Last week, eight Atlanta residents were killed at three spas in the metro area. Six of the victims were Asian women. The city is in mourning, and citizens are coming together to show solidarity with Georgia’s Asian community. If you’re looking for ways to support the state’s Asian community, here are a few local organizations […]
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North Fulton County cities must fund bus rapid transit
By Guest Columnist KEVIN ABEL, State Transportation Board member for the 6th congressional district
As Fulton County cities prepare their transportation project lists for the November Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax renewal referendum, the six cities of north Fulton County – Alpharetta, Milton, Roswell, Mountain Park, Johns Creek and Sandy Springs – face an important question: Will they allocate a meaningful percentage of their TSPLOST dollars to a Transit Improvements project so that bus rapid transit on the future Ga. 400 Express Lanes can be funded?
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MARTA on schedule with Summerhill BRT in Downtown ATL
MARTA is on schedule with planned Summerhill Bus Rapid Transit project. A consultant has been hired to oversee the final engineering and design of the region’s first BRT corridor.
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Atlanta’s Eastside Trolley Line Trail to be approved, slated to open by Dec. 31, 2022
The long-awaited Eastside Trolley Line Trail, east of Little Five Points, is slated to open by Dec. 31, 2022. The date is in a contract with the PATH Foundation pending expected approval Feb. 15 by the Atlanta City Council.
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MARTA upgrades rail; riders may return as offices reopen as pandemic fades
MARTA’s $225 million rail improvement program to improve speed and safety is another marker of certainty among transit leaders that ridership on the region’s core transit system will rebound from a pandemic slump.
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Truck traffic in metro Atlanta: No end in sight as freight moves in Georgia
By David Pendered
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of periodic reports on freight logistics in metro Atlanta and Georgia.
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MARTA to buy diesel, gasoline as conversion to CNG bus fleet continues
MARTA is in the market to buy diesel fuel and gasoline for its fleet that uses both fuels as MARTA continues a planned, and ongoing, transition to a fleet powered by CNG and, potentially, electricity.
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The ATL remains bullish on future of transit despite shocks of COVID-19
By David Pendered
The region’s transit agency sends an important message in its first major report related to the crisis that is the coronavirus pandemic. The ATL remains bullish on transit and its future.
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Peachtree Street as a ‘shared space’? Comments accepted through Nov. 29
Atlanta is advancing plans to restrict vehicles on Peachtree Street in Downtown Atlanta. The deadline for submitting comments in this phase of the planning process is Sunday, Nov. 29.
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After election dust settles: Transit expansion continues in Atlanta, Clayton County
Transit expansion in metro Atlanta will continue in Atlanta and Clayton County. The region will go without eye-popping transit projects once envisioned in Gwinnett and DeKalb counties, nor will Newton County pilot a transit system, in the foreseeable future.
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Gwinnett County transit: Voters objected to heavy rail, rejected referendum
They were heard. Gwinnett County voters who said they didn’t want a heavy rail transit line helped defeat the transit referendum on the Nov. 3 ballot.
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Northside Drive to reopen Dec. 7; sewage pump to be complete in August 2021
By David Pendered Northside Drive in Buckhead is to reopen on Dec. 7, ending a total closure of the road for the past three months in a part of the city where travel has been impeded since 2017. Northside Drive is a major North-South roadway along the west side of Buckhead. It runs between I-75 […]
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Georgia continues to build roads, seek transit funding as other states cut back
The pandemic has not slowed road construction in metro Atlanta, nor prompted Gwinnett County to delay the vote on a proposed 1 percent transit tax. Slowdowns are underway in other states.
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MARTA’s BRT plans advance along Summerhill route in Downtown Atlanta
MARTA’s planned Summerhill Bus Rapid Transit project – a potential game-changer in metro Atlanta transit – is poised to take a major step forward with the hiring of a consultant to oversee final engineering and design.
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ATL seeks public input on $29 billion transit wish list
Metro Atlanta residents still have time to offer suggestions on the $29 billion transit wish list being assembled by the region’s transit planning agency, the ATL.
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Gwinnett County transit vote: Local control is the watchword
In Gwinnett County, local control is the watchword in the campaign for a proposed 1 percent sales tax to expand transit. MARTA will be involved only because state law requires it – and the role is restricted to heavy rail.
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Mobile devices now can pay fares on Atlanta Streetcar, are tip of iceberg for region
The future of transit fare collections in metro Atlanta is on display now on the Atlanta Streetcar. Mobile payments are accepted. This digital system is to be deployed across MARTA in coming months, and it’s just the tip of the iceberg.
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Now is the time for Gwinnett County to expand mass transit
By Guest Columnist AISHA YAQOOB MAHMOOD, director of the Asian American Advocacy Fund
Growing up in Gwinnett County, some of my fondest memories include weekend trips to Jimmy Carter Boulevard to get our ethnic groceries, stock up on some great Indian food, and hang out with our friends at Global Mall. Businesses along the Jimmy Carter corridor have helped bring pieces of home for many Asian communities for over 25 years. To this day, my friends and family from neighboring counties plan trips to Gwinnett, as it is revered a nexus for so many immigrant communities.
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Georgia’s toll collections down by 70 percent as pandemic cuts commuter travel
Georgia’s toll road system is the only one of eight systems nationwide in which traffic on toll roads has not recovered to levels approaching pre-pandemic levels, and toll collections are off by up to 70 percent, a new report shows.
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Gwinnett County voters to face two sales tax proposals Nov. 3: Transit, education
Gwinnett County voters are to face two sales tax proposals on the Nov. 3 ballot. One would extend the 1 percent sales tax for education to 2027. One would establish a 1 percent sales tax to expand transit to extend for 30 years – and possibly extend heavy rail from MARTA’s Doraville Station to Gwinnett Place Mall.
