Parkmobile USA, Inc. Introduces Pay by Phone Parking in Atlanta
With the launch of Parkmobile, residents and visitors to Atlantic Station are now able to conduct their parking transactions by mobile phone.
Atlanta, February 2, 2010 -- Parkmobile USA, Inc. announced today a revolutionary new service that will allow residents and visitors to Atlantic Station to save time and money by using their mobile phone to pay for parking.
Top 5 places to live in Atlanta without a car
Atantic Station
While somewhat on its own island across from midtown, Atlantic Station does offer a highly convenient shuttle to the Arts Center train station. Housing isn't as affordable as other areas, especially living alone. Grocery shopping is found at Publix and residents can choosing from all the shops in the retail district along with Target and Ikea. Some nightlife and restaurants can also be found. This area is good for students at Tech and Georgia State because of the proximity...
Green & Global; National Building Museum Exhibit Takes a World View of Sustainable Living
...Brownfield redevelopment: Atlantic Station, a new neighborhood on a former steel mill site in Atlanta, was close to public transit but separated from it by an interstate highway. A new pedestrian bridge has changed that, but to see if it and a car-sharing program are improving the health of residents, Emory University and the Centers for Disease Control will conduct a two-year study...
Sprawl to meet its limit in Atlanta
...Metro Atlanta is following a national trend in creating and growing high-density, walkable urban places. The two-week party that was the Olympics in 1996 first showed you how exciting a temporary walkable urban place could be, and you set out to make it permanent over the subsequent decade.
But it definitely is not confined to downtown.
Midtown, Atlantic Station, Virginia-Highland, Buckhead, Vinings and Decatur have also emerged as walkable urban places. There will be many more...
Help growth happen wisely
Here's a suggestion for a bumper sticker for metro Atlanta: Growth happens. In metro Atlanta, growth happens a lot. And fast. The question is, then what? ...Giving people sensible options to live where they want to live. Take Atlantic Station, for example. Atlantic Station provides housing for many residents and does it in a way that inconveniences almost no one. At least three reasons make that so. It's close to a MARTA rail station, with shuttle service. It's close to I-75/85. The restaurants and stores in Atlantic Station give residents the option of walking or driving a very short distance for errands and entertainment. Every time someone walks to the cleaners or restaurant, we erase one car trip...
New Motorcycle Policy
After receiving a number of complaints from Atlantic Station residents and guests about the noise and disruptions caused by motorcycles, a policy is now in place that prohibits motorcyclists from riding through and parking in the main retail district in Atlantic Station... However, we welcome motorcyclists to park throughout Atlantic Station outside of the main retail district. Much of this parking is well within walking distance of all Atlantic Station stores, restaurants and entertainment options. This policy applies to motorcycles only and does not apply to mopeds or scooters with engines smaller than 150 cc...
Outer Limits Sprawling Atlanta seeks new routes to the future
...The city's best known green building project is Atlantic Station, a mixed-use complex rising on the site of a former steel mill that's been widely hailed as a successful merging of development and economic interests. When fully built out in the next decade, this city-within-a city will include six million square feet of LEED-certified office space; 5,000 high-rise, loft-style units, townhouses, and single-family residential homes; nearly two million square feet of retail; and 1,000 hotel rooms...
Metro Atlanta ranks 14th among 30 walkable cities
By one new measure of walkability, metro Atlanta is middle of the road. Or, depending on where you are, middle of the sidewalk.
The region ranked 14th among the 30 largest American metropolitan areas in a survey of walkable urban places released Tuesday by the Brookings Institution. The think tank based in Washington, D.C. put it's home city at the top of the list, followed by Boston, San Francisco, Denver and Portland...
Atlantic Station wants you to go carless
Atlantic Station opened what they say is the nation's first "commuter cafe," designed as a clearinghouse for transportation alternatives aimed at the approximately 11,000 people who live and work within the mixed-use development.
"Atlanta is a city where we're conditioned to drive," said Brian Leary, vice president of AIG Global Investment Real Estate, which developed Atlantic Station. "We want a community where you're conditioned to walk."...
