Thanks so much for what you've done! I had the same feeling you did about Atlanta and the US overall when I first arrived here in July 2008. What a great TED talk and what a great initiative! Now, my family and I absolutely enjoy the product of your ideas about how to make Atlanta a better, a more civil place to live in. Thank YOU!
While there are essential aesthetic benefits along with freeing up the highways a little more, the BeltLine will have many unintended consequences. Firstly, it will skyrocket the housing prices in some neighborhoods and ironically go against the very goal of making the city an area for people where services are more bundled and nearby. Secondly, walking and jogging are only certain forms of exercises and not even the most effective at lowering obesity. This project will have a limited effect on such goals although statistics might show otherwise since affluent and healthy residents would be the ones mostly moving into the new luxury neighborhoods. Thirdly, the BeltLine attempts to centralize and make the public forms of transportation become more powerful bureaucratic organizations. Finally, the BeltLine has been touted as a very cheap form of public project but one should wait until the full figures come out. When did government ever get accounting correct?
Criticizing is easy. The BeltLine is a people's project. The people of Atlanta, including those in the neighborhoods that it passes through, wanted it. They also want the transit component. No project is perfect and all projects have unintended consequences, but with that said, the BeltLine has been a huge success
It is wonderful to hear about the genesis of the BeltLine project in Atlanta. A fantastic pivot for a commuter oriented city.
Thanks so much for what you've done!
I had the same feeling you did about Atlanta and the US overall when I first arrived here in July 2008.
What a great TED talk and what a great initiative! Now, my family and I absolutely enjoy the product of your ideas about how to make Atlanta a better, a more civil place to live in.
Thank YOU!
Everything that needs to be said about Atlanta in 15 minutes.
5:05 My favorite part of this lecture is this story about the mall
While there are essential aesthetic benefits along with freeing up the highways a little more, the BeltLine will have many unintended consequences. Firstly, it will skyrocket the housing prices in some neighborhoods and ironically go against the very goal of making the city an area for people where services are more bundled and nearby. Secondly, walking and jogging are only certain forms of exercises and not even the most effective at lowering obesity. This project will have a limited effect on such goals although statistics might show otherwise since affluent and healthy residents would be the ones mostly moving into the new luxury neighborhoods. Thirdly, the BeltLine attempts to centralize and make the public forms of transportation become more powerful bureaucratic organizations. Finally, the BeltLine has been touted as a very cheap form of public project but one should wait until the full figures come out. When did government ever get accounting correct?
Criticizing is easy. The BeltLine is a people's project. The people of Atlanta, including those in the neighborhoods that it passes through, wanted it. They also want the transit component. No project is perfect and all projects have unintended consequences, but with that said, the BeltLine has been a huge success
why not use BRT, it is cheaper and have lower lead time to build