Mayor of MARTA
@mayorofmarta.bsky.social
Transit rider, advocate for safer streets in Atlanta. Twitter asylum seeker.
Creator of Bicycle Routes of Metro Atlanta map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1VgUf-g_ALmAcWyEI0zprt2nWwPbgutk&hl=en&usp=sharing
Creator of Bicycle Routes of Metro Atlanta map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1VgUf-g_ALmAcWyEI0zprt2nWwPbgutk&hl=en&usp=sharing
Congratulations Atlanta, you elected a person who doesn't know the position.
Devin Franklin asks Council President Marci Collier Overstreet where in the code it requires someone who donated time to be present at the time when donee begins speaking.
She says "it's in there."
I personally cannot find anything to that effect.
She says "it's in there."
I personally cannot find anything to that effect.
February 2, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Congratulations Atlanta, you elected a person who doesn't know the position.
The ecomonic impact to local ecomonies are always overinfalted by chamber of commerce-types.
@jcbradbury.com do you have any estimate of what the TRUE impact could be for a host city?
@jcbradbury.com do you have any estimate of what the TRUE impact could be for a host city?
How much money do we think City of Atlanta is spending to prepare for World Cup? Metro Chamber economists estimate a $500 million economic impact, so if Atlanta collects it 1.5% share of sales tax, that’s only like $7.5 million which is like a rounding error compared to city budget.
February 2, 2026 at 5:33 PM
The ecomonic impact to local ecomonies are always overinfalted by chamber of commerce-types.
@jcbradbury.com do you have any estimate of what the TRUE impact could be for a host city?
@jcbradbury.com do you have any estimate of what the TRUE impact could be for a host city?
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ICE is not welcome here.
Want a sticker? Venmo [@]austinlouisray any amount of money and include your mailing address.
100% of the proceeds go to Minnesota mutual aid funds.
Let's do some good this week:
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Want a sticker? Venmo [@]austinlouisray any amount of money and include your mailing address.
100% of the proceeds go to Minnesota mutual aid funds.
Let's do some good this week:
how-id-fix-atlanta.ghost.io/ice-is-not-w...
ICE is not welcome here
Good morning. It's bleak out there.
Maybe you've been reading headlines and watching videos and thinking absolutely bonkers thoughts. Maybe you're in an ongoing state of shock that our presidential a...
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February 2, 2026 at 2:06 PM
ICE is not welcome here.
Want a sticker? Venmo [@]austinlouisray any amount of money and include your mailing address.
100% of the proceeds go to Minnesota mutual aid funds.
Let's do some good this week:
how-id-fix-atlanta.ghost.io/ice-is-not-w...
Want a sticker? Venmo [@]austinlouisray any amount of money and include your mailing address.
100% of the proceeds go to Minnesota mutual aid funds.
Let's do some good this week:
how-id-fix-atlanta.ghost.io/ice-is-not-w...
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Remote sensing
Urban geography
Forest dynamics and analysis
Advanced digital technology
Nature-society interactions
Remote sensing
Urban geography
Forest dynamics and analysis
Advanced digital technology
Nature-society interactions
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Extreme Atlanta: Climate change in Urban Spaces
Urban Sociology
Living Building Science
History of Sports in America
Origami Engineering
Extreme Atlanta: Climate change in Urban Spaces
Urban Sociology
Living Building Science
History of Sports in America
Origami Engineering
Nevermind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
American Revolutionary History (Don Higginbotham)
History of the Antebellum South (Harry Watson)
The American South (Marci Cohen Harris)
Judicial Politics (Joe Ura)
Presidential Decisionmaking (Tim McKeown)
Absolute legends.
American Revolutionary History (Don Higginbotham)
History of the Antebellum South (Harry Watson)
The American South (Marci Cohen Harris)
Judicial Politics (Joe Ura)
Presidential Decisionmaking (Tim McKeown)
Absolute legends.
January 31, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Remote sensing
Urban geography
Forest dynamics and analysis
Advanced digital technology
Nature-society interactions
Remote sensing
Urban geography
Forest dynamics and analysis
Advanced digital technology
Nature-society interactions
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RIP Catherine O'Hara, who managed to steal every scene she was in
Waiting for Guffman- Chinese Restaurant Scene
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January 30, 2026 at 6:41 PM
RIP Catherine O'Hara, who managed to steal every scene she was in
Here is my email to ZRB
To whom it may concern,
I am a resident of Kirkwood and NPU-O. I voted in favor of the above referenced project, twice. I have lived in Kirkwood and NPU-O for 15 years. I have seen the cost of housing continue to rise and price out the majority of the legacy residents.
To whom it may concern,
I am a resident of Kirkwood and NPU-O. I voted in favor of the above referenced project, twice. I have lived in Kirkwood and NPU-O for 15 years. I have seen the cost of housing continue to rise and price out the majority of the legacy residents.
Kirkwood NPU rejects 47-microunit complex for elderly unhoused Atlantans
The chorus of “no” votes doesn't mean the plan to build long-term housing for unhoused people is finished.
The chorus of “no” votes doesn't mean the plan to build long-term housing for unhoused people is finished.
Kirkwood NPU rejects 47-microunit complex for elderly unhoused Atlantans
The chorus of “no” votes doesn't mean the plan to build long-term housing for unhoused people is finished.
atlantaciviccircle.org
January 30, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Here is my email to ZRB
To whom it may concern,
I am a resident of Kirkwood and NPU-O. I voted in favor of the above referenced project, twice. I have lived in Kirkwood and NPU-O for 15 years. I have seen the cost of housing continue to rise and price out the majority of the legacy residents.
To whom it may concern,
I am a resident of Kirkwood and NPU-O. I voted in favor of the above referenced project, twice. I have lived in Kirkwood and NPU-O for 15 years. I have seen the cost of housing continue to rise and price out the majority of the legacy residents.
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JFC eliminating property taxes would be a neutron bomb on local governments. Giving rich homeowners a 100% tax break but continuing to tax renters would be fiscal genocide.
January 30, 2026 at 3:57 AM
JFC eliminating property taxes would be a neutron bomb on local governments. Giving rich homeowners a 100% tax break but continuing to tax renters would be fiscal genocide.
5 jobs I've had
Carhop at Sonic
Line cook at Texas Roadhouse
Line cook at O'Charles
Deli and bakery at Publix
Cleaned a chicken house 1 summer
Carhop at Sonic
Line cook at Texas Roadhouse
Line cook at O'Charles
Deli and bakery at Publix
Cleaned a chicken house 1 summer
5 jobs I've had:
Amusement Park Ride Operator
Rock Climbing Gym Belayer
Ship Store Clerk/Boat Washer
Stockroom/Warehouse Worker
Financial Analyst
Amusement Park Ride Operator
Rock Climbing Gym Belayer
Ship Store Clerk/Boat Washer
Stockroom/Warehouse Worker
Financial Analyst
5 jobs i've had
youth soccer referee
movie theater employee (box office and concession)
publix bagger
waiter (pf changs and macaroni grill)
starbucks barista
youth soccer referee
movie theater employee (box office and concession)
publix bagger
waiter (pf changs and macaroni grill)
starbucks barista
January 29, 2026 at 5:46 PM
5 jobs I've had
Carhop at Sonic
Line cook at Texas Roadhouse
Line cook at O'Charles
Deli and bakery at Publix
Cleaned a chicken house 1 summer
Carhop at Sonic
Line cook at Texas Roadhouse
Line cook at O'Charles
Deli and bakery at Publix
Cleaned a chicken house 1 summer
Trying out Valley METRO
January 28, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Trying out Valley METRO
I've never seen anyone fail upward as much as Kwanza Hall.
These local tax breaks have gotten out of control. It’s now standard operating procedure for any project of any scale to extract one. Then who pays the rest of balance due? Residents and small businesses. This has to end.
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Amazon’s $500M warehouse project near Atlanta gets initial OK for tax break — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Amazon received preliminary approval for a tax break in Fulton County as part of a $500 million project to transform an existing warehouse into a high-tech package facility.
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January 28, 2026 at 12:39 PM
I've never seen anyone fail upward as much as Kwanza Hall.
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Fact: MARTA Transit is moving forward with ~20 miles of high capacity transit south of I-20, yet Atlantans are being told 2.5 miles for the #1 most supported project Eastside BeltLine Rail is somehow too much to ask.
Enough!!
Prioritize the project and let’s get it done.
Enough!!
Prioritize the project and let’s get it done.
January 28, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Fact: MARTA Transit is moving forward with ~20 miles of high capacity transit south of I-20, yet Atlantans are being told 2.5 miles for the #1 most supported project Eastside BeltLine Rail is somehow too much to ask.
Enough!!
Prioritize the project and let’s get it done.
Enough!!
Prioritize the project and let’s get it done.
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Love that other cities are literally running on "don't let your city become Andre Dickens' Atlanta"
January 27, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Love that other cities are literally running on "don't let your city become Andre Dickens' Atlanta"
I hope MARTOC get involved and investigates what happened behind closed doors. I hope Council Transportation Committee holds a work session & calls those who are responsible for the vote to speak in a public meeting.
Atlanta voters approved light rail on the Eastside Beltline.
Last May, a committee stopped work on the Streetcar East Extension—without a public vote and without telling the public for months.
Learn more: civicatlanta.org/blog/a-secre...
Last May, a committee stopped work on the Streetcar East Extension—without a public vote and without telling the public for months.
Learn more: civicatlanta.org/blog/a-secre...
A secret vote has halted a major transit project Atlanta voters overwhelmingly approved in the 2016 More MARTA referendum. — Center for Civic Innovation
Last May, officials stopped long-planned work to add light rail on the Eastside Beltline by extending the Atlanta Streetcar, a decision that was deliberately withheld from the public for months, accor...
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January 27, 2026 at 4:08 PM
I hope MARTOC get involved and investigates what happened behind closed doors. I hope Council Transportation Committee holds a work session & calls those who are responsible for the vote to speak in a public meeting.
Zoning 2.0 has been a huge disappointment and will only lead to higher housing prices, more displacement, and higher infrastructure costs.
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And apparently they will continue to be illegal under tomorrow’s laws. Zoning 2.0 is supposedly copying 1:1 from the old zoning districts to new zoning districts, so these 1980’s downzoning of historic buildings is going to carry over into the 2030’s and beyond. Illegal apartments will stay illegal.
January 27, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Zoning 2.0 has been a huge disappointment and will only lead to higher housing prices, more displacement, and higher infrastructure costs.
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It’s a new year, and the perfect time to start fresh! Let’s execute what the voters asked for: Build Beltline Rail Now! 🚊🌱
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Mayor Andre Dickens open to revisiting decision on Beltline rail - SaportaReport
Read Mayor Andre Dickens open to revisiting decision on Beltline rail by Maria Saporta for SaportaReport here.
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January 27, 2026 at 1:50 AM
It’s a new year, and the perfect time to start fresh! Let’s execute what the voters asked for: Build Beltline Rail Now! 🚊🌱
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Hell yeah! Kirkwood turning up for what they believe in!
#BestNeighborhoodinAtlanta
#BestNeighborhoodinAtlanta
Hundreds of Atlantans have gathered in Kirkwood to hold a vigil for Alex Pretti, the nurse who was killed by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis Saturday.
January 26, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Hell yeah! Kirkwood turning up for what they believe in!
#BestNeighborhoodinAtlanta
#BestNeighborhoodinAtlanta
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ATL: let's get together in Kirkwood and show some solidarity tonight 🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️
January 26, 2026 at 4:26 PM
ATL: let's get together in Kirkwood and show some solidarity tonight 🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️
It's sad to see so many rowhomes torn down in Baltimore. I like this type of SFH development.
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Mass Demolition Is Transforming Baltimore
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January 26, 2026 at 12:48 PM
It's sad to see so many rowhomes torn down in Baltimore. I like this type of SFH development.
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Saying what others are too afraid to say about Atlanta.
I always tell people that Trump wants to run America like Atlanta: a playground for a oligarchs and segregationists, where referendums can be annulled by decree, residents are more surveilled than any city on Earth, and dissenters get hit with RICO charges for the sin of handing out flyers
The legal and moral implications aside, I cannot image anyone looking at Georgia as a competitive midterm battleground and saying, “let’s bring the most unpopular elements of this Administration to the Atlanta Metro.”
January 25, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Saying what others are too afraid to say about Atlanta.
Ice covers every raised surface. Power outages reported a few blocks away.
January 25, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Ice covers every raised surface. Power outages reported a few blocks away.
Atlanta's population will never break 1M. Given its failure to invest in transit and make actual changes to its zoning.
January 25, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Atlanta's population will never break 1M. Given its failure to invest in transit and make actual changes to its zoning.