Letters to the Editor | Urbanize Atlanta

Letter to Editor: Why cost of buying in Alpharetta has more than doubled

Perspectives on North Fulton County city’s “boom,” perennially tight market, development perks

May 27, 2025 by Josh Green

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Neighbors near Piedmont Park taking bike-lane installation into own hands

Letter to Editor: Virginia Avenue project could create "the most bikeable elementary school in Atlanta and maybe even Georgia"

April 24, 2025 by Josh Green

Letter to Editor: Canceling Eastside light rail is waste of time, precious money

Following years of design, pivot to Southside Trail leaves “transit-starved Atlantans” wanting, writer asserts

April 14, 2025 by Josh Green

Transit advocate: How MARTA can quickly, noticeably improve

In Letter to Editor, BRN chair, designer Matthew Rao waxes on transit upgrades, big and small

February 11, 2025 by Josh Green

How $1K in supplies and 2 hours made this Atlanta street safer

Writer: Grassroots project on Midtown "drag strip" is easy, impactful “tactical urbanism"

September 13, 2024 by Hugh Malkin

Letter to Editor: 4 new MARTA stations would be massively expensive

Engineer posits that BeltLine Rail system makes more financial sense for intown mobility

July 5, 2024 by Josh Green

Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Safe streets advocates decry new ATL transportation budget

Recent budget cuts threaten "urgent projects" across Atlanta, Propel ATL asserts

May 6, 2024 by Josh Green

Opinion: Georgia's old capital should be more inviting to people, not cars

Milledgeville is primed to be a blueprint for Atlanta and many American cities, author posits

October 5, 2023 by Matthew Wages Johnson

Letter to Editor: Why Atlanta should pull for Interstate 14 to be built

Primer on a possible traffic bypass for Atlanta—and economic engine for middle Georgia

April 13, 2023 by Frank Lumpkin

Opinion: The case for pedestrianizing downtown Athens

How opening a college town’s thriving commercial center could change a city, a university, and beyond

February 20, 2023 by Matthew Wages Johnson

Letter to Editor: Atlanta's poor bike infrastructure puts kids at risk

Midtown resident: "Having the safest biking infrastructure in the world is useless if our most vulnerable cannot access it"

December 27, 2022 by Josh Green

Reader: Atlanta's growth is killing too many great 'view corridors'

"The loss ... makes me sick"

December 20, 2022 by Josh Green

Letter to Editor: How ‘affordable housing success’ came to ATL’s southside

The revival story of two dangerous, dilapidated apartment complexes between downtown Atlanta and the airport

August 24, 2022 by Josh Green

Letter to Editor: Is there still room in Atlanta for a growing auto biz?

Midtown auto shop grapples with cost of success in a changing urban landscape

November 17, 2021 by Josh Green

Letter to Editor: East Atlanta ‘former hipster’ seeks advice on where to live next

He feels too old for EAV these days, but is Chamblee too expensive now?

August 5, 2021 by Josh Green