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
Yesterday’s Tweets
Inter-basin water transfers would be severely limited under new bills in state Legislature http://bit.ly/cjjynN # MARTA board member: Support transit tax plan even if it's not exactly fair to Fulton & DeKalb htt...
Will City Hall East changes be better for Beltline?
The AJC reported over the weekend that one of the developers planning to buy City Hall East from the city expects the project to have more retail space and fewer condominiums than he originally envisioned. Emory Morsberg...
The week’s Tweets from My Green ATL
Perdue's transportation plan in trouble http://bit.ly/dx5G6j # US EPA chief concerned about gas drilling fluids http://bit.ly/aBJQsR # Water conservation bill set to pass both chambers in Georgia Legislature # How b...
Yesterday’s Tweets
How bad was '09? Even support for green buildings dropped http://bit.ly/dcJbV4 # Georgia lawmakers approve water bill http://bit.ly/bLc4xz # Savannah to host major renewable energy conference next year http://bit.ly...
Resolution: Take transit away from GDOT
Even conservative heavy hitters in the Georgia Legislature are getting fed up with the state Department of Transportation’s failure to produce a balanced transportation system. Maria Saporta reports on what she cal...
cycling, feature post, land, transportation
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 [...]
