A great (national) article on the ways Atlanta is looking to control it's growth in the future. It highlights things like Southface, The Beltline, the Piedmont expansion, and Atlantic Station. While the Beltline and Atlantic Station are still highly debatable in terms of "smart growth," it's great to see Atlanta getting some national attention for the investments it's making to reduce the sprawl.

Outer Limits: Sprawling Atlanta Seeks New Routes to the Future

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Thanks for the article, Ang.

Anywhere they build, someone will get shot.

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On OOKA-OOKA ME NACHOS ME PRESS KEYS ON COMPUTER GOOD

True, I was thinking the thing they left out of that article was how to cut the EXTREME crazy poverished people downtown from the public. It scares people off, including me sometimes. I don't mean "wipe them", but just somehow keep control of the city so that you don't get 15 people hassling you every mile.

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Originally posted by Ang ' ela_ie http://tpb.ga.gov/ If you click on "11x17" Version of Concept 3 Map" you can see one of the plans that the transit board is working on right now.

Very interesting.

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Originally posted by nchs09 Anywhere they build, someone will get shot.

Big city cynicism has ruined our Guat.

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Originally posted by Scottaculous Big city cynicism has ruined our Guat.

it's not that bad, i'm originally from cleveland and i think my mom said the shootings last year for the metro cleveland area were equal to like half the population of the city of atlanta (not metro area). although the new law being able to carry firearms on marta and whatnot might change that.

anyone who has rode marta knows there's some serious nutjobs and the last thing that needs to go through your head is that they can legally carry a firearm. makes me want to go buy one too just to make things even

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I hope the new MARTA will rise my property value it's about time.

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Originally posted by Scottaculous I hope the new MARTA will rise my property value it's about time.

What's the new MARTA? they definitely need to improve on alot, MARTA's the worst rapid transit I've ever used but it's all we have down here. I know the RTA in Cleveland and the BART in San Francisco (where my wife's from) make MARTA seem incompetent. I hope they are able to up the ante on MARTA, but the horrendous street/grid layout of Atlanta has alot to do with MARTA sucking too.

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Originally posted by Dj Dizzy What's the new MARTA? they definitely need to improve on alot, MARTA's the worst rapid transit I've ever used but it's all we have down here. I know the RTA in Cleveland and the BART in San Francisco (where my wife's from) make MARTA seem incompetent. I hope they are able to up the ante on MARTA, but the horrendous street/grid layout of Atlanta has alot to do with MARTA sucking too.

There will be an extension of the north line from North Springs all the way to exit 11 (Windward Parkway in Alpharetta) of 400. I complete agree with the uselessness of MARTA. In it's defense it is hard and expensive to create an extensive mass transit system for such a sprawling city.

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Originally posted by Scottaculous There will be an extension of the north line from North Springs all the way to exit 11 (Windward Parkway in Alpharetta) of 400. I complete agree with the uselessness of MARTA. In it's defense it is hard and expensive to create an extensive mass transit system for such a sprawling city.

wow that's quite an undertaking. i'm glad i'm no longer one of those people that sits stopped on 400 every morning to/from work

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Originally posted by Dj Dizzy wow that's quite an undertaking. i'm glad i'm no longer one of those people that sits stopped on 400 every morning to/from work

After the additional lane opened up it is not as bad as it use to be. From Exit 10, it takes me 45 minutes to 50 minutes to get to Buckhead on a normal day. Now that school is out, it takes me 30 to 35. People coming from western and eastern Atlanta have it much worse.