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’
July 12, 2012 | Posted by
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
May 13, 2012 | Posted by
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 [...]
