The Atlanta Housing Authority proposes no new initiatives in the first forward-looking report it has prepared for HUD since former CEO Renee Glover left last year following a public two-year dispute with Mayor Kasim Reed.
The report does say AHA intends to provide the Falcons with land near the new stadium for a surface parking lot. This site is part of the now-demolished housing project, Herndon Homes.
The report clearly states the decision to provide no new initiatives for the fiscal year ...more
Bicycling, walking and transit are getting more attention than ever as metro Atlanta planners prepare to adopt the proposed update of the region’s short- and long-term transportation plans. They’re to be approved within 30 days.
“We will see this discussion grow more robust: How can we ensure a transit network and pedestrian network that improves moving people to regional job centers,” the ARC’s David Haynes said at Wednesday’s GRTA board meeting.
Transit is slated to receive a significant portion of the region’s ...more
A new report by PEDS calls on transportation planners to make pedestrian safety as important a goal as congestion relief, particularly near transit stops. The report also includes a toolkit for improving pedestrian safety near transit stops.
“We want safety to be a top priority, or as important as congestion relief,” Sally Flocks, PEDS president and CEO, said Sunday.
Flocks is slated to present the report Thursday to the ARC’s Transportation and Air Quality Committee. PEDS will ask ARC to conduct a ...more
A free app from researchers at Georgia Tech is the latest step toward providing information passengers need to know about the region’s public transit systems.
The app now provides arrival time for MARTA trains. It previously had provided arrival times for MARTA buses and Georgia Tech’s shuttles. Over time, developers plan to add arrival data for other transit systems in the Atlanta area.
The OneBusAway app functions on all mobile devices, computers, and large screens such as those provided in public places, ...more
Gov. Nathan Deal on Tuesday was quick to jump on President Obama’s budget proposal for not including money to start the Savannah harbor deepening project.
But the Obama proposal does contain money for other transportation projects that may be of help in Georgia, particularly in Atlanta. Deal said the state will begin deepening the harbor with funds it already has set aside for the job.
For starters, the president has recommended a four-year transportation program that includes continued funding of the TIGER ...more
The $266 million that Georgia is setting aside for the planned deepening of the Savannah harbor is being protected by a proposed financial bailout of the Panama Canal expansion project.
The Savannah project is based on the premise that Savannah needs a deeper harbor to handle the bigger ships expected to transit the bigger Panama Canal. However, work on the canal resumed just last week – and only on a limited basis – after a two-week stoppage because of disagreement over ...more
The Atlanta City Council is slated to cast a series of votes Monday that may resolve a bit of the uncertainty surrounding the planned Falcons stadium.
But no matter how the council votes, significant hurdles remain. Construction funding for the $1.1 billion stadium remains subject to a legal challenge that could derail the project. In addition, the council just this weekend received a highly anticipated report from Mike Dobbins that address issues of connectivity and community regarding the stadium site.
The report ...more
Everyone is looking for a breakout year for the economy. So much so that Georgia State University went ahead and said it probably won’t be so.
“Forecaster says odds are against 2014 being a breakout year for the economy,” is the headline that GSU put on its statement about the latest economic forecast by Rajeev Dhawan, of the school’s Economic Forecasting Center.
On Friday, the U.S. Commerce Department revised downward its estimate of quarterly growth at the end of 2013. The growth ...more
As Georgia vies for top talent and industry, a New York program that finances clean energy industries bears watching.
The New York Green Bank intends to help finance industries that hasten the transition to clean energy. The program is supported by the Sierra Club and headed by a banking veteran from Citigroup.
In comparison, Georgia environmentalists oppose a proposed water policy endorsed Wednesday by Gov. Nathan Deal: A plan to address low river flow in southwest Georgia by storing water underground and ...more
Georgia has quietly gotten into the business of subsidizing regional bus service in metro Atlanta.
Gov. Nathan Deal and state lawmakers have barely made a peep this year about providing about the $8.2 million that Deal recommended to pay for bus service provided by GRTA, the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority. This sum doesn’t quite cover a year’s worth of operations, and the legislature likely will fill the gap next year.
This transit funding is remarkable, if only for its history.
Just a year ...more
