Despite the unforeseen issues that arose during construction, this rubber tire #transit project will likely come in at 1/4 the cost of a tram. Best of all, it connects to— but doesn’t disrupt— the Atlanta Beltline. www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news...

Behold the #Copenhagen Green Wave: “Copenhagen has synchronized traffic signals on major routes so that a cyclist traveling at about 12 mph can roll through multiple intersections without stopping…” Bike mode share is now 50%. www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/cop...

Why support the TrailsATL plan? Look to #Paris, where the writer notes that kids are able to get to school on #bikes without danger. He notes this happens on the @atlantabeltline.org, too. That makes our “Wheels & Heels” safety fix all the more vital. www.ajc.com/opinion/2025...

It’s almost #election time! So, what are candidates for #Atlanta council thinking about #transportation? We asked, and most answered. Read our blog to see what their priorities are: betteratlantatransit.org/blog

#Investing in #infrastructure for #bikes and other #micromobility — like the Atlanta Beltline — is clearly a smart move! Perhaps we need to implement the TrailsATL plan a bit faster.💡 www.ajc.com/business/202...

If a #transit mode uses streets, it must be given signal priority at intersections, as well as a dedicated lane. Otherwise, the result will be the chaos currently unfolding in #Houston. www.axios.com/local/housto...

#Robotaxis risk “widening the gulf between those happily ensconced in their AVs and those stuck in buses crawling through gridlock.” #Cities that welcome #Tesla and #Waymo condemn riders of bus #transit systems to endless delays, unless they create dedicated #bus lanes. www.vox.com/future-perfe...

#Micromobility regulation requires regional coordination. #London offers an example as to why a piecemeal approach will result in chaos. www.thetimes.com/uk/transport...

The Belt Hub opens at Ponce City Market, offering high-end electric bikes A new venture at Ponce City Market in Old Fourth Ward wants to redefine what a bike shop can be. Inspired by their love of urban cycling, founders Holly and Monté Watson want The BELT Hub to make e-mobility safer and…

#Paris, a larger, denser city than #Atlanta, is now more livable. How did they do it?🤔 1. Reduced storm runoff ⛈️ 2. Plants! 👉 street trees & green roofs/walls 👩🏻‍🌾 3. Restricted cars 🛑 4. Built bike lanes via Plan Vélo 🚲 Maybe we should do a little urban plagiarism…😏 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A great thing about bike-friendly streets is that they enhance local transport resilience. Tube down b/c of a strike? A great excuse to cycle.

The Westside in #Atlanta is getting better in terms of #walking & #biking access, but it still has a long way to go. People there are clamoring for better sidewalks, paths, and protected #bike / #micromobility lanes. roughdraftatlanta.com/2025/09/08/i...

Mobility lanes move more than just people on bikes and they often create much needed space that our minimal sidewalks lack.

Every day and every hour the Atlanta Beltline path demonstrates the inherent flaws of shared paths listed in this article. That’s why we are calling for immediate work on a parallel path to separate fast users on wheels from slow users on heels. mobycon.com/updates/we-n...

The city of Oslo has been lowering speed limits quite aggressively, even on the few urban highways that still exist. And drivers seem to largely be adhering to the new limits. So now, traffic sometimes feels like it’s moving slow motion. This is from a cycling trip yesterday.

We urge the City of Atlanta and the Atlanta Beltline to step up enforcement on the path and to start work on a parallel path to separate fast users on wheels from slow users on wheels. #Atlanta residents and visitors deserve a safer experience on this busy corridor. www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...

Imagine if #Atlanta turned I-285/Perimeter into an urban boulevard. Or how about a similar treatment for the always-clogged Beltway around #WashingtonDC (too bad those toll lanes failed, eh?). That is what #Paris is doing to the Périphérique, which surrounds the city. www.paris.fr/pages/de-la-...

Great story with video about the #CompleteStreets project on Juniper Street in hyper-dense Midtown #Atlanta! It wraps in October. 😁🚲🛴🦼 www.11alive.com/article/news...

Nearly all of the #bike parking at Atlanta’s Ponce City Market is full. Typical weekend, right? It’s Tuesday. The #micromobility revolution is real.

I've arrived in Groningen (Netherlands) for the European Health Psychology Society conference and I am fan-girling so much at the transport infrastructure. Health psychology in action here! Build it and they will bike. @ehps2025.bsky.social #EHPS2025

Given the obvious economic impact of projects like the Atlanta Beltline path and the huge effect on #transportation wrought by the #Micromobility Revolution, it’s hard to find a more important project for #cities than a trail network. Glad to see this one’s still alive! www.ajc.com/business/202...

At the 20.00 minute mark, Clyde Higgs says the streetcar is unaffordable anywhere on the Atlanta Beltline without a TAD extension. He goes on to say that they are looking into the “Wheels & Heels” proposal that some of our supporters have been recommending since 2019. www.wabe.org/atlanta-belt...

“‘I don’t think Eastside [Trail] rail makes sense at this point,’ Higgs told Scott. ‘You’re going to shut down a lot of businesses if you were to do light rail… that’s going to be a major challenge.’” Exactly. atlanta.urbanize.city/post/beltlin...

“Why then, he asks, do people have to vacation to places like these rather than living in them?” #Tempe, #Arizona is home a car-free community. Culdesac has created a place where people can walk, #bike, and use other #micromobility modes to get around. www.bbc.com/travel/artic...

Progress on the Saint-Urbain sustainable mobility corridor: much wider bike lanes plus a bus lane! The bus lane makes the bike lanes feel even more secure — although it’s rush hour only, 6:30–9:30am. (The road is still under construction. Only some segments are done.)

👏🥳🍾 theporchpress.com/atlanta-belt...

#Cities need to be respectful of the impacts their construction plans have on neighboring residents and businesses. #Atlanta has some problems with that, as the delays with the Cascade Road project show. roughdraftatlanta.com/2025/08/12/c...

“‘The streetcar is kind of a joke to a lot of people in #Atlanta,’ says Darin Givens, an urbanist and public #transit advocate there. ‘It looks like a failure. It looks like a waste of money. It makes it much more difficult to be an advocate for expanding transit.’” www.governing.com/transportati...

One of our founding members, Walter Brown, has some interesting thoughts on the search for a new leader at MARTA (Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority). See below or click this link👇 www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news...

THREAD TIME! 🧐—This Streetsblog NYC article is about a fun competition between people taking #buses and people walking in #Manhattan, but it offers a clue as to why so many people are forgoing #transit in favor of #micromobility — #ebikes, scooters, etc. (More) nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/08/08/t...

Safe, well-lit and shaded cycling paths aren’t just for bikes , they empower anyone on wheels. Infrastructure that protects the most vulnerable benefits everyone.

Sidewalks play a vital roll in the #transportation #infrastructure of #cities. So, why do so many of them, including #Atlanta, treat them as merely being for #recreation and OPTIONAL maintenance duties? This #government negligence hits those with #disabilities hardest. www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...

Good thing we aren’t still planning on tearing up the Eastside Atlanta Beltline for this thing… www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...

All of us here at Better Atlanta Transit wish #Atlanta Councilman Jason Dozier and his daughter a speedy recovery. We strongly agree with his statement linked below. citycouncil.atlantaga.gov/Home/Compone...

Slowly but surely, dense #cities are discovering that cars do more harm than good. This time it’s #Nashville that’s experimenting with Open Streets events that show how much vitality can be brought to urban cores simply by banishing motorists from key streets. www.tennessean.com/story/news/l...

“Officials describe it as a 30-year vision to position Atlanta as a national leader in health, equity, and urban beauty.” Trails ATL can transform #Atlanta into a global leader in #bikes & #micromobility, but we will have to speed this up to get ahead of other cities. www.13wmaz.com/article/news...

When placing speedy #rail #transit in densely populated areas, the corridor must be sealed. Several #cities in #Florida didn’t, so now #Brightline is becoming known as the Killer Train. To be clear, this isn’t Brightline’s fault. Dumb politicians are to blame. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a...

We have no comment on this article about the ill-fated Eastside #Atlanta Beltline streetcar, because the project died some time ago. It’s considered improper to speak ill of the dead.

Hmm… #Copenhagen, #Osaka, #Vienna, #Melbourne, #Geneva… The ease of walking, biking, & taking transit are seen as big pluses in this article. 🤔 In not one of them did they say, “The expressways are great here!” It’s as if highways are a net negative for #cities…🧐 😉 www.bbc.com/travel/artic...

Before it even had the name, the Atlanta Beltline was set in 1993 to be a string of parks and paths. Alex Garvin’s Emerald Necklace plan made that a reality. But, is it also the town square of #Atlanta? Read this interesting take via @saportareport.bsky.social 👇 saportareport.com/is-the-beltl...

Why rail lines in busy areas without any barriers are a bad idea (note: the Beltline streetcar would be faster than the train in this tragedy): www.kare11.com/article/news...

One of the reasons we wholeheartedly support the Trails ATL plan from the City of #Atlanta and the PATH Foundation is that our city isn’t safe for people to bike in, or walk for that matter. Find out more about the plan here: www.trailsatl.com

#Micromobility is revolutionizing #transportation. That’s why we wholeheartedly support the Trails ATL plan and Midtown #Atlanta in its efforts to build more #infrastructure for people on #bikes, scooters, and other personal mobility devices. roughdraftatlanta.com/2025/07/07/m...

#WashingtonDC built a 2-mile long streetcar line for $200,000,000 in 2016 (over $277 million today). They are replacing it with an electric bus. It’s a stark warning for #Atlanta and @atlantabeltline.org. Paywall👉 www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202... Apple News👉 apple.news/A7BCF1cFcTZO...

This is the future of #transportation in #Atlanta: 35 miles of off-street greenways like the current Atlanta Beltline for the price of a dead, 1.3-mile, Beltline Streetcar extension. Atlanta Journal-Constitution link👉 www.ajc.com/news/2025/07... Apple News link👉 apple.news/AQA1HZ6nvSmy... #bikesky

Reminder: while some #Atlanta accounts post pictures of streetcars in France that show tracks without fences, this is what a streetcar on the Atlanta Beltline would actually look like. This is Charlotte’s rather subdued rail-trail. The fence is there b/c it’s required in the US. No thank you.

Another streetcar plan bites the dust. Like the Atlanta Streetcar, this one only got a single, expensive line out of what was to be an extensive network. www.transittalent.com/articles/ind...

😞 “This is the second time in the last five years that streetcar service has been interrupted for a significant amount of time.” You know what won’t be interrupted? #Micromobility like #ebikes & scooters. The streetcar will constantly be out of service for some reason. apple.news/AfEyjE2fTTCG...

Berlin could soon set the bar for human-centered cities around the world, now that a long-sought ballot measure is finally being released from political limbo. buff.ly/V6bIsIo

Cars are very bad for #cities. So, their absence can be shockingly refreshing: “Walking around #Oslo's compact city centre, one of the most pleasantly jarring things you notice is the lack of vehicle traffic….The absence of traffic makes the city feel calm and spacious…” www.bbc.com/travel/artic...