Darin [ATL Urbanist]
@atlurbanist
I'm Darin -- I live in Downtown Atlanta with my family. I have fun exploring the city and writing about livability and good urbanism in Atlanta and beyond.
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MARTA seeks $30 mil to replace PA system & add 500 new electronic passenger information signs http://www.masstransitmag.com/news/12192970/ga-competition-heats-up-for-state-transit-funding …
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Darin [ATL Urbanist] Retweeted Aaron Fowler
Oh damn, I didn't know the wages/transit-fare ratio was this bad in ATL. Maybe added funding could lower fare price?https://twitter.com/aaronfowler/status/719581957940580353 …
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Aaron Fowler @AaronFowlerAtlanta transit fare comparison: evidence that in some cities minimum wage and bus fare are increasingly out of sync http://news.wabe.org/post/marta-fares-rank-among-least-affordable-city-transit-systems …4 retweets 4 likes -
Reporting from NYC. The Fulton Center subway station is incredible, makes transit ridership attractive & excitingpic.twitter.com/AEhD5BM2f9
4:56 AM - 9 Apr 2016 · Details0 retweets 10 likes -
Darin [ATL Urbanist] Retweeted Downtown Atlanta
I admit it: I was suspicious of Thurs green market at Peachtree Center. But it's actually been very cool & popular.https://twitter.com/downtownatlanta/status/718059880301506561 …
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Downtown Atlanta @downtownatlantaThe Green Market opens today at@PeachtreeCtr!#BeDowntown for lunch and some great shopping! pic.twitter.com/IqHmj5A4ou0 retweets 4 likes -
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Read this! Downtown ATL's iconic Central Library doesn’t need replacing, it needs boostinghttp://clatl.com/atlanta/central-library-doesnt-need-replacing-it-needs-boosting/Content?oid=17114457 …
6:28 AM - 7 Apr 2016 · Details1 retweet 6 likes
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Darin [ATL Urbanist] Retweeted Strong Towns
Listen up, Atlanta! Our segregation is high & our economic mobility is the worst. This matters to us a great deal.https://twitter.com/StrongTowns/status/717417267248689152 …
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Strong Towns @StrongTownsWe need to build cities where mixed-income neighborhoods are the norm, not the exception. http://buff.ly/1RZQE5d pic.twitter.com/bzjCvCN5Bw2 retweets 5 likes -
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A large part of the ATL Streetcar route goes through the GSU campus; a poll shows that 96% of students don't ride ithttp://georgiastatesignal.com/students-city-officials-streetcar-expansion/ …
9:08 AM - 5 Apr 2016 · Details1 retweet 1 like
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Family-housing crunch in ATL "imagine the Hunger Games-style showdowns for the last remaining Candler Park bungalow"http://thesuburbancity.com/2016/04/05/are-that-many-people-really-moving-to-atlanta/ …
8:51 AM - 5 Apr 2016 · Details1 retweet 4 likes
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“A city isn’t something that happens to you. You make choices every day that shape & make your city.” ~
@jen_keesmaathttp://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2016/04/03/torontos-chief-planner-jennifer-keesmaat-is-a-new-breed-of-bureaucrat.html …7:41 AM - 4 Apr 2016 · Details13 retweets 16 likes
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ATL head planner says zoning code rewrite will emphasize walking, cycling and transit -- w/ reductions in parkinghttp://georgiastatesignal.com/atlanta-zoning-rewrites-bring-transit-parking-changes/ …
12:31 PM - 4 Apr 2016 · Details3 retweets 7 likes
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Thought for the day: the shape of our built environment is an issue of mobility, equity & ecology; it has to scale up in a sustainable way.
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Despite low gas prices producing a slight drop in 2015 US bus trips, Atlanta saw a rise in both bus & rail rides http://www.progressiverailroading.com/rail_industry_trends/news/US-rail-ridership-increased-as-overall-public-transit-use-dipped-13-percent-in-2015--47829 …
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When that controversial Brutalist structure is your family’s neighborhood library; love for the Downtown ATL branchhttps://medium.com/@daringivens/when-that-controversial-brutalist-structure-is-your-family-s-neighborhood-library-43feed6bbe03#.zh635hit0 …
8:11 AM - 4 Apr 2016 · Details3 retweets 8 likes
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w/ all our mobility needs, why a $4.5 mil fed grant to build a bridge from a parking garage to the Braves stadium?http://atlanta.curbed.com/2016/4/4/11346880/suntrust-stadium-bridge-construction-bids …
6:19 AM - 4 Apr 2016 · Details3 retweets 2 likes
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Being able to walk from a car to a business, or from one bar to another, is not walkability https://medium.com/@daringivens/my-wife-and-i-took-in-several-miles-of-atlanta-on-foot-today-d69445d947e2#.z1nhf8pr0 …pic.twitter.com/VfvXDrSzkx
5:59 AM - 4 Apr 2016 · Details3 retweets 8 likes -
You know it's a beautiful day in ATL when even the view from under the interstate overpass is lovely; Auburn Avenuepic.twitter.com/fCU0NF0kH0
10:20 AM - 3 Apr 2016 · Details3 retweets 20 likes -
US urban policy: Free housing & infrastructure for cars, unaffordable & inadequate housing for people.
#APA16#CPlanpic.twitter.com/esz44omktH
9:45 AM - 3 Apr 2016 · Details320 retweets 255 likes -
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“Walking Atlanta: Edgewood Avenue”
@atlurbanisthttps://medium.com/@daringivens/my-wife-and-i-took-in-several-miles-of-atlanta-on-foot-today-d69445d947e2 …11:57 PM - 2 Apr 2016 · Details3 retweets 3 likes
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Suggestion for anyone in ATL who has spare time for a pedestrian-safety crusade: razor wire fences on sidewalks. Ughpic.twitter.com/5NXEKPVwFE
5:12 PM - 2 Apr 2016 · Details4 retweets 8 likes
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