Ryan Gravel

that beltline guy - find me on bluesky @ryangravel

[Ryan Gravel @ryangravel]

Long form FAQ on Atlanta Beltline and transit > https://t.co/WJp2TZwnoi

[Ryan Gravel @ryangravel]

@zeorangekoolaid Yeah, youre wrong.

[Ryan Gravel @ryangravel]

"If Cathy Woolard can’t think of a reason to stay here, Atlanta, we have a problem." > https://t.co/Mmkw2iAfOY

[Ryan Gravel @ryangravel]

@TylerAMann Did you read the fucking article?

[Ryan Gravel @ryangravel]

It's the end of an era, I guess, a promise unrealized but not yet without hope. Cathy is passing the torch to a new generation - will you help make sure the Atlanta Beltline is built for everyone? SAVE THIS DATE. NOVEMBER 14.

[Ryan Gravel @ryangravel]

Follow the money.

[Kelsea Bond 🌹 @KelseaBondATL]

This guy thinks bc his family put down money for the Beltline he gets more of a say than the 100k+ Atlantans that voted on the More MARTA referendum, pay taxes, & live & work here each day. We need to stop letting corporate billionaires run our city or nothing will ever change.

[Kelsea Bond 🌹 @KelseaBondATL]

No public restrooms, water fountains, benches, picnic tables, and certainly not rail. And the billionaires and property owners want to keep it that way: privatized, exclusive, not for the people who already lived here or could afford to if we planned it that way.

[Kelsea Bond 🌹 @KelseaBondATL]

3 of these neighborhoods he mentions are in my district and (esp o4w) have been heavily gentrified thanks to the way the Beltline has been carried out. What has driven the development of the Beltline is profit motive: high end retail & dining — not investment for the public good.

[Kelsea Bond 🌹 @KelseaBondATL]

Of course no one believes that someone like Alex Taylor cares about people who can’t afford cars, but let’s get straight to the point about why the ultra wealthy (he’s also a member of Atlanta Committee for Progress) are invested in maintaining the Beltline as an outdoor mall:

[Kelsea Bond 🌹 @KelseaBondATL]

This embarrassing op ed is case in point of why the Atlanta Way and dependency on corporate philanthropy will never be sustainable. It paralyzes our City’s “leaders” who are scared of going against the billionaire donor class to make choices that benefit the public good

[Kelsea Bond 🌹 @KelseaBondATL]

BREAKING NEWS: Billionaire class who’s been pulling strings all along to kill Beltline rail finally goes mask off.

Alex Taylor, CEO of Cox, writes in his OWN newspaper that he thinks he understands the needs of working Atlantans better than they do. https://t.co/w9dBfWpVbB

[Ryan Gravel @ryangravel]

Finally, they quote what I'm saying.

[Ryan Gravel @ryangravel]

Make no mistake. The forces against BL rail are the same ones that gave us Cop City. And the only Atlanta they're protecting is theirs.

[Ryan Gravel @ryangravel]

Guy who doesn't need transit decides nobody else does either. #dogwhistle

[Urbanize Atlanta @UrbanizeATL]

Cox Enterprises head honcho and prominent board member blasts #Atlanta Beltline rail as "pollutive, antiquated" concept. https://t.co/AXiOVq9W5D

[Ryan Gravel @ryangravel]

Find me on bluesky @ryangravel

[Ryan Gravel @ryangravel]

Dog-whistles. The language against transit in Atlanta should always be scrutinized. The fight against Beltline rail is a modern case in point. Gravel > a short lesson from Munich | ryangravel https://t.co/KiTUFDhGEw

[Ryan Gravel @ryangravel]

Hot take

[Test Chamber Defect @LathburyJason]

@ferdydurking @triciaharris @HowEPhil @KelseaBondATL Not only all that, but building out the EST gives the city much needed real-world experience delivering projects, which means lessons learned and institutional capacity that carries forward to all follow-on projects.

Lessons from the EST can go right into Southside design.

[Ryan Gravel @ryangravel]

Finally, they quote what I'm saying.

[Eric Phillips @HowEPhil]

Only 2 BeltLine facing business along 58% of the funded Eastside train route, LadyBird & Painted Park.

Only 2 shops for a continuous 0.7 miles of the entire 1.2 mile stretch! Each with access both on & off the trail!

STOP MAKING EXCUSES & BUILD THE TRAIN

[Ryan Gravel @ryangravel]

Y'all. This guy right now. https://t.co/aQddijs0Uc