April 2012
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Today: MMPT public meeting 4 to 7 p.m.
Georgia DOT is hosting a public meeting from 4 to 7 p.m. today for information and comment on the MultiModal Passenger Terminal planned for construction downtown near Five Points Station.
Location:
Georgia Railroad Freight Depot
The Freight Room
65 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SE Atlanta, GA 30303
Transit directions:Take the Blue or Green Line to Georgia State Station, walk south on...
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Ga. woman fights charges in son's jaywalking death... →
Raquel Nelson, whose son was killed by a hit-and-run driver as the family crossed a street on the way home from a bus stop last year, was back in court this week.
“Nelson was charged after A.J. was struck by a van as they jaywalked across a busy five-lane road in suburban Atlanta, and the case against her sparked outrage from activists who flooded the judge’s office with letters and...
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Today: Downtown Streetcar Public Info Open House
CAP and ADID are hosting a public information open house from 3:30 to 6:60 today - Wednesday, April 18 - on the topic of redevelopment along the route of the downtown streetcar.
From the CAP/ADID email:
“Central Atlanta Progress and the Atlanta Downtown Improvement District in partnership with the City of Atlanta aim to leverage the investment in the Atlanta Streetcar by encouraging...
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There are corners of worse crime and pockets of denser poverty in Atlanta than...
– A “Living Laboratory” : Can Kwanza Hall’s project transform intown Atlanta’s most notorious street? | Rebecca Burns | Atlanta Magazine (via atlurbanist)
Check out more articles from Rebecca Burns on the initiative
(via atlantamagazine)
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The Midtown Archive: Confessions of A Carless... →
themidtownarchive:
I drove my scooter to work the other day and it was beautiful outside. By the time I got off, it was semi-pouring. Not wanting a replay of my wet pavement + practically bald tire scooter mishap from last week, I elected to take the bus back home and just get my wheels the next day. This was my…