The Buckhead Community Improvement District, BATMA, and Livable Buckhead work together to fund infrastructure improvements and promote more livable communities through initiatives like the MARTA Concourse Bridge project, Peachtree Road transformations, and increasing greenspace. BATMA encourages alternative commutes like transit, carpooling, biking and walking and provides incentives and employer services. Livable Buckhead focuses on sustainability, mobility, and quality of life issues through programs around recycling, greenspace, and public health.

2. Who we areBuckhead Community Improvement DistrictBATMALivable Buckhead, Inc.

3. Buckhead Community Improvement DistrictWhat is a CID?A community improvement district (CID) is a taxation entity of local government in which commercial properties in a defined area pay an additional 3 mils property tax in order to fund improvements within the district's boundaries.These funds are used for planning engineering, and designing transportation solutions and to leverage federal and state transportation dollars with CID dollars to implement those solutions.Working Together for aMore Livable Community

4. InfrastructureMARTA Concourse Bridge Pedestrians from the Tower Place Drive and Stratford Road sides of GA 400 will have direct access to both sides of GA 400 and to MARTA's Buckhead Station without having to walk to Peachtree Road

5. Construction will commence mid-2011 and be completed by mid-2013Peachtree Transformation The Peachtree transformation is the major enhancement of a stretch of Peachtree Road in Buckhead into a more livable, walkable, bikable and drivable promenade

6. The transformation will allow Peachtree to live up to its reputation as Atlanta’s “signature street.”Working Together for aMore Livable Community

7. Community ServicesPIEDMONT ROAD @ TOWER PLACE DRIVE (NORTHBOUND)A fast, frequent and FREE way to make tracks around Buckhead.PIEDMONT ROAD @ LINDBERGH DRIVE (SOUTHBOUND)Working Together for aMore Livable Community

8. I85 / 400 Connector RampsWorking Together for aMore Livable Community

9. I85 Express LanesWorking Together for aMore Livable Community

10. BATMAThe Buckhead Area Transportation Management Association (BATMA) works cooperatively with community partners to improve mobility, accessibility and air quality in Buckhead by sponsoring programs and providing incentives to encourage commuters to take transit, carpool, vanpool, telework, bike and walk to work. Over 60 businesses

11. Over 20 property management firms

12. Over 3,000 commuters*Commute Calculator

13. Hidden Costs of Commuting

14. Alternative commute options…CarpoolVanpoolTransitTeleworkAlternative Work SchedulesBikeWalk

15. Carpool / VanpoolIt only takes two or more commuters riding in a personal vehicle to form a carpoolCarpools are flexibleYou don’t have to carpool everydayAn arrangement by which a group of 7 – 15 people commute to work in a van leased by a 3rd party provider

16. Have a flat fare of: $75 $90 $100The price includes gas, insurance and maintenance

17. Transit

18. Alternative Work ScheduleFlex Time Allows employees to set their own start and finish times for work

19. Allows you to avoid peak commute times and organize your time around personal needsCompressed Work Week Allows you to shorten your work week by one or more days while working your “regular” number of hoursTeleworkTeleworking replaces travel to and from work with working at home or another location on a full or part time basis

20. Many employees telework only once or twice per week

21. Teleworking is the only commute option that completely eliminates air pollution and significantly reduces traffic congestion