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Georgia Transit Day
September 8th from 1pm-2:30pm
Georgia Department of Transportation
One Georgia Center, 600 West Peachtree, 4th Floor
Speakers from the State Department of Transportation, State Legislators, and discussion on transit projects for the regional referendum.
Regional Transit Governance Commission Meeting
September 9th at 10am
Coverdell Legislative Office Building, Room 606
18 Capitol Square, Atlanta, GA
First meeting of the legislative commission tasked with drafting the study on regional transit governance.
Regional Transit Committee of the Atlanta Regional Commission
September 9th at 1:30pm
ARC Board Room
40 Courtland St, Atlanta, GA
The committee will be voting on a proposal for weighted voting in regional transit governance based on the population and funding provided by each jurisdiction.
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MARTA has begun the process of installing signs at the approximately 1200 bus stops that will be removed once the September 25th service cuts take effect.
 
Ironically, due to the rerouting of some bus routes, new stops will have to be installed in other locations.
Find out the service and fare changes here.
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The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) released a draft of criteria to be used by the local "Roundtables" to decide the project list for the 2012 regional transportation one cent sales tax referendum. Local governments and the Atlanta Regional Commission, along with the public, can submit comments to GDOT on the criteria.
It is a bit confusing, but the process is this:
The Director of Planning for GDOT created criteria to be used in determining the list of eligible projects to be funded with revenue from a regional one cent sales tax for transportation. Once these criteria are finalized, they will be used to generate a list of transportation projects. A "Roundtable" of local elected officials from all the counties in the ten county Atlanta region and Mayors from the cities will select the final list of projects. The voters will be asked in the July 2012 election to pass a one cent sales tax to fund that list of projects.
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MARTA is holding Community Information Sessions to answer questions about the services changes and fare increases including in the approved Fiscal Year 2011 budget. All except 6 bus routes are being rerouted; new route maps will be available. New schedules will not be available until the middle of September.
The service changes take place September 25th and the fare increase October 3rd, 2010.
Information Sessions
July 31st, 2010 from 10am - noon at MARTA's Lindbergh HQ
August 14, 2010 from 10am- noon at MARTA's Lindbergh HQ
August 23rd from 6-8pm in South Fulton and North Fulton, locations to be announced
August 24th from 6-8pm in City of Atlanta and DeKalb County, locations to be announced
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Join the Friends of Clayton County Transit.
This ad hoc group of Clayton residents, transit supporters, and local elected officials is working to restore and expand transit in Clayton County. And they need your help. The group meets Fridays at 2pm by conference call.
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