Abstract
Abstract Like many suburban communities around the country, Druid Hills—a community near Atlanta, home to Emory University and other major institutions—discovered in the past two decades that prosperity was beginning to erode its cherished quality of life. Its overwhelmingly auto-oriented transportation system is clogged to the point that mobility is declining, traffic devalues historic neighborhoods, and walking conditions are some of the nation's deadliest. Arteries lined with strip development have cut broad swaths through the community's signature tree canopy, and left the community without true centers of identity or services. Stormwater dirtied and intensified by development threatens some of the most unique biological habitat in metro Atlanta. At the same time, the workforce needed to maintain and grow the community's 40,000 jobs as an international center of innovation and economic growth is having trouble finding an acceptable set of housing, transportation, and lifestyle options there. A unique ...
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