On Tuesday October 13, the Clayton County Commission voted to stop C-TRAN bus service effective March 31, 2010. More details in the AJC here:
http://www.ajc.com/news/clayton/clayton-pulls-plug-on-162114.html
Atlanta Transit News Feed
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 8:50am
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Monday, August 31, 2009 - 9:03am
Obituary in the AJC of MARTA's first General Manager Alan Kiepper:
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Monday, June 29, 2009 - 2:00pm
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Monday, April 27, 2009 - 9:24am
In wake of falling sales tax collections and potential for delaying construction of two lines, Charlotte talks about raising its current 1/2 sales tax for transit to a full cent: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/local/story/683228.html
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Monday, April 27, 2009 - 9:21am
Charlotte's drop in sales tax collection causes leaders to examine delaying the north commuter rail line or the northern extension of the LYNX light rail line: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/597/story/681006.html
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009 - 5:12pm
Opinion piece on the legislative inaction on transportation funding and MARTA in the 2009 Georgia General Assembly Session from the AJC Business Section.
http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/stories/2009/04/08/thomas_oliver.html
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Saporta Reports - Opinion Piece on Failure of Legislature to Act on Transportation Funding and MARTAWednesday, April 8, 2009 - 5:10pm
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009 - 5:07pm
AJC reports that Governor Perdue is not receptive to calling a special session of the legislature to address the failure of Senate Bill 120 which would eliminate the restrictions on MARTA's sales tax and allow the system to use some capital funds to support operations.
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2009/04/08/marta_special_session.html
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009 - 5:04pm
State legislators hosted a rally at the Five Points station to encourage Gov Perdue to call a special session of the legislature or sign an emergency executive order in order to prevent the system from closing one day a week.
http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2009/04/06/daily61.html
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 9:23am
Article about a proto-type Light Rail/Streetcar vehicle being developed by Kawasaki that could eliminate need for overhead catenary.
Learn more about Concept 3, the Atlanta region's adopted long-range transit vision.
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10/14/2009 - 8:50am
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08/31/2009 - 9:03am
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06/29/2009 - 2:00pm
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04/27/2009 - 9:24am
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04/27/2009 - 9:21am
