Morning Metro: Coyotes Concerns, Walmart Concerns, and How Canals Help Bikes

  • Parkwood neighborhood going back to City Commission about coyotes [Parkwood GC]
  • Decatur Heights neighborhood lists concerns regarding a Suburban Plaza Walmart [DHNA]
  • New Porsche HQ in Atlanta has a green roof [ABC]
  • Kasim Reed shows up on cover of Governing Magazine [Fresh Loaf]
  • Why is Amsterdam the ultimate bike city?  High density and hard-to-move canals. [This Big City]

Amsterdam canal photo courtesy of pumicehead via Flickr

13 thoughts on “Morning Metro: Coyotes Concerns, Walmart Concerns, and How Canals Help Bikes”


  2. I have to agree with this statement: A cyclable city like Amsterdam not only makes it quicker and easier to access urban facilities, it facilitates friendship and networking, developing a sense of community in the process.

    Illustrating this principle, I was offered a cookie by a fellow-cyclist on my commute this morning. And was introduced to two cyclists I had seen in the neighborhood by never met. Such things make getting out of the car worthwhile, in my opinion.

    1. Similar experience on public transit. If we would get out of our cars and bike, walk or use transit,,,it would be better world

  4. RE: coyotes, I’ll just leave this here from the Atlanta Wild Animal Rescue Effort:
    http://www.awareone.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=45&Itemid=9#Coyote

    http://bit.ly/vtvVV1 if the long URL breaks.

    1. Our backyard abuts a rental apartment. Once, I recall a tenant chiding me for spraying my fenced in backyard with “chemicals”. (It was an organic garlic extract mosquito repellant in a hose sprayer).

      She was very upset because her cat roams my fenced in yard and might get sick.
      I got a bit upset to learn her cat roams my fenced in yard.

    2. That’s a great link– thanks for sharing. Someone ought to send it to the Sandy Springsteens, who’re about to spend good money to pay someone to come in & hunt their coyote populace out of existence.

    3. Also in regards to coyotes and people leaving their cats outside, i’d like to reference this link from the American Bird Conservancy (and referenced by the National Audubon Society):

      http://www.abcbirds.org/abcprograms/policy/cats/index.html

      “Exact numbers are unknown, but scientists estimate that every year in the United States alone, cats kill hundreds of millions of birds, and more than a billion small mammals, including rabbits, squirrels, and chipmunks. ”

      Personally, I’m tired of folks thinking that letting their cats roam is appropriate.

  10. Slightly off topic, but…

    Good on Decatur Metro for providing a photo credit. However, the Creative Commons agreement requires you credit the *photographer*, not the website where you found the photo.

    Flickr doesn’t own the photo. Crediting Flickr isn’t much better than crediting “The Internet” for the photo. Brent Simpson is the photographer who made this photo available for use.

    It’s a terrific photo, too.

    1. Thanks Craig. In the past, I’ve always credited the photog. Not sure what state of mind I was in when I did that linkage. Appreciate you keeping me honest!

  12. DM- Thanks for linking to Dave’s DH blog! It was good to get together with the other nearby neighborhoods to discuss concerns. WSB News ran a 2 minute story on the concerns on Thursday’s 6pm broadcast that included snippets from Scott Selig and Glen Wilkins (Walmart). Dave’s site has video from the 11pm mini version. (Technical difficulties with expanded version.)

    Channel 2 News also had a terrific piece on Friday about our Sycamore Drive 35mph speed limit dilemma. Turns out reporter Carl Willis almost got hit by a speeder while interviewing a neighbor for the other story!
    http://www.wsbtv.com/videos/news/carl-willis-video/lYx/

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