{"275601":{"#nid":"275601","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Prof. Dobbins on plans for MLK reroute: \u0022Nobody who knows anything about traffic management thinks this is a good idea\u0022","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECurrent plans for the new Falcons stadium call for Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive to zig-zag around the stadium\u0027s southern perimeter, ultimately disappearing for a stretch into Mitchell Street.\u0026nbsp;That, says Georgia Tech architecture professor Mike Dobbins, poses a myriad of problems ranging from traffic congestion to hindering economic development.\u0026nbsp;\u201cIt\u2019s mind boggling to me. I\u2019ve spoken to a lot of engineers whose jobs depend on some of this work and nobody who knows anything about traffic management thinks this is a good idea,\u201d said Dobbins, the city\u2019s former planning commissioner who has crusaded on this issue in recent months.\u0026nbsp;\u201cYou can\u2019t have a signature boulevard that stops and somehow you find your way back to it after having waited in traffic,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27714","created_gmt":"2014-02-10 22:35:36","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:26:56","author":"Kyle James","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.myajc.com\/news\/news\/with-roadwork-underway-stadium-communities-questio\/ndFr9\/","dateline":{"date":"2014-02-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-02-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"12397","name":"Atlanta Falcons"},{"id":"78521","name":"connectivity studio"},{"id":"85161","name":"martin luther king jr drive"},{"id":"5029","name":"michael dobbins"},{"id":"5148","name":"mike dobbins"},{"id":"85221","name":"MLK Drive"},{"id":"168896","name":"Stadium"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}