The Atlanta City Council on Monday is expected to approve a contract for nearly $1 million to hire a consultant to advise on safety and security issues for the Atlanta Streetcar.
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MARTA scores (again) with Avondale transit-oriented development
In case you hadn’t noticed, MARTA is on a roll
Still basking in the afterglow of a wildly successful sales tax referendum on Election Day, the transit agency on Monday broke ground on its next Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) at the Avondale station in Decatur.
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A Trump presidency and a bullet train between Atlanta, Chattanooga
President-elect Trump’s plan to spur $1 trillion in infrastructure investment may coalesce just as the finishing touches are made to the proposal for a high-speed railroad to connect Atlanta and Chattanooga.
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Cobb County leaders and Atlanta Braves Mike Plant advocate for more transit
It’s hard to mention Cobb County and transit in the same sentence without stirring up all sorts of emotions.
That actually was the intent of Advance Atlanta, a group of millennials who care deeply about our region’s future, when they held a program – Transit Talk: Cobb – on Oct. 20.
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Efforts continue to create a more regional mindset in metro Atlanta
Regionalism took a big hit in July 2012 when the 10 counties in the Atlanta region defeated the Transportation Investment Act – a proposed one-cent sales tax for 10 years.
Since then, most transportation and economic development initiatives have been led by individual counties or cities while regionalism has taken a back seat.
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MARTA seeking to grow ridership by expanding partners who get discount fares
MARTA intends to grow the number of businesses in its discount Partnership Program and on Thursday is slated to open bids from vendors that want to provide the service. The contract will be for less than $200,000 according to the bid.
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Atlanta City Council back on track with social equity for transportation sales taxes
The Atlanta City Council is slated to adopt Monday some of the strongest language regarding social equity that the council has yet devised regarding the social impact of the spending of taxpayer dollars.
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Commentary: Momentum building for MARTA to Gwinnett County
For decades, Gwinnett County has had opportunities to join MARTA and build rail service, but voters have turned down every proposal so far.
Rev. Harriett Bradley missed her bus transfer to get from Norcross to Lawrenceville so she ended up taking Uber to get to the Sierra Club transit forum earlier this month.
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Gwinnett County getting left behind as it puts rapid transit on hold
Gwinnett today is paying the price for not approving MARTA decades ago.
Last week, the news came out that NCR – in addition to moving its headquarters to Midtown Atlanta – is going to be expanding its intown campus with a new 14-story tower. That will add another 1,800 jobs on top of the 3,600 moving with the corporate headquarters.
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GRTA seeks to improve service by shifting bus stops in urban core, adding wi-fi and location app
GRTA is implementing its long-studied plans to improve service on every route of its Xpress Commuter Coach Service and has posted staff throughout Downtown Atlanta and Midtown to help passengers adjust to changes in the locations of bus stops.
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MARTA to replace rail car fleet by 2026; seeks cars that can travel streets, freight lines
MARTA intends to replace all of its train cars by 2026 and has asked vendors to provide information on both new cars and the best way to extend the life of the existing fleet until the new vehicles arrive, according to bid solicitations that are due Aug. 30.
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MARTA plans aggressive steps to expand sustainability efforts
MARTA is expanding its sustainability program and on Friday received proposals from seven companies vying for a contract to recommend and implement steps the transit system can take to further reduce its usage of water and electricity.
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Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed’s legacy could top $4.7 billion in public assets, infrastructure
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed’s legacy in restructuring public assets could well turn on whether voters back his plan for Atlanta to finance MARTA’s expansion inside the city limits.
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Atlanta City Council to vote Monday on calling Nov. 8 vote on raising MARTA tax
The Atlanta City Council is slated to vote Monday on a proposal to call a referendum on a 0.5 percent sales tax hike to expand transit in the city, plus an additional measure that sets guidelines for spending the money.
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Control of Atlanta’s streetcars emerges in talks of $2.5 billion in transit funding
The issue of who should control the Atlanta Streetcar – Atlanta or MARTA – emerged as a flash point Wednesday between some Atlanta city councilmembers and Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed’s administration during a talk about the future of the streetcar amid a $2.5 billion proposal to expand transit in the city.
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Atlanta weighs guidelines for proposed transportation taxes, deadline on Atlanta Streetcar
Atlanta’s project list for the possible 1 percent hike in the city’s sales tax, to expand transit and transportation, may be devised and implemented under guidelines the Atlanta City Council’s Transportation Committee is slated to discuss Wednesday.
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Connecting the region’s trail networks a key aspect of ARC’s new bike/ped plan
Metro Atlanta leaders have voted to continue the region’s tradition of dreaming big when it comes to civic improvements. This time, the plan is a comprehensive approach to make it safer to walk and ride bicycles.
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Atlanta’s proposed transportation taxes: Views from local, national observers
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed embraces a proposed $2.5 billion transit sales tax before his administration has time to complete a pending update of the city’s comprehensive transportation plan. Two distinct observers – one local, one national – say the process raises some troubling issues.
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Atlanta calls four meetings on transportation sales taxes; last two fall after deadline for preliminary project list
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed’s administration on Thursday called four public meetings to gather input about the two proposed transportation sales tax referendums that Reed wants on the Nov. 8 ballot. By state law, MARTA must present a preliminary list to the city by May 31 for a proposed transit tax increase to appear on a ballot this year.
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GDOT’s comprehensive study of Northside Drive already rousing concerns
Northside Drive from I-75 to I-20 is the subject of a comprehensive state study into ways to reshape it to meet travel needs of the next two decades – plans that once suggested redoing the interchange at I-20 and still have MARTA buses serving the corridor.
