The Story of Atlanta: Georgia's Transforming Capital

How Atlanta is transforming from car-dependent sprawl into a web of walkable urban communities connected by low-carbon transportation options. With 50% of its land shaded by trees, the ATL is the most successful urban forest in the United States.
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History of MARTA    • On the Right Track: The History of MARTA  
Westside BeltLine opens    • Westside Atlanta Beltline is now open...  
A Highway to Independence for disabled    • The Beltline: A Highway to Independence  
Losing weight on the BeltLine    • Life on the Atlanta Beltline: Chelle  
Mayor Andre Dickens interview: streetcar on the beltline    • ONE-ON-ONE: Atlanta Mayor Andre Dicke...  
Faction: small driverless vehicles    • How Small Driverless Vehicles Could R...  
Dangerously crowded Beltline    • Concerns grow over reckless e-bike ri...  
E-bike rebate program    • E-bike rebate program in Atlanta  
Centennial yards    • Centennial Yards to begin next phase ...  
Conversation with developer Christopher Leinberger    • Place Management Driving Sustainable ...  

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Metro Atlanta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_A...
$207 Million for The Stitch https://atlanta.urbanize.city/post/do...
Beltline & Transit Map https://i0.wp.com/saportareport.com/w...
MARTA BRT https://www.itsmarta.com/brt.aspx
Centennial Yards https://centennialyards.com/
Few places in the U.S. will see more climate migrants than Atlanta https://yaleclimateconnections.org/20...
Least dense major metros   / oc_population_density_spread_of_the_larges...  
Where it all went wrong for MARTA https://www.atlantamagazine.com/great...

Music
"Adamah, Instrumental" - Tristan Barton
"Better Believe" - Tiko Tiko
"Run, Instrumental" - Tristan Barton

0:00 Welcome to Atlanta
1:01 How slavery and segregation held the ATL back
1:38 The impact of the BeltLine
2:51 Streetcar on the Beltline
3:20 Small driverless vehicles
4:14 Is it already too crowded?
5:01 E-bike rebate program
5:16 The Stitch
5:49 MARTA and Bus Rapid Transit
6:10 Centennial Yards downtown redevelopment
6:25 America's embrace of walkable urbanism
6:45 Future growth and environmental challenges
7:40 The most successful urban forest in the country

This is Futurizing Atlanta Home to the government of Georgia, the Centers for Disease Control, top universities, and numerous Fortune 100 companies, Atlanta is the largest state capital by population in the nation and last year jumped ahead of Miami, Philly, and DC to become the 6th largest metro area. It is the dynamic hub of the South and has the busiest airport in the world.
But its public transportation system has been left behind after decades of underfunding. When white residents left the city for the suburbs, they elected leaders who perpetuated segregationist policies.
This racism is what Atlanta’s most storied man, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and his fellow Civil Rights activists, struggled against.
BeltLine, currently one of the largest-scale urban renewal projects in the United States. The nearly complete, 22-mile network of multi-use trails and parks along a former rail corridor that loops around downtown
westside APS schools, Atlanta University Center
Streetcar Mayor Andre Dickens
driverless pods, but it’s an alternative that might provide more value and flexibility.
For example, a company called Faction uses small, lightweight vehicles that are much cheaper to build, and use just 10% of the energy of a traditional ev.
Atlanta was awarded a $207 million Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods grant from the Biden-Harris administration’s infrastructure bill to help build Phase 1 of The Stitch
The Stitch will also feature the Civic Center station of MARTA, the city’s two-line metro network
Atlantans falcons braves hawks university emory cdc georgia tech Bus Rapid Transit. redevelopment Mercedes Benz stadium ‘The Gulch.’
Hurricane Helene Florida Gulf Coast and river swept North Carolina mountains Westside Park
the most successful urban forest in the United States with 50% of its land shaded by trees
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