The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The resounding defeat of the TSPLOST scuttled a $600 million shot at funding a
streetcar line for the Atlanta Beltline, leaving no identified short-term
way to pay for the ambitious project’s main transportation element.
Bob Andres, bandres@ajc.com
D.H. Stanton Park has solar panels. The beltline will run along the rear of the park, visible below the apartments (right).
Beltline boosters viewed the tax as a way to accelerate by at least a decade
plans to weave streetcars through the 22 miles of unused rail lines they’re
turning into parks and trails. With the tax plan’s failure, planners
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