georgia

What happened to passenger rail (in Georgia)?

Last month I talked about how with Georgia's new federal funding for rail corridors, we could imagine a regional rail system that would make moving through the area so much better? Turns out, I'm not the only one, and our new favorite ATL urbanist Youtuber Nathan Davenport is back with another video …

Good news everyone! Georgia has federal passenger train study funding!

In combination with some great news about funding a lot of sorely needed railroad projects and studies at the federal level, Georgia's U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock announced new grants to explore three new Georgia passenger rail corridors made possible by the Bipartisan …

Microtransit: what happens when you add ride hailing to regular city transit bus service.

Gwinnett County's Ride Gwinnett transit service microtransit van opens its doors for boarding passengers.

In parts of Gwinnett, there’s no waiting for a bus at a predetermined stop or route and the fare is just a flat $3 to go within the zone.

(BTW @gwinnettgov, any ETA there?)

…and it works like 🧈.

Can’t wait until we get it in our part of the county