Monday, August 30, 2010
PLAN 2040, the 25-year, long-range plan for the Atlanta region, will shape how our region evolves in the future. There are many challenges that must be addressed and chief among them is determining where to focus transportation funding. Existing revenue sources are expected to generate approximately $64 billion by 2040. Less than 38 percent of the expected transportation funding needs can be met with these current funding sources.
ARC policymakers have indicated that PLAN 2040 must balance preservation of the existing transportation system with providing expanded transit and highway options. Join in the ARC online public meeting and weigh in on how we will grow and address the financial crisis in PLAN 2040. For more information, call 404.463.3272 or email plan2040@atlantaregional.com
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Laurel Seekins-Pagett, a Ph.D. candidate in Civil Engineering-Transportation Systems, Georgia Tech and member of ARC’s Social Equity Advisory Committee, offers a personal perspective on sustainability and project prioritization for the Atlanta region.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Between 2000 and 2009, the Census Bureau estimates that the 10-county Atlanta region added more than 425,000 African Americans, representing a 39 percent increase. The 1.5 million African Americans now living in the Atlanta region make up a diverse and vibrant community. They account for 44 percent of Georgia’s total population, but represent 52 percent of the state’s African American population. Their successes in the fields of business, politics and the arts are world-renowned. There is also a history of self reliance, institution building and achievement. The African American Snapshot captures the complexities and nuances of this important population by documenting their varied contributions to the economic, political, social and cultural fabric of metro Atlanta.
Read more about these contributions, as well as the most recent population changes and economic impacts of the African American community. You may order printed copies, at no charge, from the ARC Information Center at 404-463-3102. For additional information, E-mail us at mailto:globalsnapshots@atlantaregional.com or cwhite@atlantaregional.com
Monday, August 30, 2010
This year marked the 10th year that the Atlanta Regional Commission has partnered with Clark Atlanta University’s Summer Transportation Institute in a program to educate high school students on the issues of transportation and community development. 2010 was a banner year for ARC’s collaborative effort, with agency personnel involved in areas that included student selection, program development and providing a day-long onsite session on local and regional issues and community development. In keeping with the sustainability theme that is guiding ARC’s long-range regional plan development, the experiential learning experience for the students focused on issues of sustainability with respect to regional development, transportation and environmental planning. Planning staff provided a series of presentations to introduce concepts that were followed by hands on exercises where the students applied the concepts and created elements of a community. Experts from ICLEI: Local Governments for Sustainability and Southface provided valuable feedback to the students from the perspective of sustainability. ARC’s professional staff in transportation, GIS, environmental and land use planning worked closely with the students throughout the day, including helping them understand the connection between local and regional planning and reinforcing the career options involved in this work.