Ken Edelstein
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Blueprint Puts Meat on Bones of Atlanta Aerotropolis Vision
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Here’s a link to the new “blueprint” for development around Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. It fills in the details on what previously had been a rambling vision for a planned “aerotropolis” approach to economic development in the area immediately surrounding the world’s busiest airport. Although the study covers a huge ring […]
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MARTA Sales Tax ‘Menu’ Overstates the Transit It Will Fund
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Atlanta City Council last week approved a half-penny transit sales tax for the Nov. 8 ballot. But it’s still unclear what projects that tax would fund. State legislation making the tax vote possible requires MARTA to come up by the end of July with “a final list of new rapid […]
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Kasim Reed: MARTA Bill to Allow “Largest Expansion” Ever
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Kasim Reed offered up an enthusiastic endorsement today of legislation recently approved by the General Assembly that will allow city residents to vote this fall on a half-cent sales tax to expand MARTA. “This bill allows us to go to voters for approval for what will be the largest expansion of MARTA in the system’s […]
5 Ways Georgia House Transportation Tax Plan Robs Peter to Pay Paul
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State House Speaker David Ralston introduced a complicated scheme Wednesday to increase transportation funding with a seemingly contradictory claim. “This plan will provide more than $1 billion annually in new transportation dollars,” he said. “It does not result in an increase of state taxes on Georgians.” That’s only true if you allow for some pretty […]
Transportation Secretary Foxx Makes the Case for TODs
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From U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, a very pithy argument for transit-oriented development of the sort that MARTA’s pushing at five stations: When you build a transit station, it captures the imagination of real estate developers, and they start to build dense developments and bring amenities to communities. I would urge that we do more […]