The Atlanta BeltLine is America’s most ambitious redevelopment—transforming 22 miles of rail encircling Atlanta’s core into transit, trails, parks and affordable housing, reconnecting neighborhoods and creating a world of future opportunity.

When completed, it will ultimately connect 45 in-town neighborhoods, provide first and last mile connectivity for regional transportation initiatives, and put Atlanta on a path to 21st century economic growth and sustainability.

One of the key distinctions of the Atlanta BeltLine is that it offers not only modern conveyances within a dynamic development, according to the project stakeholders, but it is “a living, breathing part of the community; not simply a means of getting somewhere, but a destination unto itself.”

Atlanta BeltLine offers a chance for Atlanta to redefine what it is to be a neighbor, to be a community, to be a region, and to share all that it has to offer, according to stakeholders.

First conceived as a 1999 master’s thesis by Georgia Tech student Ryan Gravel, the Atlanta BeltLine evolved from an idea, to a grassroots campaign of local citizens and civic leaders, into a robust new vision of an Atlanta dedicated to an integrated approach to transportation, land use, greenspace, and sustainable growth.