Sen. Brandon Beach
A bipartisan group has formed to promote state legislation that would urge metro Atlanta’s transit agencies to establish a single website that would make it easier for passengers to plan and pay for trips.
State Sen. Brandon Beach (R-Alpharetta) sponsored Senate Resolution 735. Co-signers include Sen. Jason Carter (D-Decatur), Sen. Vincent Fort (D-Atlanta), Sen. Fran Millar (R-Dunwoody), and Sen. Steve Gooch (R-Dahlonega). The Senate Transportation Committee could take it up as early as Wednesday.
The legislation is relevant as ...more
Chickamauga veteran J.J. Dackett was photographed wearing a hat with bullet holes made during the historic battle. Credit: Library of Congress via civilwar.org
Sacred ground in the Chickamauga Battlefield in northwest Georgia will be accessed along an enhanced gateway in Fort Oglethorpe once the state completes a project that’s just received a $3 million federal grant.
Casualties numbered 34,000 in the three-day Battle of Chickamauga in September 1863. The losses were second during the Civil War only to the 51,000 recorded ...more
MARTA's advertisement for bus drivers emphasizes customer service. Credit: MARTA
MARTA is beginning the New Year with a job fair to hire full-time bus operators.
The jobs provide benefits and pay from $13.68 to $19.54 an hour. The jobs fair, for an unspecified number of drivers, is slated from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday at MARTA’s headquarters, located adjacent to the Lindbergh Station.
The hiring program is part of MARTA’s focus on restoring levels of customer service that were trimmed to ...more
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed
The stars may be aligning for a vote in Atlanta in 2014 to raise money from taxpayers to hasten repairs of the city’s broken sidewalks, streets, bridges and other public infrastructure.
The bond referendum to which Mayor Kasim Reed recommitted himself Friday could be called in a year large numbers likely will turn out to vote for a U.S. senator and state governor. The timing has pros and cons.
In addition, calling the referendum in 2014 would capitalize ...more
Keith Parker
Keith Parker is ending his first year as MARTA’s general manager with glowing remarks from the chair of the state Legislature’s committee that oversees MARTA.
“I really appreciate everything that is going on right now at MARTA and look forward to an excellent second year, as we have had an excellent first year under Mr. Parker,” said state Rep. Mike Jacobs (R-Brookhaven), who chairs the joint House-Senate committee known as MARTOC.
Jacobs delivered his remarks Friday, during MARTOC’s final meeting ...more
Construction of the Southwest Trail could begin next summer, now that the Atlanta City Council has authorized the mayor to accept $18 million in federal funding. Credit: Atlanta BeltLine Inc. via clatl.com
The Atlanta City Council has authorized Mayor Kasim Reed to take the steps necessary to accept $18 million in federal funding for the Atlanta BeltLine’s Southwest Trail.
This TIGER V grant to the BeltLine was announced Sept. 9. The city council’s action is a mere formality, but one that’s ...more
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed is headed for a tour of the Panama Canal expansion with Sen. Johnny Isakson and Vice President Joe Biden.
Kasim Reed
The mayor’s participation was announced Friday, as discussion continues over the decision by the Atlanta Braves to move to Cobb County.
The trip comes right after Gov. Nathan Deal announced his plans to provide an additional $35 million in state funding for the proposed deepening of the Savannah port. The deepening is needed to handle the larger ...more
The planned commercial airport in Paulding County won’t do well in the competitive airline business, the chief of Atlanta’s airport on Wednesday told members of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce.
Click on map for a larger view: Paulding County’s proposed commercial airport is located about 40 miles from Atlanta’s airport. Credit: Google Earth, David Pendered
“The possibility of a second airport thriving is not so likely,” Louis Miller, general manager of Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport, told a group gathered in ...more
The notion offered by the Atlanta Braves that fans will find it easier to get to a ballgame in Cobb County than in downtown Atlanta ran into a buzz saw of criticism Monday.
Click on the image for a larger version. The Atlanta Braves plan to build a ballfield that’s in the midst of a grid of big roads that are served by three interstate highways. Credit: Google Earth, David Pendered
“What a traffic nightmare!! I-75 and I-285 are already ,” ...more
If metro Atlanta voters aren’t willing to pay higher taxes to ease traffic congestion and promote schools and development, that’s not the message they sent in Tuesday’s elections.
Click on the chart to see a larger image of spending approved by voters in metro Atlanta. Credit: David Pendered
Voters approved more than $1.1 billion worth of spending in five jurisdictions – $852 million for projects including roads and urban renewal, and $280 million for the Clayton County school district.
Voters in Peachtree ...more
