1. At.lan.ta
“A genus of
small glassy
heteropod
mollusks found
swimming at
the surface in
mid ocean.”
County Count Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta MSA
-Barrow -Gwinnett 2005 Population: 4,917,717
-Bartow -Haralson 2015 Estimated Population: 5,637,600
-Butts -Heard 2006 Median Household Income: $51,186
-Carroll -Henry Median Age: 33
-Cherokee -Jasper Home to nearly 138,000 businesses
-Clayton -Lamar
-Cobb -Meriwether City of Atlanta
-Coweta -Newton 2005 Population: 470,688
-Dawson -Paulding 2006 Median Household Income: $37,385
-DeKalb -Pickens
-Douglas -Pike
-Fayette -Rockdale
-Forsyth -Spalding
-Fulton -Walton
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3. Major economic generators:
•Diversified Business Sectors
•Higher Education
•Government
•Arts & Entertainment
•Conventions & Tourism
•Medicine & Health Care
•Sports and Special Events
•Retail
•Housing
•Communications
•Transportation & Cargo
•International Trade
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4. The Favored Quarter
• Since early 90s, 80 percent of the region’s
job growth has occurred within the favored
quarter, while only 54 percent of the region’s
population growth occurred in this area
•traffic congestion
•housing closer to employment
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5. Because we all love our cars, we find ourselves
sitting in them all too often !!!!
Reality Check!!! Each year, metro Atlantans:
• Waste 166 million gallons of gas due to traffic congestion
•Spend more than 1.6 billion vehicle hours traveling, over 471
hours per person
•Lose more than $1.9 billion, approximately $1,350 per person,
due to congestion-related costs
•Travel more than 45 billion miles, 32.5 per person each day
And we are not even talking Pollution yet!!!
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6. • fourth-longest
average commute
nationwide - 31.1
minutes, and
growing……..
• Approximately 50% of
the Vehicle Miles
Traveled in Georgia
and 75% of the
congestion in Georgia
occurs in Metro Atlanta
• 52% of the total delay
is non-recurring
(incident) delay
• 48% of the congestion
delay is normal
recurring (volume)
congestion
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8. The city that built out wants to
build up and build close…..
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10. The Beginning……………..
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