[CPEO-BIF] Transportation and Gentrification: Atlanta's (GA) Beltline

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Gentrification Fears Dog Sustainable Transport

Matthew Cardinale
Inter Press Service
August 30, 2009

ATLANTA, Georgia - As U.S. cities consider the urgent need for 
sustainable public transportation options, advocates are looking for 
ways to achieve the environmental benefits of such projects without 
displacing residents through gentrification of surrounding areas.
The U.S. transport sector accounts for about a third of the country's 
energy-related carbon dioxide emissions, which contribute to global 
warming, according to the Energy Information Administration. Since 1990, 
transportation sector CO2 emissions have risen by 21.1 percent.

While numerous U.S. cities have excelled in developing public 
transportation projects that reduce traffic and pollution, others have 
set examples for how to increase affordable housing. However, few - with 
Boston's Indigo Line and Green Line Extension being exceptions - have 
sought to achieve both together.

In Atlanta, a new project called the Beltline is presenting a unique 
opportunity to create a train system that will link Atlanta 
neighbourhoods together in a circle, to intersect with the existing 
north-south and east-west lines, while providing new affordable housing.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48268

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org




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