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
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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
Obituary in the AJC of MARTA's first General Manager Alan Kiepper:
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
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
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
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
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
Article about a proto-type Light Rail/Streetcar vehicle being developed by Kawasaki that could eliminate need for overhead catenary.