U.S. Department of Transportation | Urbanize Atlanta

Buckhead bags $10M in federal funding for elevated bridge project

USDOT’s Safe Streets and Roads for All grant boosts prospects for Complete Street component

September 5, 2024 by Josh Green

Photos: Southside Beltline's first residential tower rounds into shape

Expect 250 apartments reserved at below-market rates in Peoplestown

September 3, 2024 by Josh Green

MARTA's $230M Five Points station overhaul sets start date

Here's the 411 on closures and bus route changes expected to span well over a year

May 29, 2024 by Josh Green

Images: New 'Skyline' tower lords over Southside BeltLine corridor

11-story affordable housing venture in Peoplestown has topped out on former vacant lot

April 3, 2024 by Josh Green

Following 'pivotal' year, highway-capping Stitch enters new phase

Public workshop scheduled atop Atlanta's tallest building to help craft Stitch master plan

February 27, 2024 by Josh Green

MARTA's Five Points overhaul to close station for more than a year

Rail service, transfer functionality won't be impacted during construction, transit agency says

December 15, 2023 by Josh Green

MARTA's Five Points station redevelopment takes step forward

Plans call for $206M overhaul of Atlanta's largest, busiest transit hub

December 5, 2023 by Josh Green

Phase one components of downtown’s Stitch start to emerge

Officials: Highway-capping park project has tallied $42M; public visioning session planned soon

October 26, 2023 by Josh Green

Photos: Peoplestown project nears topped-out status over BeltLine

Skyline Apartments mark tallest development to date along Southside Trail corridor

August 1, 2023 by Josh Green

$10M awarded for Stitch project as timeline comes into focus

Funding from Eastside TAD would go toward "preliminary engineering activities"

July 21, 2023 by Josh Green

New promo emerges for downtown's highway-capping Stitch project

Atlanta mayor to Washington, D.C. congregation: "Now is the time for change”

June 1, 2023 by Josh Green

MARTA details vision for Five Points station; some city leaders displeased

Redevelopment timeline again changes for Atlanta transit agency's biggest, busiest train and bus hub

March 10, 2023 by Josh Green

Downtown's 'Stitch' concept scores another boost of federal cash

Project meant to weave Connector-divided downtown back together lands one of first Reconnecting Communities program grants

February 28, 2023 by Josh Green

Feds award Atlanta $30M to connect downtown to Southside BeltLine

Safety projects to link Georgia State University area to BeltLine's Southside Trail via bike lanes, other changes

February 1, 2023 by Josh Green

Affordable housing tower begins ascent along Atlanta BeltLine

Skyline Apartments to include 250 rentals—all at reduced rates—in a recent development hot zone

November 22, 2022 by Josh Green

Downtown's highway-capping park concept launches (useful) website

New Stitch info source provides cost updates, breakdown of park sections, history

November 16, 2022 by Josh Green

Downtown's Stitch proposal scores largest federal investment to date

But $1.2M is drop in the bucket for greenspace project described as transformative

October 28, 2022 by Josh Green

Report: Construction on downtown's 'Stitch' could start in 2024

But Central Atlanta Progress estimates the highway-capping park wouldn't be complete for a decade—at the earliest

September 21, 2022 by Josh Green