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Atlanta mayor: Time for one city playbook on transportation, one consolidated department

March 14, 2019, 11:47 am/0 Comments

The idea is to make a one-stop-shop, and better coordination, for all things road-related.

A Conversation with Atlanta City Councilman Andre Dickens

February 17, 2019, 10:23 pm/3 Comments

Andre Dickens is the Post-3 At-Large, Atlanta City Councilman, who has been in office since 2013. Andre Dickens has been one of the few councilmen to be outspoken on issues of gentrification and housing affordability.

Atlanta voices discontent over process for picking MARTA’s $2.5 billion project list

September 13, 2018, 7:30 pm/4 Comments

The chair of the Atlanta City Council’s Transportation Committee says he is not happy with the way MARTA’s $2.5 billion expansion plan pits winners against losers, and he said City Hall will soon be releasing its thoughts on expansion proposals that are due for a vote by MARTA’s board on Oct. 4.

The affordable housing that’s hidden in plain sight

July 30, 2018, 6:23 pm/4 Comments

Atlanta’s creating more luxury apartments than low-cost ones, which is part of why many people worry that the age of an affordable Atlanta is coming to an end. But what might be a big part of an affordable housing fix is hidden in plain sight.

Atlanta’s mayoral race is up for grabs

September 4, 2017, 6:52 pm/2 Comments

The 2017 Atlanta mayoral election is unlike anything we’ve ever seen.

And it is anybody’s guess on how it will shake out.

The back-and-forth between Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and Atlanta City Council President Ceasar Mitchell this past week shined a spotlight on several of the complex issues that will influence the outcome.