ABSTRACT
The Buckhead community on north side of the city of Atlanta came into existence in mid-1800s in the area around the present-day intersection of Atlanta's "Main Street"-Peachtree Road-and West Paces Ferry Road. The initial priority project for the Buckhead Community Improvement District (BCID) was figuring out how to address increasing traffic congestion on Peachtree Road, a state route, that was choking future growth prospects for the district, an extremely important job center and tax base in the city of Atlanta. The BCID also funds a free last-mile-connectivity shuttle, "the buc", connecting rail transit stations to places of employment during morning and evening commute times, and it provides financial support to the Buckhead Area Transportation Management Association, which provides commute options support to area businesses and employees. The study was directed by Christopher Leinberger of the Brookings Institution and George Washington University (GWU), with support from the Atlanta Regional Commission and Georgia Institute of Technology's School of City and Regional Planning.
