{"274631":{"#nid":"274631","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"David Emory (MCRP \u201904) and Baruch Feigenbaum (MCRP \u201910) offer their ideas to avoid future \u0022Snow Jams\u0022","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn the fallout following a snow storm that led to historic gridlock in Atlanta, Georgia Tech School of City and Regional Planning alumni offer their ideas\u0026nbsp;on preventing future shutdowns. President of Citizens for Progressive Transit David Emory (MCRP \u201904) writes, \u0022While there were many factors at play, there is one issue whose importance cannot be overstated: our lack of a truly robust regional transit infrastructure.\u0022 He argues that even though the cost of expanded rail would be significant, the\u0026nbsp;cost of maintaining a heavily car-dependent status quo is even greater.\u0026nbsp;Baruch Feigenbaum (MCRP \u201910), a transportation planning analyst for the Reason Foundation, argues that \u0022Poor planning and policy decisions plagued the city\u0022 during the snowstorm. Feigenbaum believes that an improved snow plan should include pre-wetting roads, coordinating with the private sector for equipment and materials, and exercising greater caution when deciding whether or not to close schools.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27714","created_gmt":"2014-02-06 14:07:06","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:26:56","author":"Kyle James","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/blogs.ajc.com\/atlanta-forward\/2014\/01\/30\/storm-fallout-transit-planning-needed\/","dateline":{"date":"2014-01-30T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-01-30T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"14899","name":"baruch feigenbaum"},{"id":"85991","name":"david emory"},{"id":"177","name":"planning"},{"id":"168992","name":"snow jam"},{"id":"168993","name":"snow plan"},{"id":"168994","name":"snow strom"},{"id":"488","name":"transit"}],"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":""}}}