Our New Bestie: Secretary Pete
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg is connecting the dots between transportation and social justice issues. Atlanta’s got the perfect project.
The BeltLine SSD Was a Foregone Conclusion. This Year’s City Elections Are Not.
It’s time to find, support, and elect leaders who know that transit doesn’t mean more sidewalk.
The ABCs of the SSD (Part 2 of 2)
Everyone knows you have to eat your vegetables before you get dessert. We explain why Atlanta needs more SALADs to improve upon the currently-proposed BeltLine Special Services District.
The ABCs of the SSD (Part 1 of 2)
SSDs, SADs, and SALADs... it’s easy to simply ‘tune out’ when the jargon starts. But these cryptic words explain the how Atlanta City Council will chart the future of the Atlanta BeltLine. So we thought it wise to explain them, and to explain how to make sure we get them right the first time.
Atlanta City Council: Are You Ready to Get on Board With BeltLine Rail?
Why doesn't rail on the BeltLine - a project Atlantans overwhelmingly support - enjoy greater support among city officials?
You Can’t Pave your Way to Affordability
On the face of it, the BeltLine Special Services District sounds promising: How can more of a good thing possibly be bad? Without rail in the BeltLine SSD, Atlanta will cement inequity into the city fabric.
The Fierce Urgency of Now
The clock is ticking. The opportunity to build rail on the BeltLine — and its myriad benefits — will disappear if we wait too long to build it. MARTA’s current timetable is too little, too late.
Affordable Housing and Transit Options: Two Sides, Same Coin
Building the BeltLine without the rail has accelerated rising rents and home prices around the heart of our city. Affordable housing is quickly disappearing. It’s late… but it’s not too late. It’s time to do damage control.
It's Time to Bake a Bigger Pie, MARTA
MARTA is struggling to divvy up the current funding pie, so we baked them a bigger pie. BeltLine Rail Now responds to MARTA’s incorrect assertions about our funding white paper.
BeltLine Rail Now Releases Funding White Paper
It’s time for our city’s elected officials to think BIGGER on equity projects. The best way they can do that is to build transit on the BeltLine. BeltLine Rail Now just released its blueprint for funding the entire rail portion and accelerating its construction by more than a decade.
Expand Atlanta BeltLine Inc.’s Special Service District Proposal To Include Funding For Rail on the BeltLine
BeltLine Rail Now’s response to the recently proposed tax increase to complete only the trail portion of the BeltLine.
Let 'em hear your voice!
The public has until December 13th to speak out on this plan, and we’d like them to hear from you. We have built an email for you, all you have to do is click the button below. Please feel free to personalize this simple email.
March for BeltLine Rail!
Join us Sunday October 6th at 2pm at 4th Ward Skate Park to March for BeltLine Rail!