{"360021":{"#nid":"360021","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Ryan Gravel (MCRP + M Arch \u002799) at the center of the transit makeover of Atlanta","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERyan Gravel, MCRP + M.Arch \u002799, concieved of the Atlanta BeltLine while he was a graduate student at Georgia Tech. \u0026nbsp;The Beltline as it exists today aims to turn defunct railroad tracks into a 22-mile paved looped trail, with light-rail trains to line its circumference. Many are\u0026nbsp;proclaiming that this unlikely city, with its long history of segregation and suburbanization, is on the verge of a renaissance. Already, hundreds of millions of dollars in private investment have poured into the project and the restaurants, markets and shops around it; land values are soaring; and the city Sherman once burned looks shiny and new. The makeover fervor is spreading \u2014 a new streetcar runs through central Atlanta and bike lanes are sprouting. Gravel has been a quiet presence behind the $4.8 billion BeltLine, although it still has some growing to do. Current planners estimate they will still need 17 more years to complete the project.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28044","created_gmt":"2015-01-05 09:30:24","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:27:26","author":"Jessie Brandon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"sustainable fuels","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2014\/12\/31\/ozy-ryan-gravel-changed-atlanta\/21008753\/","dateline":{"date":"2014-12-31T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-12-31T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"489","name":"atlanta"},{"id":"471","name":"beltline"},{"id":"92041","name":"gravel"},{"id":"3883","name":"renaissance"},{"id":"168","name":"Transportation"}],"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":""}}}