By Paul Donsky Data is most meaningful when placed in context. It’s one thing, say, to know that the median home sale price in metro Atlanta is $233,000. It’s much more powerful when you learn that the figure is ...
It’s a common misconception: Loneliness and social isolation are just a normal part of aging. In truth, they are not. Furthermore, loneliness and social isolation pose very real health risks: Prolonged isolation has been shown ...
By Paul Donsky Better traffic signals. Enhanced bus service. Improved roads. These are a some of the projects included in this year’s list of transportation projects slated to receive federal funding. In all, $44 million from Uncle Sam was recently allocated by the Atlanta Regional Commission toward ...
By Kate Sweeney The Atlanta and Columbus, Ohio regions are nearly 600 miles apart, one in the Southeast, the other in the Midwest. But they have much in common. They each boast fast-growing populations and ...
By Paul Donsky It’s been six months since the health crisis hit metro Atlanta and phrases like “social distancing,” “Zoom calls,” and “work from home” became part of everyday conversation. So much has happened, and ...
By Paul Donsky Metro Atlanta grew at a relatively healthy clip in in the year before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, adding nearly 64,000 people to bring the 10-county region’s total population to 4.7 million. That’s according to the latest ...
Incentives, Education, and Even Zoning May Play a Role By Junior Knox Imagine an Atlanta that, as it grows, expands its mobility options to better accommodate movement in and around the city, beyond driving alone ...
By Kate Sweeney We’ve heard a lot about teleworking lately: how COVID-19 has revved up the pace on adaptations for working at home, about the equity divide between those who can work online and those ...
By Paul Donsky The news is dizzying these days, as we face a global pandemic and a recession. It can be hard to make sense of what’s happening. That’s frustrating for all of us, but ...
By Kate Sweeney During the COVID-19 pandemic, many once-mundane tasks — like dropping by the grocery store or pharmacy — represent a newfound degree of difficulty, and even risk. This is especially true for folks ...
Featured Photo from https://writix.co.uk/ By Junior Knox COVID-19 is not just a health crisis – it’s also an economic crisis, as unemployment in claims in Georgia have reached 1.3 million since mid-March. But some places ...
By Paul Donsky A quick check of your favorite mapping app makes it clear: traffic congestion has eased during these shelter-in-place times. Even during rush hour, major highways are bathed in a sea of green, ...
By Kate Sweeney Every week for years, refugees and immigrants from five Asian countries — all over age 60 — would gather for meals at The Center for Pan-Asian Community Services, or CPACS. This was ...
By Kate Sweeney So, you’re working at home. And maybe you have everything you need to do it right: your ergonomic chair, your well-lit home office, and your robot nanny bringing you fresh lattes. Or ...
By Junior Knox The future of mobility is upon us. A network of “smart” traffic signals is headed for some of the region’s busiest thoroughfares. The system relies on Connected Vehicle (CV) technology – cars that ...
By Junior Knox Applications are now being accepted for the Atlanta Regional Commission’s 2020 Regional Leadership Institute (RLI). Respected for both its network- and knowledge-building approach, RLI exposes a diverse group of participants to the issues, challenges, ...
By Kate Sweeney It seems like a simple concept: Build neighborhoods that can accommodate people across all stages of life — from toddlers, to twenty-somethings, to those past retirement. Regional planners call them “lifelong communities.” ...
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