Atlanta’s one of about 150 cities whose bicycle voyages can now be mapped via Google.
Shannon Guymon, product manager for the bicycling option on Google Maps, announced the option was live on the official Google blog earlier this week. The point of mapping especially for cyclists is to highlight routes that are likely to be safer …
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Atlanta cyclists can now use Google Maps
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March 11, 2010
Calls from the Wild
Georgia has fumbled transportation future
Column by U.S. Rep. John Lewis: Because of its investment in transportation, Georgia was a leader in our region 20 years ago, but today it has fallen behind because it has not advanced a comprehensive statewide and regio ...
Environmental news
Resolution: Take transit away from GDOT
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Georgia lost nearly 17 percent of its construction jobs between January 2009 and last January, according to a data published yesterday by the Associated General Contractors of America. That translates to more than 30,000...
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Atlanta cyclists can now use Google Maps
Atlanta’s one of about 150 cities whose bicycle voyages can now be mapped via Google. Shannon Guymon, product manager for the bicycling option on Google Maps, announced the option was live on the official Google blog earlier this week. The point of mapping especially for cyclists is to highlight routes that are likely to be safer [...]
Georgia nuke plant will be first out the gate today
Georgia Power rendering of proposed Plant Vogtle Southern Co.’s proposed expansion of Plant Vogtle near Augusta is expected to become the first nuclear power plant out the gate today with a federal loan guarantee in an expected rush toward more nuclear plants spurred by need to cut greenhouse gas pollution. The Associated Press reported over the [...]
