Come mingle, chat, and listen to a few speakers w/us in NW Atlanta @ Washington Park. The Let’s Talk Transit brand and movement these are the communities meetups. See you soon ~ Register: bit.ly/LTT-Aug-2025 BeltLine Rail Now! MARTA Army Sierra Club Georgia Chapter

When the city cuts costs by deferring much-needed repairs of sidewalks and ADA ramps, it can mean the difference between someone moving freely or being shut out of public life. Public infrastructure needs to afford dignity to everyone. threadatl.tumblr.com/post/791317281…

At a webinar tonight, Atlanta Beltline is sharing their recommendations for the location of transit stations in the Northwest, Southwest, and Southeast parts of the Beltline (and transit alignment in the NW). Tuesday, Aug 12, 2025 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM beltline.org/events/687fff1…

Take a look at the new maps of the route alignment and stations for rail on the Atlanta Beltline and try not to drool on your screen. 🤤 Even as rail implementation gets frustratingly delayed, there's still a solid vision for the design. threadatl.tumblr.com/post/791720848…

Good point. 800M + 375M + 520M + 435M + 400M + 500M + 270M + 210M = $3.51 billion For less than the $4.1 billion loan the federal government just gave GA to expand Highway 400, we could build all this.

As if surface-parking spaces weren’t problematic enough, new research finds that parked cars contribute to urban heat islands, exposing pedestrians to even higher levels of heat stress though the “radiative properties” of the materials cars are made of. threadatl.org/blog/even-when…

Another reason why we need to preserve places. They are not just buildings. atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-a…

Where should a new Amtrak Location Go? ARC and the City of Atlanta are conducting a study to find the best options to replace the current station, which is too small, not ADA-compliant, and far from MARTA rail. Learn more on ARC's News Center page: bit.ly/41Qbjk4

The attempted sale of six largely-empty office buildings above Peachtree Center MARTA Station tells a sad story about the decline of the Downtown office market. But maybe there's a great new Transit Oriented Development waiting to happen here? 🤔🤞🏻 costar.com/article/138258…

Good writeup on the complexity of providing affordable homes in hot markets of Atlanta through fees, density bonuses, & requirements for below-market-rate units. It also raises questions: how can we also ensure affordable homes are near transit & on safe streets for walking?

A transit advocacy group in NYC uses ATL's failure to get rail started on the Beltline as a warning: build the rail first, before the 'trail' component sparks anti-transit outrage from residents who don't want to rock the booming-property-values boat. instagram.com/p/DN58BSXEbZB

MARTA's interim CEO says the bus network redesign launch will no longer happen in 2025 The redesign reduces the number of routes while increasing the frequency of bus service: martanextgenbusnetwork.com/adopted-final-… A new timetable for the launch is "expected soon." atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/09/09/adv…

I've discovered a cool trick for avoiding any parking fees in Virginia Highland.

MARTA's interim CEO announces April 2026 as the rollout date for three big things: > A new fare system allowing riders to swipe a credit card > New open-gangway train cars (delayed from this year) > The new bus system routes (also delayed from this year) atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/09/12/mee…

Congrats to disability advocate Carden Wyckoff for being selected by Atlanta City Council this afternoon as the interim Council member for District 2 (my district)!! Good choice, y'all.

Thread co-founder Unplanned Atlanta will be on NPR's All Things Considered this Thursday to discuss the Beltline, it's plans for Murphy Crossing, and their shifting missions over the years.