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Fall is super late this year due to much warmer than normal temperatures, but we're starting to get good color in Piedmont Park. #Atlanta #LeafPeeping
November 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Fall is super late this year due to much warmer than normal temperatures, but we're starting to get good color in Piedmont Park. #Atlanta #LeafPeeping
Looks like it didn't take long for these new bollards to do their job and protect people on the sidewalk. Hopefully will be replaced soon.
November 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Looks like it didn't take long for these new bollards to do their job and protect people on the sidewalk. Hopefully will be replaced soon.
November 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"So do you want the church to be neoclassical, post-modern, Disney, or Byzantine?" Yes. #architecture #Greece
October 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
"So do you want the church to be neoclassical, post-modern, Disney, or Byzantine?" Yes. #architecture #Greece
Bank of America Plaza. #Atlanta #skyscrapers
September 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Bank of America Plaza. #Atlanta #skyscrapers
Scraping the sky
September 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Scraping the sky
Doing a pit maneuver in a city's downtown is absurd.
This morning, GA State Patrol did a PIT maneuver that caused a car to crash into the Avis car rental on Courtland Ave in Downtown Atlanta, nearly hitting two unhoused people on the sidewalk.
This is awful in so many ways.
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www.11alive.com/article/news...
This is awful in so many ways.
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www.11alive.com/article/news...
September 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Doing a pit maneuver in a city's downtown is absurd.
Midtown mornings
September 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Midtown mornings
Good news from south downtown - permits filed for "...new concrete sidewalk and landscaping at the MARTA Garnett promenade and along Broad Street: sidewalk replacement/widening and general streetscape and placemaking improvements including landscaping and amenities." #Atlanta #MARTA
September 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
If you make your city pleasant and safe for people to walk and bike, they will do so in droves. #Atlanta #urbanism #walkability #OpenStreets
September 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
If you make your city pleasant and safe for people to walk and bike, they will do so in droves. #Atlanta #urbanism #walkability #OpenStreets
www.atlantastreetsalive.org
Streets Alive is today on Peachtree Street starting at 2pm. Street is open for people and closed to cars. Walk/bike/roll on over. #Atlanta #urbanism
Streets Alive is today on Peachtree Street starting at 2pm. Street is open for people and closed to cars. Walk/bike/roll on over. #Atlanta #urbanism
Atlanta Streets Alive
A monthly Open Street presented by ATLDOT with support by Propel ATL & the Atlanta community. Returning to Peachtree Street: fall 2023! Atlanta Streets Alive opens streets for people by taking cars ou...
www.atlantastreetsalive.org
September 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
www.atlantastreetsalive.org
Streets Alive is today on Peachtree Street starting at 2pm. Street is open for people and closed to cars. Walk/bike/roll on over. #Atlanta #urbanism
Streets Alive is today on Peachtree Street starting at 2pm. Street is open for people and closed to cars. Walk/bike/roll on over. #Atlanta #urbanism
Flew to Toronto last week. Maybe not the best pics from a plane at night, but I thought it was cool. The city has a rapidly growing skyline. #Toronto #Skyscrapers
September 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Flew to Toronto last week. Maybe not the best pics from a plane at night, but I thought it was cool. The city has a rapidly growing skyline. #Toronto #Skyscrapers
MARTA makes it so hard to support transit. The bus route redesign originally scheduled for 2022 has been delayed again. "[MARTA interim CEO Hunt] said the planned bus network redesign launch will no longer occur in 2025."
Hat tip to ThreadATL for sharing: www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/09/09/a...
Hat tip to ThreadATL for sharing: www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/09/09/a...
Advisory group meets to help MARTA fix safety, reliability, and ridership woes
In the last few months, MARTA has endured a series of security issues that have impacted public perception of the transit agency.
www.atlantanewsfirst.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
MARTA makes it so hard to support transit. The bus route redesign originally scheduled for 2022 has been delayed again. "[MARTA interim CEO Hunt] said the planned bus network redesign launch will no longer occur in 2025."
Hat tip to ThreadATL for sharing: www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/09/09/a...
Hat tip to ThreadATL for sharing: www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/09/09/a...
StreetsAlive, Atlanta's open streets event, is happening again this Sunday. Come enjoy Peachtree Street without cars! #Atlanta #urbanism #walkability
September 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
StreetsAlive, Atlanta's open streets event, is happening again this Sunday. Come enjoy Peachtree Street without cars! #Atlanta #urbanism #walkability
I love the Beltline. This article is a pretty good summary of its problems and shortcomings.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/b...
I particularly like how it points out that landowners made a fortune from the trail and then opposed equitable rail transit.
#Atlanta #Beltline
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/b...
I particularly like how it points out that landowners made a fortune from the trail and then opposed equitable rail transit.
#Atlanta #Beltline
It Was Supposed to Connect Segregated Neighborhoods. Did It Gentrify Them Instead?
www.nytimes.com
September 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I love the Beltline. This article is a pretty good summary of its problems and shortcomings.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/b...
I particularly like how it points out that landowners made a fortune from the trail and then opposed equitable rail transit.
#Atlanta #Beltline
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/b...
I particularly like how it points out that landowners made a fortune from the trail and then opposed equitable rail transit.
#Atlanta #Beltline
Reposted
Ten people died on Atlanta roads in the first quarter of 2025.
Propel ATL and the Safe Streets Coalition got the City of Atlanta to officially commit to Vision Zero—setting the goal of eliminating these preventable deaths—in 2020.
Propel ATL and the Safe Streets Coalition got the City of Atlanta to officially commit to Vision Zero—setting the goal of eliminating these preventable deaths—in 2020.
August 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Ten people died on Atlanta roads in the first quarter of 2025.
Propel ATL and the Safe Streets Coalition got the City of Atlanta to officially commit to Vision Zero—setting the goal of eliminating these preventable deaths—in 2020.
Propel ATL and the Safe Streets Coalition got the City of Atlanta to officially commit to Vision Zero—setting the goal of eliminating these preventable deaths—in 2020.
Reposted
What happens when you build the trails before the rails? You get Atlanta's Beltline, a project which after two decades has still not added the rail.
August 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
What happens when you build the trails before the rails? You get Atlanta's Beltline, a project which after two decades has still not added the rail.
Reposted
Is it possible that…urbanism is a winning strategy in cities?
August 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Is it possible that…urbanism is a winning strategy in cities?
This is great news, but it's still disappointing how long it takes for affordable housing to be built. Many of these projects with tax incentives are taking 3-5 years in the planning process.
In shadow of Atlanta City Hall, mixed-use Trinity Central Flats has been four years in the making
At long last, groundbreaking nears for downtown affordable housing block
In shadow of Atlanta City Hall, mixed-use Trinity Central Flats has been four years in the making
atlanta.urbanize.city
August 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This is great news, but it's still disappointing how long it takes for affordable housing to be built. Many of these projects with tax incentives are taking 3-5 years in the planning process.
August 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Bike/ped trail updates from PATH. Progress on design and construction. Lots of Beltline stuff, plus Trolley trail, PATH400, and Proctor Creek extension.
August 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Bike/ped trail updates from PATH. Progress on design and construction. Lots of Beltline stuff, plus Trolley trail, PATH400, and Proctor Creek extension.