Kasim Reed – “Moving Africans Rapidly Through Atlanta,” is what one racial joke says MARTA stands for. MARTA, actually the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, is a vital part of the city and anything that diminishes its capacity to service the city ultimately diminishes Atlanta is a point that Mayor Reed pushed in his welcoming [...]
3 Concepts for Developing Atlanta’s Gaping Downtown ‘Gulch’
Atlanta, Ga – The gaping hole in Atlanta’s patchwork downtown could be filled with verdant green space and new roads that surround a sprawling passenger terminal to serve a busy network of buses, rail and streetcars. Almost two decades after planners first offered up a proposal to overhaul the “Gulch,” a group of developers will [...]
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed Acquiring a High International Profile
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed is racking up the frequent flyer miles. The mayor will make his second trip to Paris since taking office for the New Cities Summit, a global gathering on urban development. The summit brings together urban planners, architects, business leaders, academics and politicians to discuss “innovative” approaches to issues of city planning, according [...]








