Cobb County is in the Metro Atlanta Speaks spotlight this week. The 2015 survey (its third year) got responses to 26 questions from more than 5,000 residents in the 13-county metro Atlanta region. The responses show that Cobb County residents think metro Atlanta is a great place to live, but that traffic is the #1 problem. [...]
Take a guess at how many intersections with traffic signals there are in metro Atlanta! Atlanta Regional Commission has the answer: As part of the new Regional Dynamic Traffic Assignment project through the Strategic Highway Research Program, ARC has identified signalized intersections in the 20-county metro Atlanta region.
A closer look at income tax credits and refunds in metro Atlanta What does tax season mean for you? Paperwork, owing money, and awaiting a tax refund may be on most people’s minds. For April’s Regional Snapshot, we look at the most recent tax filer data (2013) for metro Atlanta and [...]
Many Georgia schools are taking the 2016 Georgia Milestones Assessments this week, so we decided to take a look at last year's assessments for 3rd grade English Language Arts (ELA). This map shows public schools in metro Atlanta symbolized by the percent of 3rd graders who were designated "Proficient Learner" and above for the end-of-grade ELA [...]
This map shows census tracts in metro Atlanta with high job-to-worker ratios (ratios of 1.9 to 40) using 2014 Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics data from the U.S. Census Bureau. This ratio helps to understand the job/worker balance in an area by dividing the number of jobs in a census tract by the number of workers in the same [...]
This interactive map shows the projects included in the Regional Transportation Plan, key components of The Atlanta Region's Plan that was adopted in February by the ARC Board. Red = Transit Projects Purple = Roadway Projects Green = Last Mile Connectivity Projects Orange = Other Projects Zoom into the map and click on individual projects to [...]
This Monday we wanted to highlight a few findings from our last post about the 2016 County Health Rankings. Looking at health behaviors by county, specifically percent of adults who smoke and percent of adults who are inactive, we can see there is a pattern between maps. The metro Atlanta counties have the lowest rates [...]
