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Collin R Glidewell

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2007

Environmental Law

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A Pedestrian Transit Mall On Peachtree? How History, Policy, And Legislation Can Recreate A Proud Town, Collin R. Glidewell Mar 2007

A Pedestrian Transit Mall On Peachtree? How History, Policy, And Legislation Can Recreate A Proud Town, Collin R. Glidewell

Collin R Glidewell

This paper seeks to provide one solution to Atlanta's auto-oriented development problem. With its history as a streetcar town as inspiration, by shutting down a portion of Peachtree Street to cars and making it a transit-only thoroughfare, Atlanta can form a model for the South of dense retail and residential development. Using Denver's 16th Street Mall as a starting point, this paper looks at the legislative and regulatory hurdles the project would encounter. Hopefully, other cities in the U.S. could explore the viability of a similar project.