{"272211":{"#nid":"272211","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Connectivity studio slows down attempt to reroute MLK for VIP parking","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Atlanta City Council\u0027s Utilities Committee temporarily tapped the brakes on a fast-moving proposal to make room for VIP parking at the new Falcons stadiums by rerouting Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive and abandoning several adjacent streets.\u0026nbsp;Some believe\u0026nbsp;the city\u2019s control over the six parcels of land south of the proposed stadium is the last bit of leverage Atlanta has over the stadium project. Michael Dobbins, a professor of practice at Georgia Tech\u0027s School of City \u0026amp; Regional Planning, recently led a planning studio that researched the impact of the stadium, and he believes rerouting MLK Drive to build surface parking would further disconnect the surrounding neighborhoods from downtown and the rest of the city.\u0026nbsp;Traffic plans drawn by Tech students actually call for more streets and paths to be created between downtown and the stadium neighborhoods of Vine City, English Avenue, and Castleberry Hill. Such connections would improve the quality of life on both sides of the massive convention and entertainment complex, the students\u2019 reports show.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27714","created_gmt":"2014-01-29 16:32:25","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:26:56","author":"Kyle James","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"middlebury","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/saportareport.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/atlanta-council-slows-plan-to-reroute-mlk-for-reported-vip-parking-lot-at-falcons-stadium\/","dateline":{"date":"2014-01-29T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-01-29T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"85181","name":"abandonment"},{"id":"78521","name":"connectivity studio"},{"id":"55001","name":"falcons"},{"id":"85161","name":"martin luther king jr drive"},{"id":"5029","name":"michael dobbins"},{"id":"85171","name":"reroute"},{"id":"168896","name":"Stadium"},{"id":"85191","name":"west side"},{"id":"63331","name":"westside"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}