Sara Gregory

2 weeks ago | ajc.com | Sara Gregory

Another legislative session has ended without approval for the automated traffic cameras MARTA has sought to keep vehicles out of bus-only lanes. The legislation, HB 638, passed the Georgia House, but the session ended before a final vote took place in the Senate. Still, it’s the furthest MARTA’s efforts on this issue have gone, said Jennifer Larosa, the transit agency’s director of government and community affairs.

2 weeks ago | ajc.com | Sara Gregory

A number of surprising underground discoveries — including a long-forgotten parking garage — have delayed the construction timeline for MARTA’s first rapid bus line. Passenger service on the Rapid A-line was set to start later this year, but the transit agency said this week that delays have pushed that out to 2026.

3 weeks ago | ajc.com | Sara Gregory

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said Thursday the city hopes to extend the life of the Beltline Tax Allocation District to pay for transit and affordable housing beyond 2030, when the original redevelopment tax sunsets. Dickens’ comments, made during an interview at the Atlanta Press Club, were brief but mark the first time the mayor has talked publicly about how to pay for the transit vision he unveiled earlier this month, the cost of which is likely to run into the billions.

1 month ago | popsugar.com | Sara Gregory

SexKinksGetty | Francesc Domènech / KellyTGetty | Francesc Domènech / KellyTFor as long as people have been having sex, people have been kinky. But "kink" is a broad term that is often misunderstood and stigmatized. For a long time, common kinks like sadism, voyeurism, and exhibitionism were all considered mental illnesses (in addition to all queer sex, by the way), according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).

1 month ago | ajc.com | Sara Gregory

Move over diverging diamonds, there’s a new interchange aiming to make left turns safer. The Georgia Department of Transportation expects to open a “displaced left turn” on Saturday at the intersection of North Druid Hills Road and Interstate 85. The new turn lane, designed to improve safety and ease congestion, is a first-of-its-kind in the metro. Drivers have probably not encountered an intersection like it before. “It’s a little different,” GDOT Commissioner Russell McMurry said Thursday.