Atlanta’s transit stagnation results from segregation-era road and rail decisions

Evidence

In the end, Atlanta’s traffic is at a standstill because its attitude about transit is at a standstill, too. Decades after its interstates were set down with an eye to segregation and its rapid transit system was stunted by white flight, the city—like so many other cities across America—remains stalled in the past. — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project, 1207

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Atlanta was simultaneously a civil rights center and a segregationist stronghold — Kevin M. Kruse, White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of…, 41