Eric Phillips

We Deserve Better Streets 🌳🚌🥖🎨🚲🍜🎷🚊🌌

[Eric Phillips @HowEPhil]

Atlanta is a cycling city. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

[Atlanta Journal-Constitution @ajc]

Atlanta City Council is weighing a proposal to follow in the footsteps of places like Denver, Boston and Rhode Island by offering city residents rebates for e-bikes. https://t.co/jqbflFoMDN

[Gabriel Sterling @GabrielSterling]

A little known section of Georgia law allowing employees 2 hours off to vote. Even during early voting. A great explanation from my friend @bptyson on how it should be implemented and employer’s role.

[Reverend Raphael Warnock @ReverendWarnock]

They’re not even hiding their plans to interfere in the midterms. We must be too big to rig.
https://t.co/ppbTIwkBTC

[Eric Phillips @HowEPhil]

Atlanta is on pace to clear $4 Billion!

$2.25 billion for capital alone & an additional $1.85 billion for O&M…

That’s A LOT for O&M for ZERO RAIL and effectively a bunch of bus routes operating where we have numerous existing bus routes (& thus less O&M funding needed). 👀

[Urbanize Atlanta @UrbanizeATL]

Letter to Editor: Atlanta’s 1 percent fiercely opposes Beltline rail. Why? https://t.co/zTWKuINgbU

[Eric Phillips @HowEPhil]

@philip_atlanta I like it!!

[Philip Clinch @philip_atlanta]

@HowEPhil Beltline John posted a drone photo of the rebuilt stairs from Grant St up to the Southside Trail. Have to go to Instagram to hear the Led Zeppelin sound track though
https://t.co/rLHXVwZYGS

[Eric Phillips @HowEPhil]

@Urban_Connector 8’ is decent!

Is going to be great having the connection for the neighbors. I’m excited for those not having to push strollers in the street anymore!!!

[Eric Phillips @HowEPhil]

@Urban_Connector But otherwise- super happy it’s going in!!

[Eric Phillips @HowEPhil]

@Urban_Connector Yooooo measure that to see if it’s the 10’ width of perhaps they got a variance? Looks like 6-8’ instead of 10’ min for the overlay

[Phil @Urban_Connector]

Lfg

[Eric Phillips @HowEPhil]

Even half of this would be a boon to other North American cities, such as Atlanta.

Hell, make the first floor retail, then 10 units above 👀

[Kenneth Chan @iamkennethchan]

This is Vancouver's very first proposal to build a low-rise, multi-unit residential building on a small single-family lot under the new single-staircase building rules.

A 6-storey, wood-frame building with 24 family-sized units. #vanre #vanpoli

https://t.co/9QQ9IwjDFf

[Eric Phillips @HowEPhil]

Dope dope dope!!!

[Urbanize Atlanta @UrbanizeATL]

Images: #Atlanta's first bike park set to open soon on Westside. (Yes, it's looking pretty rad.) https://t.co/6Nkpd4Ihp9

[Tejas Kotak @tkotak013]

@HowEPhil @MARTAtransit This is without basic good things like more seating in the station, shoppes behind the gates, or street reconnection. It doesn't add riders or new routes.

Don't use More MARTA money non-expansion projects. That's for general fund and new grants.

[Eric Phillips @HowEPhil]

Want Atlanta Parks & Rec to build and maintain more trails & greenspaces???

Tell them you want it on their open survey before it closes in a week!

Took me 5 mins- do it now!
https://t.co/b98qLDyECf

[Eric Phillips @HowEPhil]

ATLANTA, WHEN?!?!

Gave you $4 Billion

[TODNewsHub @TODNewsHub]

This is the SECOND major transit project to break ground in Los Angeles this week.

First: the East San Fernando Valley light-rail line.

Now: the 12.4-mile Vermont Avenue BRT

• 12.4 miles of BRT
• Dedicated bus lanes
• Connections to the B, D, E and C Lines
• Trips up to 24% faster
• Upgraded service for 38,000 daily riders

@metrolosangeles hopes to finish the Vermont Corridor before the 2028 Olympics.

No American city is doing more for transit that Los Angeles

[Philip Clinch @philip_atlanta]

Atlanta Beltline Northwest Trail bridge from Blandtown over the rail line towards Howell Mill, the Waterworks side bridge pier concrete is finished, so everything looks ready for a crane putting the bridge segment on top starting in November.

[Philip Clinch @philip_atlanta]

Atlanta Howell Mill Complete Street is getting a median for the southbound turn lane on to 17th St. The road south of 17th St has preparations for another median. They have not yet paved the Howell Mill sidewalk at the crossing over to 17th St which will hopefully improve safety.

[Ruwa Romman @ruwaromman]

Our schedules finally lined up so we went on a very important date! What’s your voting plan?

[Eric Phillips @HowEPhil]

@hombreafricana And has been for some time! But if someone has the choice of not crossing a highway or crossing a highway, is good to have the option of not having to cross the highway.

[Eric Phillips @HowEPhil]

Any retail included?

Proximity to campus could benefit from more retail. Shouldn’t need to cross the highway, Northside, nor go all the way up to MLK for more options 👀

[Urbanize Atlanta @UrbanizeATL]

Images: At doorstep of Atlanta HBCUs, "transformative" $147M project full speed ahead. https://t.co/YNNg6vmyuy

[Eric Phillips @HowEPhil]

I maintain this corner would be a killer spot for local retail (& homes on top)

1 block off the Beltline.

Centrally located in the neighborhood.

High volume bike route.

Fairly dense compared with other intown neighborhoods of Atlanta.

[Eric Phillips @HowEPhil]

Years of permitting & planning, but only takes a few weeks to add two stories of homes for neighbors.

Sure, takes longer than to put finishing touches, but goes to show we should be expediting FASTER as what’s needed to BUILD doesn’t take nearly as long.