In the final part of this series on urban design, Perkins+Will principal David Green discusses how the region can maximize its opportunities to improve transportation and the health, safety and welfare of its citizens if it passes T-SPLOST. We are voting on the transportation referendum on July 31. It is almost certain that the result of the […]
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Two Conditions Must Change to Ensure Productive Transportation Planning
In part six of this series on urban design, Perkins+Will principal David Green discusses the two questions our region needs to ask itself as we deal with transportation issues and the upcoming referendum and the two conditions that have to change. In this series we have discussed how, for the past 100 years or so, we have […]
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To Move Forward with Transportation Issues, We Must Do Two Things
In part five of this series on urban design, Perkins+Will principal David Green discusses what our region needs to do to move forward, based on research, common sense and a Supreme Court Ruling. In the 1922 City Planning Commission Annual Report for Atlanta we were asking ourselves the same questions we are asking today with […]
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History Shows Transportation Improvements Critical to Economic Growth
In part five of this series on urban design, Perkins+Will principal David Green discusses the collaboration that took place between public authorities, the private landowners and developers, and the general citizenry of the area when Atlanta city leaders in 1922 dealt with transportation issues similar to what we face today. Beginning more than ninety years ago, the Atlanta […]
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From Atlanta’s Earliest Days, Transportation Improvement Tied to Economic Development
In part four of this series on urban design, Perkins+Will principal David Green discusses the collaboration that took place between public authorities, the private landowners and developers, and the general citizenry of the area when Atlanta city leaders in 1922 dealt with transportation issues similar to what we face today. As we discovered in last […]
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Atlanta Leaders Considered Similar Transportation Issues in 1922
In part three of this series on urban design, Perkins+Will principal David Green discusses the transportation projects Atlanta city leaders considered in 1922 and how we are living with these decisions today. On July 31, 2012 the residents of Atlanta, along with others across the region and throughout the state, will vote on a referendum […]
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Design of Our Surroundings Affects How We Feel and React
Have you ever wondered why you feel like you are driving so slowly down Freedom Parkway? Or you’ve tried to visit a friend in an area hospital and couldn’t find the front door from the street. Or you recently walked to the Braves game from the Georgia State MARTA station and it seemed to take […]
