The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

According to the 2000 census, 11 million people live in the metro areas of the Piedmont megalopolis, dubbed Charlantingham.

Since 1950, the city has experienced phenomenal growth. Planning experts are wondering how long it can last.

Responding to increases in gang activity, the city of Smyrna has made it a crime for minors to possess spray paint or felt-tip markers in an effort to curb graffiti and vandalism.

Atlanta road builders charge that environmentalists are responsible for major transit funding delays. The environmentalists fire back.

Pilot programs in Los Angeles and Atlanta are using the Internet to help commuters.

The latest census figures confirm the continuing trend toward suburbanization and sprawl in the United States.

Across the nation billions of dollars are being spent on parks and land preservation. Atlanta is part of this national trend.

Atlanta passes a law that requires companies laying fiber optic cable to return the street to it's original condition.

The battle over a building in downtown Atlanta is the latest chapter in the struggle of developers versus preservationists.

A growing number of people, especially minorites and the working poor, are choosing to commute by foot.

Atlanta's Downtown Connector expressway splits the city and divides residential neighborhoods. Now the city is looking at ways to stitch the city back together.

Selling smart growth to real estate agents can be difficult.

Though the Olymipics were more than 4 years ago, the promise of a downtown Atlanta renaissance is finally becoming a reality.

Beverly Rhea works to stamp out spawl in one of the nation's fastest growing regions - metro Atlanta.

Transferable development rights (TDR)-- successful in other states--are being considered to protect farmland and environmentally sensitive zones while allowing intown development.

Georgia state transportation agency says that low-density developments are not always bad.

Urban Land Institute's Partners for Smart Growth Conference is being held in Atlanta, a city where the debate over the concept continues.

Government, transportation and business leaders will review if "the region is on the right track to improving traffic congestion and air quality."

Metro has added telecoms to rail and air hub functions.