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TSPLOST is about bringing region together to fight traffic, move forward
By Amir Farokhi, Executive Director of GeorgiaForward Each year, over 35 million people take the Øresund Bridge between Malmo, Sweden and Copenhagen, Denmark. The toll bridge/tunnel runs five miles and primarily carries residents in cars and trains from Malmo to …
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Telework Works for Metro Atlanta
As the Atlanta region takes a serious look at its traffic congestion problems in advance of the July 31 Transportation Referendum vote, one strategy that private and public sector employers have been embracing is the adoption of telework as an …
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Tagged atl, Atlanta, Atlanta Regional Commission, clean air campaign, GA, Georgia, metro area, referendum, regional issues forum, regional transportation referendum, tedra cheatham, Tedra Cheatham is executive director of The Clean Air Campaign, transportation, transportation management associations, TSPLOST, vote, vote yes
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Atlanta’s Transformative Opportunity
Atlanta’s Transformative Opportunity The upcoming transportation referendum vote is a major inflection point for metro Atlanta businesses and residents. If passed, the projects the referendum would authorize promise to help transform Atlanta’s economy, creating jobs in the short-run and expanding …
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Tagged aide tomer, Atlanta, GA, Georgia, July 31, leaders, MAC, Metro Atlanta Chamber, regional, regional transportation referendum, traffic, TSPLOST, vote, vote yes
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Atlanta has a long history of “crazy” ideas
Throughout our history as a city, metro Atlanta has often found itself in the spotlight for its lofty plans and big ideas. Some of our most famous leaders have faced controversy, and even open ridicule, for trying to take our …
Posted in Regional Transportation Referendum, TSPLOST
Tagged allen's folly, Atlanta, GA, Georgia, investment, July 31, mayor, metro atlanta, olympics, regional transportation referendum, tom bell, traffic, TSPLOST, vote, vote yes
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Regional Collaboration is Essential for Metro Area’s Future
By Clair Muller Much has been written about the July 31 vote for the transportation referendum. Will our 10 counties vote for the project list that our metro Regional Roundtable devised? Will it help that the project list was agreed …
Atlanta small businesses depending on passage of Regional Transportation Referendum
Atlanta’s small business owners know that, while this city is a great place to run a business, our traffic is a disaster. There’s nothing worse than having chefs and customers arrive late to class, stressed to the max because they …
TSPLOST critical to making Atlanta a place future generations call home
My day job involves advancing prosperity and quality of life in the core of the Atlanta region. But I’m also a full-time parent of three teenagers. When it comes to issues like regional transportation, I see no separation of the …
