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Eric @howephil.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Free EDM concert on one end. A lantern parade on another. Atlanta Beltline is BUSY tonight
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Eric @howephil.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
REMINDER: The approved 2016 referendum explicitly calls out O&M costs funded in More MARTA (MM) transit expansion. City’s audit of MARTA showed 45% of MM budgeted to O&M. Truth remains & the Mayor, who has represented Atlanta in a citywide seat since 2013, knows better 👀
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Eric @howephil.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
$7Bil Plan: Use More MARTA funds for both capital & OpEx costs as intended in 2016 referendum. Allocate % of 5 year TSPLSOT / Bond packages for transit & TOD w/ affordable housing. Allocate % of *new* TAD for same^^ Build Campbellton, Infill Stations, Beltline Rail… NEXT!
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Austin L. Ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Y'all ready to do some good this week? How I'd Fix Atlanta has once again partnered with Undue Medical Debt to help out a bunch of our neighbors. As always, we need your help. Please give what you can and tell everyone you know. unduemedicaldebt.org/campaign/whe...
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When Good Georgians Get Together, Great Things Happen
How I’d Fix Atlanta was a free monthly essay series for four years. It’s been a couple of print zines and a performance on a stage a few times. Quite often, it’s stickers. HIFA is large, it contains multitudes. Every September, we do a big fundraiser to abolish medical debt. From 2023-2025, we raised more than […]
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Eric @howephil.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Reminder: Atlanta Beltline Rail is a *subset* of transit expansion projects funded back in 2016. Many are already moving forward: -Capitol Ave -Cleveland -Metropolitan -Campbellton -Murphy Crossing Beltline rail projects have not progressed in years. Monday’s vote helps get us out of the mud.
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Kelsea Bond 🌹 @kelseabondatl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Better Atlanta Transit wasn’t “paying attention” to my election yet they followed up 3 times begging me to fill out their questionnaire hmmmh
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Kelsea Bond 🌹 @kelseabondatl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Better Atlanta Transit is an astroturfed campaign of wealthy nimbies who stand to profit from keeping the Beltline exclusive. The Beltline is a public asset we all paid into, not your personal backyard, believe it or not 🤷‍♀️ Also hilarious that one of you is going rouge posting on Bluesky lol
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Steven Imle @stevenimle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This has to be a joke right? Only councilmember in the city fighting for working people and then you get the "it's a linear park for me and my dog" crowd pretending like they care about good stewardship of our money.
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Eric @howephil.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
These fuckers don’t show up for transit projects other than trying to kill the singular transit project with dedicated right of way separated from car traffic. Kelsey’s not stopping anything- they’re accelerating a funded project people have been waiting decades for.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 13/09/2026
Why demand immunity unless you are sure that your constituents have lawsuits lined up, and that you will lose said lawsuits
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Eric @howephil.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Insult to injury following death of Mr. Sood at the Shared Peachtree project removed, City of Atlanta is trying to change state law: 🚨 if I’m understand correctly: Governments would be immune from financial claims regarding negligence of public infrastructure maintenance 🚨 @jasondozier.bsky.social
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Eric @howephil.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
For everyone keeping track, I’ve highlighted which City of Atlanta’s More MARTA projects are behind schedule. Answer: Every single fucking one. This is after changing project priorities a 5th time, though the 2018 plan adopted also had 15 Versions. Leadership is failing.
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Eric @howephil.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Went out for a sandwich. Could not decide on a sandwich.
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Eric @howephil.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Lmao I knew that Five Points renovation wasn’t on the More MARTA technical assessment as a major project, only “General maintenance and aesthetic improvement; Install new signage/wayfinding” What I overlooked was the project wasn’t even on the initial map voters approved 👀
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Eric @howephil.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
With More @MARTAtransit on pace to clear $4 Billion, we should allocate budgets for specific projects & categories: 1. General Expansion (Campbellton, ART, Bankhead platform extension) 2. Beltline Rail 3. Infill Stations 4. Service Enhc. & Maint. (Bus, 5P, Transit Centers)
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Eric @howephil.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The number of Atlanta City Council Members signing on the resolution to advance Beltline Rail is growing… Not all signatures included yet. The great thing? We have enough money to advance the rail in addition to various other projects. Sample in pic 2. Let’s get moving!
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Eric @howephil.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Atlanta leadership circles be like:
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Eric @howephil.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Here’s where my head is for More MARTA expansion, with mostly existing projects: - Cap 5P Reno at $50mil - Cap Service Enhancements at $125mil - Buy Hulsey Yard for TOD & Station - Mville & MC Infill Stations Bolster w/ 5yr Bonds/TSPLOST & new TAD for additional $1.5 - $3 Bil
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Emilie P Bush @emiliebush.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
That feels like Atlanta politics running at normal.
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Eric @howephil.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
BeltLine Transit Study Meeting = nothing burger. 🍔 No timeline for rail. No elected officials on site. No MARTA & limited Beltline leaders. BeltLine *TO START* design for Murphy Crossing, wanting 10-20%. Taxpayers raised a shitton of money & there’s little to show for it.
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Atlanta DSA @atldemsoc.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Why is the city still delaying the streetcar 🚃 extension after the Mayor changed priorities? 👀 We voted for it to be on the Beltline and already paid for it! So lets get this thing built!
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Eric @howephil.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
City, MARTA, & Beltline leadership have a debt to pay Atlanta’s constituents. $1.2 Billion will be raised by end of Mayor’s 2nd Term, yet highest cost project delivered will be renovation of Five Points. -Campbellton -Mechanicsville -North Ave -Beltline Rail Give us projects we can use.
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Eric @howephil.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Good morning.
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Eric @howephil.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Will communities along Ralph David Abernathy & Georgia Ave be provided a safe, direct route between one another & connected with the @atlantabeltline.org? Or will design sacrifice continuity, lowering safety & quality, retaining disconnection. You help decide the outcome.
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Julie Goldberg @juliegoldberg.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I just rode my bike for the first time in at least 10 years. Pumped the flat tires, scrubbed off the obvious dirt, and rode it around a cul-de-sac a few times. Can confirm that you never forget how to ride a bike! Can also confirm that you should not keep your bike under the deck for 10 years.
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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Holy shit we’re flying like a bat out of hell. #Acceler8
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Mayor of MARTA @mayorofmarta.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This will be a huge E-W corridor. the real question is who finishes their RDA project first? GDOT or ATLDOT
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Eric @howephil.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Two opportunities this week, Tu. & Th, to show up & ensure quality, continuous, & inviting design for RDA / Georgia Ave project! A vital crosstown connection for all of Atlanta, while directly benefiting Adair Park, Pittsburgh, Mechanicsville, Summerhill, & Grant Park neighbors!
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Austin L. Ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
absolutely unfuckingbelievable that no progress has been made on this in seven (7) months ATL is such an unserious city sometimes
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Austin L. Ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
don’t remember where i found this but it’s my new anthem
water, reading, and annoying politicians: what more do you need
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Michael McLean @michaelmclean.me · 23/08/2026
This raised intersection is @leniann.bsky.social’s magnum opus I watched multiple families on their way to the park cross here, and drivers fully complied with the law. Something shockingly rare at stop signs.
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Ryan Cavanaugh @searyanc.dev · 23/08/2026
Power's out in the neighborhood because someone crashed their e-bike into a power pole. Still a chaotic scene 7 hours later. jk it was a car
A bunch of utility trucks at work
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Eric @howephil.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
128,000 voters & every Atlanta Council District approved MARTA expansion in 2016. $1.2 Billion to be collected by end of Andre’s term. ~50% unspent. Need MARTA, Atlanta, & Beltline leaders to STEP UP. 🦗 Campbellton 🦗 Beltline Rail 🦗 Infill Stations
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Eric @howephil.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Remember 10 years ago when every precinct in Atlanta approved funding for MARTA expansion within Atlanta city limits? We’re a few years away from collecting $1.2 Billion by end of Andre’s 2nd term, yet: 🦗 No Campbellton HCT 🦗 No Beltline Rail 🦗 No Infill Stations
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Darin Givens @atlurbanist.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The Atlanta DSA is asking Mayor Dickens to get Beltline rail started! Ten years ago, Atlantans passed a More MARTA tax to fund transit, with Beltline rail touted as a priority. But there has been zero progress on that rail line. Sign this petition! actionnetwork.org/petitions/bu...
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Build Beltline Rail!
Ten years ago, Atlanta voters passed the More MARTA referendum to fund public transit projects using a half penny sales tax. To this day, not a single project has been built. Instead of building trans...
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Eric @howephil.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
‪By the end of Andre’s 2nd Mayoral term, More MARTA revenues will have accounted for ~$1.2 Billion, with nearly 3 decades to continue to grow the total amount over $4 Billion!‬ ‪There’s zero reason why to hold back on delivering more of the funded & approved new transit lines!‬
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Eric @howephil.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
More MARTA close to $900 million in revenues, less than 10 years into 40 year duration. So much money still sitting on the table, with billions to come. Summerhill, Five Points, & enhancement costs pale in comparison. Give us Campbellton. Give us Beltline Rail. Time to pay up
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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I know... I'll stop sharing photos of this sort of thing soon (I do have other interests believe it or not!). But a weekend nipping all over Glasgow by bike, combined with the recent trip back to NL🇳🇱, has reminded me just how much progress has been made here in the last ~10 years.
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Eric @howephil.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Nice to swing by CCI’s new digs off Auburn Ave at Prince Hall Grand Lodge & learn more about the building. Land clearing also happened off Old Wheat St 👀
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Eric @howephil.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
It is essential ATLDOT designs & delivers the spoke & trolley trail extension projects in a way that creates connected, *usable* space for our new neighbors in affordable housing. Currently there’s missing sidewalks connecting them to the @atlantabeltline.org, Rec Center, & parks.
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Eric @howephil.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Hear me out: turn Kirkwood Ave off the Beltline to a Low Traffic Street. Use modal filters at intersections. Retain vehicular access at cross streets. No more vehicular conflicts over the Beltline. Direct access to neighborhood retail. Close proximity to Trolley Trail. 🌸
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Platlanta @platlanta.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
@rodger.bsky.social can we make the Fever Dream Game™️ a thing
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Eric @howephil.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
My first podcast appearance is in the books! Got to talk Atlanta transportation include land use around Five Points, Atlanta’s growing bike culture, shoutout Atlanta Bike Bus, MARTA expansion opportunities, BeltLine Rail, & More MARTA. Grateful to have been invited!
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Kudzu Vine Politics @kudzuvine.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Our thanks to @howephil.bsky.social for joining us tonight to discuss transportation issues in Atlanta. Listen to the interview and the entire show at: www.spreaker.com/episode/eric...
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Eric Phillips joined us to discuss to transportation in Atlanta - Kudzu Vine
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Eric @howephil.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Did you know MARTA already owns the property where adding Mechanicsville & Boone infill stations could exist? Lots of land walking distance to Mechanicsville infill they own & could add housing, too 👀 Cc: @jasondozier.bsky.social
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Austin L. Ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
cleared the other side this morning boy howdy was it overgrown
a whole lotta damn cosmos and muscadines and other stuff
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Austin L. Ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
oh and if you’re enjoying brunch at the original tesoro this morning feel free to waltz s couple minutes down the fake beltline and get yourself some free rosemary because there is SO MUCH free rosemary
so much free rosemary under a little free library in free edgewood free atlanta free georgia free usa
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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
It’s good to be back in Utrecht -
The Nieuwgracht, Utrecht, in the sun with bikes attached to the railings The view along a small Utrecht street, with limited access for motor vehicles, and lots of parked bikes and plants on and adjacent to the houses. The view along another small Utrecht street, with limited access for motor cars vehicles, and lots of parked bikes, as well as planting outside the houses and alongside the modal filters. A newer street in Utrecht, again with limited motor vehicle access, greenery, and here a blue woonerf sign, showing that children, people and homes are prioritised over cars.
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Eric @howephil.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Reynoldstown Spoke design updates: -Peanut shape -Still trims sidewalk at Mikkelson’s & NW corner -10’ sidewalk proposed when 12’ is the design minimum recommended -No sidewalk tie-in on SW or SE sides -Majority of design leaves unused space prioritizing cars, not people
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grimace was a crossmaker (ponce city marxist) @butterfinger.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Wingate Companies has released renderings for the Trestletree project and... they appear to have used AI?
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