Savannah’s Victorian District is among 10 neighborhoods recently chosen by the American Planning Association’s for recognition in its Great Places series. Other neighborhoods on the list are in Oakland; Denver; Washington, D.C.; Dorchester, Mass.; Jackson, Miss.; St. Louis; Albany, N.Y.; Richmond,…
Tag: Transportation
Why isn’t Savannah’s bike share program more popular with local residents?
From Marcus Howard today at SavannahNow, CAT bike share program not too popular with Savannah residents: Since launching three months ago, Chatham Area Transit’s bike share program has sold 629 user passes, according to newly released data from the transit…
I just drove the full length of the Truman Parkway
Finally. The Truman Parkway’s final phase is now open here in Savannah. I left Armstrong at 12:32 p.m. and headed north on Abercorn. I got caught at a couple of lights — the one near Burger King and then the…
On parking, development, and better street design
In my City Talk column last Sunday — Lecture emphasizes versatility, beauty in street design — I talked about the recent lecture at SCAD of Victor Dover, an expert on urbanism and co-author of the recently released Street Design: The…
Savannah’s new bike share program CAT Bike starts Friday; NYT takes note
Savannah’s new bike share program CAT Bike, an initiative of Chatham Area Transit, has gotten a little press from the New York Times’ In Transit blog: Savannah Starts a Bike Program. Ironically, the program begins on Friday — among the…
Civil engineers give Georgia lousy scores for infrastructure — roads, transit, bridges, water, etc.
A really interesting piece by Mary Carr Mayle in Sunday’s Savannah Morning News: Report: Georgia’s infrastructure still lacking The piece talks about the recent “report card” released by the Georgia branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers. From the…
Truman Parkway opening on Feb. 28 — um, what?!?!
When I saw the SMN headline Truman Parkway extension to open Feb. 28, my very first question was: “Of 2014?” The Truman has been delayed for so many years — even decades — that it seems almost unimaginable that it…
Atlanta’s Beltline: here to stay, expanding, and looking pretty cool
I don’t know enough about Atlanta’s geography or the particulars of the Beltline to say anything original about the project to create a ring of trails around the city. But my fellow blogger Ed at Peach Pundit says: “At the…
A few thoughts on Paul Walker and on going fast
I saw The Fast and the Furious in Savannah on the film’s opening weekend in 2001. I was with Bobby Zarem, the legendary publicist who was still living in New York full time back in those days, and the late…
Time to think harder about streetcar routes, future
Last summer, I speculated about the shape of a potential streetcar network in this post. Now Chatham Area Transit has moved pretty quickly ahead with a plan for two streetcar lines — one on MLK and one on Fahm. And…
JetBlue adding direct service from Savannah to Boston
From USA Today’s JetBlue tabs Savannah for 50th nonstop route from Boston: JetBlue will expand its presence at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, a move that comes before the carrier has even flown its first flight from the airport. JetBlue add…
So what should be done about the train noise?
I live on the northern edge of Thomas Square here in Savannah. I bought my house in 1996, and several years went by before I even saw or heard a train on the tracks that cut through the neighborhood. Seriously.…
Younger Americans not driving as much, not getting licenses as soon, not buying as many cars
More on a trend that I’ve been following relatively closely and writing about periodically. From Time’s The Great Debate: Do Millennials Really Want Cars, or Not? (with emphasis added): The latest data from the University of Michigan’s Transportation Research Institute…
Fixing the road to Tybee: where’s the money?
I just wanted to suggest that readers who have safety concerns about Highway 80 — the road to Tybee — should check out a new article by Jeremy Scheinbart in Connect Savannah: Fixing Highway 80; Plans abound, but funding is…