{"454391":{"#nid":"454391","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Professor Ross on Atlanta\u0027s traffic identity","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhat defines Atlanta, exactly? Do we have a unique identity?\u0022 - Professor Catherine Ross was interviewed by WABE reporter Jim Burress about\u0026nbsp;Atlanta\u2019s traffic identity. The story was on air three times on Monday, September 28 on WABE. 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Along with the projects in Brookhaven and Chamblee, she is leading MARTA TOD projects in Oakland City and other communities south of I-20.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Where disconnected developments consumed time, taxed our infrastructure and reduced our quality of life, equitable TOD builds community, promotes inclusion and strengthens the fabric of the region,\u0022 says Rhein. \u0022With seven TOD projects under way and even more private-sector development near our transit stations, MARTA is helping to ignite a community-driven, 21st century approach to creating unique regional destinations in a growing metropolis.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28044","created_gmt":"2015-10-13 09:26:49","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:27:44","author":"Jessie Brandon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.myajc.com\/news\/news\/opinion\/marta-station-projects-will-lift-communities\/nnj9m\/","dateline":{"date":"2015-09-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-09-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"417341":{"id":"417341","type":"image","title":"MARTA Logo","body":null,"created":"1449254269","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:37:49","changed":"1475895155","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:35","alt":"MARTA Logo","file":{"fid":"202577","name":"marta-logo.gif","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/marta-logo_0.gif","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/marta-logo_0.gif","mime":"image\/gif","size":5743,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/marta-logo_0.gif?itok=pdRMbnrt"}}},"media_ids":["417341"],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"},{"id":"1260","name":"CQGRD - Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"426791":{"#nid":"426791","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Professor Ross underscores state\u2019s role in furthering regional cooperation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn a recent op-ed for the AJC, Harry West Professor of City and Regional Planning Catherine Ross, who directs the Georgia Tech College of Architecture\u0027s Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development, discusses the importance of the state in continued regional cooperation to facilitate improved and expanded transit. \u0022The state sets planning requirements, builds and manages many major roads that connect our region, and can change political boundaries,\u0022 she writes. \u0022The state establishes the rules that either incentivize or dis-incentivize regional cooperation.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERoss outlines several milestones that, in part, were initiated because of efforts on the state level. 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Supporters say, if the vote passes, Clayton residents will get not only bus service and eventually rail, but they potentially could change decades of regional economic imbalance and plant the seeds of prosperity. Opponents argue that a yes vote could mean more taxes and crime, without any guarantee that the millions coming from Clayton County will be spent in Clayton. \u201cThis is a huge deal,\u201d said Catherine Ross, director of the Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development at Georgia Tech. She is also deputy director of the National Center for Transportation Productivity and Management. \u201cJoining MARTA could be a catalyst for development and redevelopment in Clayton County,\u201d Ross said. \u201cIt\u2019ll make people want to live there, move businesses there, shop and work there. That\u2019s all economic development. 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