Reposted by Anton GudiswitzDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 08/10/2026would you like to know more?liberalcurrents.comMeet the DemocratsThe party is not an abstract cabal powered by fever dreams, but a living, breathing coalition held together by a ceaseless grind and people with the will to face it. 212519
Anton Gudiswitz @antongudiswitz.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Seen downtown: ATL Airport runway sprayer performing bollard duties for the World Cup 020
Anton Gudiswitz @antongudiswitz.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Seen downtown: ATL Airport runway sprayer performing bollard duties for the World Cup 020
Reposted by Anton GudiswitzInfrastory @infrastory.bsky.social · 08/06/2026The focus of this article is how a huge portion of global commerce moves, but people seldom recognize its significance, and like many other modes of transportation China is doing incredible things. Learn more about inland waterways now: open.substack.com/pub/infrasto...open.substack.comWe Often Underestimate Inland Waterway TransportThe hidden backbone of global-continental commerce. 1318
Reposted by Anton GudiswitzKelsea Bond 🌹 @kelseabondatl.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Come speak against a paper that would kill Beltline Rail at the 5/18 full council meeting! Sign up for public comment by 12:30pm! 2134
Anton Gudiswitz @antongudiswitz.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Kinda depressing today to hear multiple GA democratic candidates for governor talking about enacting tax breaks (Esteves & Thurmond). Surely there's better ways to tackle affordability than continuing to defund the state #GaPol 1111
Anton Gudiswitz @antongudiswitz.bsky.social · 11/12/2025If it ever gets funded this is what Atlanta's "Stitch" is gonna look like. $1 billion for an empty patch of grass where you can listen to highway noise and breathe exhaust from the 5 lane roads on each side. 010
Anton Gudiswitz @antongudiswitz.bsky.social · 11/11/2025This group is trying to prevent a church from building supportive housing for elderly disabled homeless residents. People this heartless should not be taken seriously at any level. 1156
Reposted by Anton GudiswitzMayor of MARTA @mayorofmarta.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Here is the website NIMBYs have set up to oppose a Permanent Support Housing project in Kirkwood. They would rather people sleep in the freezing temperatures outside than see this development be built on church property. www.riseatl.orgriseatl.orgRISE Atlanta 4133
Reposted by Anton GudiswitzEli @elium2.com · 08/10/2025Q3 fundraising reports for local elections in Georgia are rolling in. Will be sharing some highlights. Both Q3 and cumulative (“total”) figures are based only on reported data, with no recalculations. #gapol 141
Anton Gudiswitz @antongudiswitz.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Hosting ATL city council candidate forums this week @ St. Luke's in Midtown (or streamed virtually) District 11 - 6pm tonight! District 2 - 6pm Thursday abundanthousingatlanta.org/events/abundanthousingatlanta.orgEvents 020
Reposted by Anton GudiswitzPatty Durand @pattydurand.bsky.social · 31/07/2025The Georgia Public Service Commission is the worst in the nation, and I can prove it. I've been showing this photo for a while. It depicts Ga Power lawyers with BUSINESS BEFORE THE COMMISSION donating money to commissioners for favorable decisions. Which they get. 100% of the time. 311939
Reposted by Anton Gudiswitzvladimir.theatl.social @vladimir.theatl.social · 13/06/2025"Pilgrim said the skybridge will improve accessibility to the Capitol and to committee hearings for young people, seniors and people in wheelchairs. " Maybe fix the sidewalks, crosswalks, and building entrances first? georgiarecorder.com/briefs/atlan...georgiarecorder.comAtlanta City Council members block controversial skybridge for new Georgia legislative building • Georgia RecorderThe state government and Atlanta City Council are at odds over a proposed skybridge connecting the state Capitol with a new legislative office building currently under construction across the street. 0122
Reposted by Anton GudiswitzAtlanta Civic Circle @atlantaciviccircle.org · 26/05/2025INVESTIGATION: Dickens admin uses Housing Trust Fund to pay bonds, employee salaries “From the very beginning, this looked too much like a slush fund, and not enough like a housing trust fund.”atlantaciviccircle.orgINVESTIGATION: Dickens admin uses Housing Trust Fund to pay bonds, employee salaries“From the very beginning, this looked too much like a slush fund, and not enough like a housing trust fund.” 175
Reposted by Anton GudiswitzBrian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 29/04/2025"Many people don’t understand that 40% of households in Atlanta are a week away from homelessness, and that a disruption to any stabilizing program could be catastrophic."atlantaciviccircle.orgFederal layoffs stymie local efforts to combat homelessnessTrump administration cuts are putting pressure on housing-focused nonprofits. 13217
Anton Gudiswitz @antongudiswitz.bsky.social · 22/03/2025New protected bike lane + raised crosswalk is looking fresh at Tech Square 070
Reposted by Anton GudiswitzMagitha Christie @mdola.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Hey Atlantans, Join us on Thursday 3/20 to discuss pro-housing organizing at the neighborhood level. We're hoping to share tactics and success stories + build connections across neighborhoods. 1/2 actionnetwork.org/events/how-t... 162
Anton Gudiswitz @antongudiswitz.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Just got a call from someone pretending to be from immigration enforcement. Truly evil stuff. 210
Anton Gudiswitz @antongudiswitz.bsky.social · 13/03/2025This is sweet! I've always wondered if someone could make an automat work around there. roughdraftatlanta.com/2025/03/12/e...roughdraftatlanta.comThere’s an automat on the Eastside Beltline serving hot bagel sandwichesEmerald City Bagels debuted an automat vending machine on the Eastside Beltline, serving hot bagel sandwiches like BECs and special seasonal bagel sandwiches all at the touch of a button. 050
Reposted by Anton GudiswitzGriffin Wasdin @heflinhollis.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Rich NIMBYs are blowing up the phones of our City Council members with calls, texts, and emails demanding their part of the BeltLine remain an exclusive mansion district. Click here to respond and tell City council to vote “YES” on new homes (including affordable housing) on the BeltLine.actionnetwork.orgZoning Review Board - Support Amsterdam Walk!What's happening? A mixed-use development is being proposed along the Beltline next to Piedmont Park in the Virginia-Highland and Morningside-Lenox neighborhoods and will be considered this Thursday... 1149
Reposted by Anton GudiswitzJason Dozier @jasondozier.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Mr. Sood's death was not only tragic, but entirely preventable. I'm proud to join alongside CM Farokhi to not only demand the restoration of this crossing, but for Atlanta to reinvest in the Peachtree shared street experience that was promised to our citizens long ago. 4248
Reposted by Anton GudiswitzPlatlanta @platlanta.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Seriously, no neighborhood bends people’s minds into pretzels when it comes to history like West End. ( @archiveatlanta.bsky.social has heard this rant before 😂) 🧵 353
Anton Gudiswitz @antongudiswitz.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Meanwhile Atlanta's gonna finish drafting its 5 year development plan without upzoning a single MARTA station. 2145
Reposted by Anton GudiswitzMagitha Christie @mdola.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Atlanta's recent CDP and Zoning 2.0 processes are such clear examples of governing from a place of fear rather than vision. I'm gonna attempt a 🧵 focusing on housing aspects of the plans. 2116
Reposted by Anton GudiswitzThreadATL @threadatl.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Atlanta currently allows up to 6 unrelated individuals to live together, but a new proposal reduces that to only 3 unrelated individuals to live together. Please let Council know you disapprove! They're the final decision makers. via @AbundantHousATL: actionnetwork.org/letters/say-...actionnetwork.orgSay NO to New Restrictive Household DefinitionsThe Mayor's office of planning is proposing a new definition of "household" which will halve the number of unrelated people who are legally allowed to live together. Currently up to 6 unrelated roomma... 0126
Anton Gudiswitz @antongudiswitz.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Live footage tonight of the City of Atlanta proposing to be as hostile as our suburbs towards renters (limiting the legal number of roommates to 3). 5187
Reposted by Anton GudiswitzJulian Bene @julianbene.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Glad that 56 homeless folks will have roofs as this finally opens in Reynoldstown. Took one hell of a fight to overcome NIMBY obstacles in 2022. Atlanta Housing came through. Housing Justice League & Abundant Housing advocated. #ATLpol #GApol #ATLsky www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2024/12/18/n...atlantanewsfirst.comNew housing set to open for Atlanta’s homeless populationAtlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and city partners are opening another place to support unhoused individuals across the city and the metro. 211114
Reposted by Anton GudiswitzJarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Atlanta! The proposed MARTA bus network redesign, which we've been working on for years, is finally published and ready for your comments! Please comment before February 2025. humantransit.org/2024/12/atla...humantransit.orgAtlanta: A Draft Redesign of the Bus Network — Human TransitAfter much hard work, intense discussions, extensive public outreach, and a pandemic, we’re finally ready for public comment on the draft MARTA “NextGen” bus network redesign, whjch covers Atlanta and... 44211
Reposted by Anton GudiswitzSean Keenan @thatseankeenan.bsky.social · 12/12/2024When temperatures drop below 40°, the city typically issues a press release announcing that it will open two emergency warming centers — the Old Adamsville and Central Park rec centers. But not today... atlantaciviccircle.org/2024/12/11/h...atlantaciviccircle.orgAs temperatures dip, it's unclear whether Atlanta's main emergency warming center will openThe Old Adamsville Recreation Center is not on city’s latest warming center list. 092
Reposted by Anton GudiswitzClara T Green @claratgreen.bsky.social · 08/12/202410 Atlanta Councilmembers voted to stop emergency warming centers from being 1,000 feet from schools because they hate poor people that much. Absolutely shameful. atlantaciviccircle.org/2024/12/06/a...atlantaciviccircle.orgCity council chills Atlanta from opening warming centers near schoolsWhy should unhoused people seeking warmth be kept away from children? 2357
Reposted by Anton GudiswitzJason Dozier @jasondozier.bsky.social · 30/11/20241/ Hey y'all! I've been getting a lot of questions about this, so I wanted to share up front why I’m not supporting Councilmember Lewis’s Adair Park data center proposal. 🧵 166918
Reposted by Anton GudiswitzMarisa Pyle @marisapk.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Encouraged to see both Senators Ossoff and Warnock voting against weapons for Israel and in favor of the JRDs — and profoundly grateful to the community of organizers who have been holding our Senators to account in GA and pressuring them to make these votes happen. www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11...aljazeera.comUS Senate votes down effort to withhold weapons to Israel amid Gaza warThe push led by Senator Bernie Sanders falls short, but advocates say it shows progress for Palestinian rights movement. 1105
Reposted by Anton GudiswitzSara Gregory @saraegregory.bsky.social · 14/11/2024MARTA says they have an agreement with Mayor Andre Dickens to move forward with the Five Points station renovation while keeping one entrance open for pedestrian access. 🔗: www.ajc.com/news/atlanta...ajc.comMARTA, Dickens say Five Points renovation can proceedMARTA and Mayor Andre Dickens have reached a deal to move forward on the Five Points station renovation that will preserve pedestrian access during construction. 081
Reposted by Anton GudiswitzYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 06/11/2024An update on this: with 100,000 more votes in, Cobb County continues to be voting broadly against its transit sales tax. 162
Anton Gudiswitz @antongudiswitz.bsky.social · 05/09/2024Real missed opportunity even with global warming we can't keep the pools open past labor day 😔 010
Anton Gudiswitz @antongudiswitz.bsky.social · 06/01/2024Just read "Transporting Atlanta" which recounts the politics of MARTA, GRTA, and the Beltline from their inception through ~2006. Eye opening that despite all our city's physical & demographic changes in the last 25 years the discussions have barely changed. 010
Reposted by Anton GudiswitzDavid Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 26/12/2023My favorite books about cities and transportation that I read in 2023 🧵 1405
Anton Gudiswitz @antongudiswitz.bsky.social · 12/10/2023Wish Atlanta's street safety advocacy looked a little more like this. Propel has a lot of good presence and committed volunteers, but with stronger tactics I think we could be making better progress. Council should be feeling serious heat to deliver bike/ped/transit improvements. 120
Anton Gudiswitz @antongudiswitz.bsky.social · 10/10/2023Well apparently the state of Georgia will no longer register Japanese Kei trucks because they're dangerously too small. As if the small trucks are the dangerous ones. www.theautopian.com/georgia-hamm... 140
