A Well-Tied Knot: Atlanta's Mobility Crisis and the 2012 T-SPLOST Debate

Edward Hatfield surveys the challenges of transportation planning in the Atlanta metro region by unraveling the complex history of the contentious T-SPLOST (Transportation Special-Purpose Local-Option Sales Tax) initiative that was defeated in a 2012 referendum. Contextualizing the fractious public...

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Published inSouthern spaces p. np
Main Author Hatfield, Edward
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Atlanta Emory University 29.04.2013
Subjects
African Americans
Demographics
Economics
Mass transit
Political activism
Political issues
Politics-The Americas-USA
Referendums
Sociology and Anthropology
Suburban areas
Tax rates
United States
Urban planning
Whites
Atlanta, Georgia
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Summary:Edward Hatfield surveys the challenges of transportation planning in the Atlanta metro region by unraveling the complex history of the contentious T-SPLOST (Transportation Special-Purpose Local-Option Sales Tax) initiative that was defeated in a 2012 referendum. Contextualizing the fractious public debate that surrounded the planning process, Hatfield provides insight into the legacies of white flight and the region's shifting demographic makeup upon transportation policy. What emerges is a portrait of a metropolitan area at odds with itself and of a politics as immobile as its people. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:1551-2754
1551-2754
DOI:10.18737/M73W4Z