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| April 23, 2010 | AJC - In impassioned remarks Wednesday night, House Speaker David Ralston told colleagues that it was time to stop thinking and talking about “the two Georgias” — metro Atlanta and the rest of the state —and refocus on one Georgia. more » |
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| April 23, 2010 | MARIETTA DAILY JOURNAL - Sixteen of the 19 lawmakers who represent Cobb in the General Assembly voted for a transportation funding bill on Wednesday that would allow voters to decide in 2012 whether to increase the sales tax by one percent for 10 years. more » |
| April 22, 2010 | SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS - The legislative conference committee hammering out a compromise on a transportation sales tax in Georgia should not let side issues torpedo a measure that could transform the way communities finance road construction. more » |
| April 22, 2010 | AJC - Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said Thursday that money generated from the transportation bill passed by state lawmakers late Wednesday will help the city pay for some infrastructure projects and speed up work on the Atlanta Beltline. more » |
| April 21, 2010 | AJC - Breaking a legislative traffic jam that has endured for more than three years, the Georgia General Assembly on Wednesday voted to allow referendums throughout the state on transportation funding. more » |
| April 21, 2010 | ROME NEWS-TRIBUNE - Transportation funding responsibility in Georgia just went regional. more » |
| April 21, 2010 | AJC - The state Capitol is full of workaholics. So when conference committees don’t work beyond rush-hour – this is a sign that the conferees are at an impasse. more » |
| April 20, 2010 | THE NEW YORK TIMES - When Danielle White boarded her bus to go to work on Tuesday morning, it was emblazoned from top to bottom with a giant, painted red X. Ms. White knew what that meant. more » |
| April 20, 2010 | ROME NEWS -TRIBUNE - A joint House and Senate conference committee is expected to sign off today on provisions for a regional transportation sales tax. more » |
| April 20, 2010 | AJC - Light rain and heavy odds did not stop some 300 MARTA supporters and employees from marching on the state Capitol on Tuesday morning in a plea for financial assistance for the metro area’s beleaguered transit system. more » |
- Cobb lawmakers laud new transportation bill
- New transportation bill make a good start at least
- Reed: Transportation bill will help city, Beltline
- Make the deal
- Your morning jolt: The traffic jam resumes over a transportation bill
- House, Senate pass transportation bill
- Road tax bill passes: Ethics reform, residential sprinklers among issues settled by the General Assembly
- Transportation funding proposal clears a roadblock, still faces bumps
- Deal on transportation funding clears roadblock
- State leaders play a cruel, disrespectful game with MARTA
- Deal near on transportation funding
- Transit Cuts Are Protested in Atlanta
- T-SPLOST agreement on tap in House, Senate
- MARTA supporters make last-minute plea for state assistance
- Metro ATL's top traffic bottlenecks, according to 1 group
- Red "X" on MARTA buses and trains shows impending cuts
- Republicans return to a GOP-only plan for a transportation sales tax
- State Transportation Board asks legislators not to sell millions in bonds
- Democrats need a seat at the table to pass a state transportation funding bill
- Ga. road budget so squeezed, DOT can't afford to borrow
- Time to close the deal on Georgia transportation
- Opt-out back in roads proposal
- Transportation funding bill slowed by budget work
- Bill to restore transit status at DOT, help MARTA passes House committee
- House committee passes Sen. bill to allow DOT accounting change
- MARAN: Work needs to be done on transportation
- Can our state leaders finally work out details on transportation funding?
- Amid transportation talks, Jackson criticizes funding
- Business Leaders Urge Passage of Transportation Funding
- House and Senate leaders meet on transportation bill impasse
- Transportation's future lies within city, planners say
- High-speed rail could define North Georgia future
- Bumpy home stretch for transportation funding
- To the contrary — business community does support MARTA, transit
- Transportation funding: From fast track to iffy
- Legislative leaders keep transportation tax alive through conference committee
- Stalled transit bill needs a push
- Transportation planners look ahead 25 years
- Road money likely to remain tight: Lawmakers still divided about raising money for transportation
- Transportation funding still alive at Capitol
- Lawmakers rally support for transit-funding bill
- Transportation, budget loom over Legislature
- Transit legislation faces hurdles before crossover day
- DeKalb wants control over transit tax
- Transportation tax proposal in jeopardy
- Transportation funding bill may fail again
- Why MARTA matters to Atlanta
- Ralston urges transportation action
- House OKs tax exemption for road projects
- GA high-speed rail picks up momentum
- Go much past I-285, and transportation bill’s road is bumpy
- Bill using sales taxes for road projects may not fly politically
- State Senators upset with GDOT’s lack of progress on alternative transportation
- Lawmakers take issue with transportation funding bill
- House committee votes to reduce DOT board terms
- Transit plan must be equitable
- O'Neal: Not sure that's Constitutional
- Atlanta can recreate the great transit system it once had
- Georgia transportation money still elusive
- Tax plan for roads, rail under scrutiny
- Revamped bill favors local control over transportation funds
- Concerns flow about transportation funding bill
- Little support seen for SPLOST
- Transportation bill makes debut
- Lawmakers mull new plan to fund transportation
- Transportation funding bill prompts praise and concerns
- Atlanta loses streetcar grant
- Stephens: Georgia must fund mass transit
- Metro Atlanta Chamber leaders pleased with progress at the state legislature
- Chatham County, Georgia denied federal stimulus dollars for transportation
- Atlanta comes up short on federal funds for a streetcar
- Potholes in the road
- Kidd: Georgia stuck on slow train
- Georgia in midst of transit crisis; stabilization needed; state leaders look the other way
- State road funding flirts with 'pay to play' formula
- Ga. GOP leaders strike transportation deal
- Governor, legislative leaders unite behind transportation plan
- Perdue backs flexible funding for MARTA
- Bill could bring more federal road money
- Lawmakers say voters could decide regional SPLOSTs
- ARC to discuss transportation plans in Marietta
- Cobb legislator proposes transit funding minus tax hike
- Georgia DOT praises stimulus, asks for more
- House members propose long-term transportation funding
- Senators slam road planner's funding
- DOT: Interstate expansion plan is on fast track
- Transportation: Jobs, growth riding on high-speed rail
- Atlanta Forward / Another View: Rail funding loss no surprise
- Democrats lambaste Perdue, introduce transportation plan
- Editorial: Political fight is good for transportation
- Atlanta Forward / Another View: Georgia must run fast to catch this train
- Dems propose tax bill
- Senators meet on DOT accounting, DOT board may re-think
- More federal transit money bypasses Georgia
- High-speed rail lines bypass Georgia
- Grassroot initiatives for rail and transit provide hope that Georgia is not a lost cause
- Editorial: True regional funding needed for Ga. 316
- Georgia gets small piece of $8B for high-speed rail
- Editorial: Georgia's rail loss comes as no surprise
- North Perimeter: MARTA is a key to growth
- North Carolina invests, wins rail money; Georgia doesn't
- Only $750,000 for Georgia on high-speed rail
- Is metro commute nearing a change?
- On the record: Legislature ignores transit
- A new push for rail travel
- DOT board defies state auditor, votes to spend set aside money
- DOT board opens road project pipeline
- Perdue adds fuel to debate on transportation funding
- Atlanta Forward/Another View: Transit solution vital to Georgia
- Thompson: Governor dithering on transportation
- Atlanta Forward/Another View: Arterial street system needed
- Tea parties and the fight over roads and rail
- Perdue favors building up DOT coffers
- Perdue seeks $300 million in bonds for road projects
- Perdue seeks $300M for transportation projects
- Governor backs regional transportation tax
- Administration Loosens Purse Strings for Transit Projects
- Your morning jolt: GOP lawmakers abandon November vote on transportation sales tax
- If we can’t do it right, maybe we should put the brakes on new transportation funding
- If we can’t do it right, maybe we should put the brakes on new transportation funding
- DOT: Atlanta opposition to tunnel does not kill idea
- Time to move on transportation plan
- Georgia transit will worsen unless funding expands
- Editorial: State plan is good template for transportation
- DeKalb: No extra local money for MARTA
- Atlanta business leaders discuss economic recovery
- Officials wait for maglev funding
- Atlanta Forward/ Another View: Building bridges in 2010
- Power struggle blocks Georgia road building
- Rapid rail stressed in transit plan
- Deficit will test MARTA's new chairman
- Governor discusses key issues
- Rep. John Lewis says MARTA needs region, state support
- Chamber to legislators: Find transportation funds
- Florida Governor Signs Bill to Expand Rail Service
- Transit leaders: Don't overlook buses, trains
- The time for rail is now
- Gwinnett CID study shows interest in sales tax for light rail
- State lifts ban on tolling regular lanes
- Gwinnett CID study shows interest in sales tax for light rail
- Rail legislation will put economy back on track
- Transportation Funding Pits Metro-Atlanta Against the State
- Lawmakers: Road tax a tough sell
- Georgia and Atlanta moving towards transit, inch by inch
- Rural transit funding expected
- Editorial: Transportation funding may be on right track
- New transportation funding plan floated
- State planning more carefully for public-private toll roads
- Maglev matching funds due soon
- Transit orgs to speak with one voice
- Stephens: High-speed rail could bring jobs
- Before moving on transit, we need to know where we’re going
- Counties worried about MARTA takeover
- GDOT will not recommend interstate
- Fran Millar: Georgia needs real Department of Transportation
- Transportation bill to be reconsidered
- I-75/I-575, I-285, Ga. 400, "Gwinnett Connector" toll projects proposed
- DOT to hold final hearing on HOV lane
- DOT changes course on I-75/I-575 toll proposal
- Senator to make push on highway
- Gooch named to Georgia transportation board
- DOT board adds former Lumpkin commissioner
- McGinty: MARTA could be key to viable state rail system
- No interstate for Albany
- Chamber members discuss education, transportation, water with gubernatorial candidate
- Roadway plan eyes growth
- MARTA proposal deserves debate
- State lacks the skill to run MARTA
- Toll project for Savannah port?
- Counties seek to expedite Ga. 140 widening
- Help Atlanta by looking beyond I-285
- Officials approve bus cuts
- Transportation Head Pushes Private Funding Option
- Put MARTA under state control now
- Fulford: Brainstorming on roads
- Georgia gas-tax slump could cost federal road dollars
- Politics: Traction For A Road Deal?
- Macon Transit Authority Wants Help from Legislators
- Reorganization of GDOT diminishes role of transit, rail and intermodal programs
- Clayton looks to Legislature to save bus service
- Clayton County to end bus service
- Riding Public Transit Saves Individuals $9,062 Annually
- Atlanta Forward, Our View: Transit is a track to metro’s prosperity
- Atlanta Forward, Another View: Georgia needs to get its act together
- Atlanta Forward, Another View: Mobility needed more than livability
- No smooth road ahead for transportation bill
- Charlotte Light Rail Line Exceeds First-Year Ridership Goals
- Funding limited for transit plan
- Rail will come ‘when Georgia gets its act together’
- Widening of 133 back on map
- State seeking stimulus funds for commuter rail projects
- Rockdale gets $1.7M for roads
- State seeking stimulus funds for commuter rail projects
- Hancock pleased with Highway 133 progress
- Newton to get millions from stimulus
- $72 million headed to midstate for road work
- Morrow, county get $4 million for transportation
- Henry to get funds for road projects
- The Road Ahead
- Georgia DOT spending cuts not sustainable, treasurer says
- Oxendine confuses vision with delusion
- Stimulus helps $331M in transportation projects
- Highway 133 delay lamented
- Dear Neighbors to the North: We are ignoring your progress
- Editorial: Rail study could bring good news for Athens area
- Atlanta-Chattanooga maglev rail gets a dose of cash
- Oxendine drives transit debate
- Congress Will Most Likely Extend the Existing Transportation Authorization
- Race Is On to Grab Stake in Rail Effort
- Dear state leaders: Half a penny for metro transportation just not worth the trouble
- Deal brewing on transportation funding?
- Atlanta traffic rated 3rd worst in nation
- Surprise! Georgia’s transportation stimulus spending better than other states
- Smith can bring order to DOT
- Dobbins: Create a one state solution for transportation
- Vance Smith likely next GDOT commissioner
- Editorial: Road to nowhere
- Transportation failure angers Cobb leaders
- Transportation funding still an explosive issue
- Lawmakers adjourn without transportation funding solution
- Big issues get bogged down on final day
- Analysis: Transportation funding gridlock remains
- Transportation funding dies last day of session
- Surprise tax cut, but no transportation deal
- Cagle to Senate: Go forth and lobby for transportation
- A walk-out at the transportation negotiations — by the lobbyists
- Again, on transportation: A more definite connection between ‘governance’ and a sales tax
- Transportation power shift needs standards, openness
- Georgia Legislature, are you listening? Get Georgia Moving!
- Transportation still at impasse
- Road tax vote crucial
- Coalition makes call for action
- GGM Urges Lawmakers to ‘Cross the Finish Line’ With Transportation Funding Bill In Final Week of 2009 Legislative Session
- Georgia comes to fork in the road
- Critics: Will DOT reform help improve roads?
- Transportation hits a gridlock
- DOT may see major shift in how it spends
- House has own ideas on transportation
- Proposed transportation bill to be unveiled today
- House offers new version of tax bill
- Media Alert: Get Georgia Moving Press Conference at State Capitol
- No compromise on transportation bill
- Still no real negotiations on transportation tax
- Competing plans, demands
- House, Senate still split on roads funds
- Legislature still split on road bills
- Atlanta: Senate adopts Mullis’ road-funding plan
- Tax here, spend here
- House, Senate pit state vs. regions in transportation sales tax
- Tax here, spend here
- Time to move and agree with the Senate’s transportation bill
- Our Views: Capitol Avenue gridlock
- Transportation signals mixed
- Editorial: Regional plan still best bet in transportation
- Money and Power: No road hogs
- Transportation revamp rolls on
- County chamber praises transportation tax vote
- House votes to pass transportation bill
- House, Senate set to battle over tax for transportation funding
- Follow the road signs
- House, Senate set to battle over tax for transportation funding
- Lawmakers not on same transit track
- Ga. lawmakers inch toward transportation tax hike
- House passes legislation for new statewide penny tax
- House plan lets voters decide sales tax issue
- Keep it local
- House passes transportation funding measure
- Sinyard: 133 vital to local stability
- Transportation bills are on deck
- Plan to shift transportation funding clears Senate panel
- The speedy but rocky first vote on Gov. Sonny Perdue’s transportation bill
- Get Georgia Moving message hits streets
- Get Georgia Moving Launches Public Engagement Campaign With Billboards and Web Site Alerts
- Reading material for your drive home
- Smith urging statewide sales tax to fund transportation
- TRANSPORTATION PLAN: Asphalt and money
- Transportation plan a power shift over funds
- ISSUE IN-DEPTH: TRANSPORTATION PLAN: Working together, we can find smart solutions to our traffic woes
- ISSUE IN-DEPTH: TRANSPORTATION PLAN: Now is the time to get plans in gear
- Plan to overhaul transportation unveiled for GA
- New transportation plan unveiled by Governor Perdue
- LEGISLATIVE NOTEBOOK: Perdue talks transportation
- New agency to replace DOT?
- Political Insider: Perdue: No more reliance on ‘13 gerrymandered districts’
- New transit agency would bypass DOT
- Gwinnett Chamber lobbies for transportation tax
- Keeping Georgia Moving: Is this the year we break the gridlock?
- DOT seeking new funding
- Voters unlikely to take House’s transportation route
- Senate OKs optional transportation tax
- Georgia: Mullis’ transportation tax option heads for vote
- Sales tax plan would fund transportation
- House leaders propose sales tax to fund transport
- House's proposed penny tax would bypass DOT, fund I-16/I-75
- T-SPLOST heads to Senate
- Under the DOME
- Cobb lawmakers hopeful for traffic solution
- GEORGIA LEGISLATURE: Counties could team on transit
- Ga. Senate unveils plan to provide relief to roads
- Georgia: Mullis revives plan to provide relief on roads
- Lawmaker criticizes cutting state aid to local highways
- Commission halts roadwork projects
- Why can't we reduce congestion here?
- Address: Transportation dollars in short supply
- Local tax would go to roads
- TRANSPORTATION: DOT holds out hope for stimulus funding
- Funding sought for projects
- DOT considers toll lanes on I-75 in Cobb
- Traffic Improvements: Pave the way
- Transportation solutions
- ISSUE IN-DEPTH: TRANSPORTATION: Tax vital to area economy
- Poll: Voters want a say on transportation funds
- Walker: Interstate project being scaled back
- Transit initiative backer runs into delay —- Atlanta traffic
- Poll: Ga. voters want state to solve traffic woes
- Editorial: Transportation planning makes economic sense
- Transportation officials talk funding
- Poll: 74 percent of Georgians want to vote on a penny sales tax for traffic fixes
- GDOT to make tough decisions
- Poll Shows Voters Across GA Support ‘Immediate’ Action on Transportation With 74% Supporting the Right to Vote on Funding
- New Georgia Poll Shows Support for Vote on Transportation Funding
- Georgia leaders try to set transportation strategy
- Ga. transportation leaders paint an ugly picture
- Editorial: Transportation best handled at regional level
- I-75/I-16 interchange project pushed back to 2018
- DOT hits funding roadblock
- OUR OPINION: Running on empty
- Breaking up the traffic jam
- Traffic, transportation, key Henry legislative concerns
- Legislators urged to handle worsening road congestion
- Lawmakers: T-SPLOST a likely option for state budget issues
- 30-year transit plan approved for region
- Political notebook: Transportation vote could come soon
- I-85 HOV lanes to charge toll
- Less congestion, at a price
- Feds approve grant for I-85 HOT lanes
- Region taxing plan is back
- TRANSPORTATION TAX: Cagle: Consensus must pave the way
- Lt. Governor Speaks on Metro Atlanta Traffic
- Get Georgia Moving Coalition Gaining Momentum Toward Effort to Invest in Transportation to Improve Mobility
- Coalition kicks off next round of transportation funding push
- Tired of Sitting in Traffic?
- No widening for 41; No funding for project right now
- Ga. 316 upgrades: Public to comment on project
- State road construction funds weighed
- Study: How state can invest in transit
- Politics, paltry funding wreck transportation
- Get Georgia Moving Coalition Encouraged By Report of Governor’s Transportation Task Force
- DOT chief talks about shortfall
- Study: GA needs $100B for transportation
- Audit: State roads financial trouble real
- State DOT may give local officials more input on projects
- State audit finds sloppy accounting at DOT
- Audit finds huge deficit costing jobs
- DOT Commissioner Gena Evans Makes Visit to Laurens County
- A National Mobility Project
- Transportation tops agenda in District 22
- DOT discusses tolls, sales tax
- Road Cuts bypass Isles
- In job losses, Georgia is #2
- State kills Ga. 400 toll lane proposal
- DOT suspends Ga. 142 widening
- DOT hits the brakes on 11 road projects
- Olens talks metro vs. state, transportation
- Leaders see I-75 as priority construction in 2009
- DOT: Funding for local projects may be restored
- Georgia DOT avoids layoffs
- Solution to DOT deficit divisive
- DOT'S BUDGET: Deficit drops if road plans suspended
- Jackson County to go ahead with talks of I-85 interchange
- Connecticut firm pays $22 million for Columbus area rail line
- Taking a toll
- Cagle pushes toll lanes, penny tax to fund road needs
- Cagle endorses regional approach to transportation funding
- Get Georgia Moving Coalition Commends Lt. Governor's Focus on Transportation
- Lt. Governor Casey Cagle: Transportation Initiatives a Priority This Session
- Cagle: Consider Passing T-SPLOST as a bill, with Perdue's support
- DOT may have $1.2 billion in road project overruns
- Get Georgia Moving Coalition Honors Legislators with “Champions of Mobility” Award
- 133 Coalition makes noise
- Get Georgia Moving Coalition Applauds Governor’s Transportation Effort, Looks Forward to Results
- Road projects in limbo as DOT struggles with funding
- Get Georgia Moving Coalition Names Terry Chastain Executive Director
- Transportation still a local priority
- DOT fears $1 billion shortfall
- Get Georgia Moving Coalition Commends Conference Committee's Exemplary Leadership
- Life in the 'Burbs: Heavy Costs for Families, Climate
- House OKs transit-tax referendums
- House approves vote on tax for regional transportation
- Kessel Stelling: New sales tax would help relieve traffic congestion
- Get Georgia Moving Coalition Applauds House Passage of SR 845, Urges Lawmakers: ‘Now Let’s Cross the Finish Line’
- Solve the transportation funding crisis
- Get Georgia Moving Coalition Supports S.R. 845
- Overextended DOT plans to ax projects
- Board supports HOV tolls for solo drivers
- Transportation Funding Bill Gets Boost From Public Transit Advocates
- Roads by region
- EPA tightens ozone limits; 14 Ga. counties in violation
- House Panel Moves Ball Forward On Possible Transportation Funding Compromise
- GGM Coalition Launches Interactive Web site: www.GetGeorgiaMoving.com
- Transportation committees near consensus on transportation funding proposal
- With the GREAT plan gone, it’s time to talk roads
- Transportation Coalition Ramps Up Effort To Get Something Moving On Taxes
- Consensus on Transportation Funding Solution is Near
- Getting somewhere: House, Senate can meet in the middle with regional approach to transportation funding
- GOP stuck in tenuous position
- DOT to ax 150 road projects next week
- State representative says tax still sought for transportation
- Govs target transportation funding
- The Nation In Numbers; America’s aging and congested road, rail, and air networks are threatening its economic health.
- Insider Advantage: Cagle Pushing 1-Cent Local Option Sales Tax For Transportation; Counter-Proposal Dropped In House
- GGM Applauds Speaker & House Leaders
- Atlanta Business Chronicle--Cagle backs regional transportation tax with major twist
- GGM Applauds Lt. Gov and Senate
- Florida Times Union—Transportation funding desired for all of Georgia
- Albany Herald--Road funding plan mulled
- Transportation funding desired for all of Georgia
- Albany Herald: Lawmakers still face numerous transportation funding choices
- Marietta Daily Journal: Committee recommends two tax plans
- Savannah Morning News: Two transit-funding formulas offered
- Athens Banner-Herald: New approach to transportation holds promise
- Chattanooga Times-Free Press: Highway funding may be legislative tussle
- Associated Press: Transportation committee's report recommends two tax plans
- GGM Applauds Study Committee
- Atlanta Business Chronicle: Legislative task force backs regional penny for congestion
- Insider Advantage: Transportation Panel Unveils Recommendations For Funding Improvements, Other Steps
