http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2010/02/17/peachtree-streetcar-misses-out-on-federal-funding/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2010/02/17/peachtree-streetcar-misses-out-on-federal-funding/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:44:59 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=31659 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2010/02/17/peachtree-streetcar-misses-out-on-federal-funding/feed/ 20 But city officials say all hope is not lost http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2010/01/27/metro-atlantas-transportation-landscape/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2010/01/27/metro-atlantas-transportation-landscape/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:53:26 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=30825 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2010/01/27/metro-atlantas-transportation-landscape/feed/ 5 We've got a long way to go http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2010/01/20/siemens-peachtree-streetcar-tour-display/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2010/01/20/siemens-peachtree-streetcar-tour-display/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:42:21 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=30442 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2010/01/20/siemens-peachtree-streetcar-tour-display/feed/ 13 Possible Peachtree Streetcar (and Beltline) vehicle to go on display http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/28/fauver-peachtree-streetcar-stimulus-study-beltline/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/28/fauver-peachtree-streetcar-stimulus-study-beltline/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:25:51 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=22924 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/28/fauver-peachtree-streetcar-stimulus-study-beltline/feed/ 7 Fauver: '...the administration thinks a project with a sizzle has a better chance of attracting money' http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/21/atlanta-city-council-approves-peachtree-streetcar-study/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/21/atlanta-city-council-approves-peachtree-streetcar-study/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:57:56 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=22620 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/21/atlanta-city-council-approves-peachtree-streetcar-study/feed/ 6 Officials want to compete for up to $300 million in federal stimulus funding to build project http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/13/last-weeks-top-posts-sex-surveys-marion-barry-streetcars-and-rail-lines/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/13/last-weeks-top-posts-sex-surveys-marion-barry-streetcars-and-rail-lines/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:02:43 +0000 Mara Shalhoup http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=22260 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/13/last-weeks-top-posts-sex-surveys-marion-barry-streetcars-and-rail-lines/feed/ 0 Atlantans do it better http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/07/peachtree-streetcar-vision-isnt-dead-yet/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/07/peachtree-streetcar-vision-isnt-dead-yet/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:53:42 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=21911 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/07/peachtree-streetcar-vision-isnt-dead-yet/feed/ 21 Downtown, Midtown groups partner with city and MARTA to pursue federal bucks http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/14/morning-headlines-115/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/14/morning-headlines-115/#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:55:09 +0000 Russell McLendon http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/14/morning-headlines-115/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/14/morning-headlines-115/feed/ 0 SPY VS. PIE: The AP reports that Julia Child left a career as a WWII-era spy to become a chef; Child is one of several well-known Americans whose previously secret spy career was revealed this morning, as the personnel files of the pre-CIA Office of Strategic Services were declassified. SHOOTING: The chairman of the Arkansas Democratic [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/17/peachtree-streetcar-meets-the-public-free-rides-for-peachtree-residents/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/17/peachtree-streetcar-meets-the-public-free-rides-for-peachtree-residents/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:21:54 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/17/peachtree-streetcar-meets-the-public-free-rides-for-peachtree-residents/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/17/peachtree-streetcar-meets-the-public-free-rides-for-peachtree-residents/feed/ 0 The push to make the Peachtree streetcar a reality continued its monthlong PR campaign Wednesday night just blocks from the very thoroughfare it promises to transform. A group of nearly 70 residents, business owners and students gathered around tables in one of AT&T’s mid-rise buildings on West Peachtree Street to not only hear details about [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/06/01/veto-of-40-million-a-disaster-%e2%80%94-or-simply-a-shame/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/06/01/veto-of-40-million-a-disaster-%e2%80%94-or-simply-a-shame/#comments Fri, 01 Jun 2007 18:12:06 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/06/01/veto-of-40-million-a-disaster-%e2%80%94-or-simply-a-shame/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/06/01/veto-of-40-million-a-disaster-%e2%80%94-or-simply-a-shame/feed/ 0 Early this week, Gov. Perdue used his veto pen to erase a $40 million state grant to the Peachtree corridor project — the proposal to overhaul Atlanta’s signature street into a world-class thoroughfare with streetcars. While Councilwoman Clair Muller, chairwoman of Atlanta City Council’s Transportation Committee, is “disappointed” by this particular episode of Sonny Did, she [...]