[If you’re looking for the winning plate design, go here.] I’ve been running behind with posts about some ongoing topics on this blog, and I’m quite late with this post of the three finalists chosen by online voting on the…
Well this is a highly recommended piece for those who care about the functioning of the trade center, the prospects of a new hotel on Hutchinson Island, future development of the island, the pressures on local spending as federal subsidies…
In my Savannah Morning News column today, I focus on the monetary value of on-street parking: New parking on Price will spur economic activity. A single parking space near a vibrant retail area could result in tens of thousands of…
I predicted over a week ago that we should see average gas prices in the Savannah area fall eventually to $3.30 per gallon or less. But the price of crude has been bouncing around a bit, which could make that…
I posted a couple of weeks ago about the looming changes to Price Street in Savannah, which will likely turn from a horrid two-lane, one-way speedway to a much friendlier street with one lane of vehicular traffic, a bike lane,…
[UPDATE, 4/4/12: This high school is now officially called New Hampstead High School, after the name of the New Hampstead development that has been almost completely stalled since the housing bust.] The Savannah-Chatham County public school system is moving ahead…
I’ve made a number of posts lately about transit and transportation projects and problems in Georgia. Here’s a bit of good news in my opinion. The Associated Press is reporting that matching funds for a federal grant have been secured…
We still don’t know what the final outcome will be in the drive to deepen the channel of the Savannah River in advance of the scheduled 2014 expansion of the Panama Canal, but work is moving ahead in Panama. There’s…
I’ve written quite a bit about transit lately, including the general lack of commitment to transit projects in road-addicted Georgia. As I noted in a post yesterday, Georgia is right at the bottom in terms of state funding for transit…
One reason I’m so pessimistic about the likelihood of a robust recovery for the state of Georgia is the lack of state will to nurture the economy of Atlanta. The Atlanta metro area has more than half the population of…
The passenger numbers from Savannah/Hilton Head International certainly aren’t the most important numbers that I follow. But the figures are interesting, and they’re clean in the sense of being valid for year-over-year comparisons. They’re also easy to find on the…
You might want to wait a while before filling up the tank again. As I’ve noted before, gas prices of late have been increasing when the economy has seemed to be doing better — and falling when there are fresh…
Peach Pundit has posted already today about Governor Deal’s plan to have the Georgia Legislature (now dealing with redistricting) move the proposed regional 1% transportation sales tax vote from July 2012 during the primary to November 2012’s general election. I…
The city of Savannah is moving ahead with the planned conversion of Price Street from two lanes one-way with no on-street parking to a new concept with one lane of traffic, on-street parking where conditions allow, and a bike lane.…
