. The streetcar, which links Centennial Olympic Park to the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, is, like most everything else downtown, aimed at…
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Enduring Clusterfuck
Atlanta’s symbol should be a red light, our slogan: “Welcome to Atlanta, the anti-Germany.” As in anti-efficiency. I was on the road much of the day, ostensibly driving. In reality I was sitting at traffic light after bloody (as in red) traffic light, dreaming of 100 uninterrupted yards of pavement. The Georgia Department of Transportation,…
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Courtesy of Delta
Delta Air Lines is responding to a firestorm of criticism emerging from an incident on Monday in which a group of U.S. soldiers returning home from deployment in Afghanistan was charged $200 each for extra bags on a connecting flight to Atlanta. … In the video posted on YouTube, O’Hair explained that his fourth bag…
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Perhaps Nathan Deal will surprise us
He’s been shady but, judging by his inaugural speech, Nathan Deal may not be a total *Sonny after all. “For violent and repeat offenders, we will make you pay for your crimes. For other offenders who want to change their lives, we will provide the opportunity to do so with Day Reporting Centers, Drug, DUI…
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