CHICAGO – “I love Chicago,” declared former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin at the opening night dinner of the 2021 LINK trip on Oct. 27. “Chicago is one of the great cities of the world.”
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In Rockdale transit master plan, The ATL’s chief sees his own commuting future
Shortly after my U-Haul and I blew into metro Atlanta from Boston in 2013, I was fortunate to quickly score a part-time job with a newspaper in Rockdale County. I made a weekday-morning trip to get acquainted with my new beat, and I was instantly charmed. Conyers, the southeast metro county’s one and only city, […]
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The ATL transit board names Chris Tomlinson executive director
The close connection among agencies is the latest example of the state of Georgia trying to address cross-county metro Atlanta traffic snarls by means other more untolled car lanes.
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Metro Atlanta transit authority ready to evaluate the region’s mobility ideas
Metro Atlanta’s new transit authority has decided, roughly, how it’s going decide which would be the best proposed mass transit projects across its 13-county region.
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Regional leaders looking for ripple effect from Gwinnett’s MARTA vote
“We don’t need to give people the idea that there is going to be a magical next chance,” said Gwinnett County Commission Chair Charlotte Nash.
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Metro Atlanta has a new agency that’s supposed to make transit smoother — so what’s it going to do?
“The whole idea of being county-specific is obsolete,” said Michael Thurmond, a board member of the new state-created transit authority that covers 13 counties, several transit operators and something around five million Georgians.
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Consultant onboard, recommendations en route for state role in transit
With a Tuesday vote, the members of a state House panel decided to commission a study on the state’s mass transit needs, and how to fund and manage the delivery of that transit.
