Cathy Woolard, former Atlanta City Council president, talks about what good leaders do when they find a great idea . . . and what she did when she became aware of a transformative idea for Atlanta, the BeltLine.
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May 15, 2013
In the ongoing effort of the Georgia Department of Transportation to provide the best possible information on our state’s road network, the department is asking for each city and county to provide it with the total number of paved and unpaved roads within their jurisdiction.
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January 30, 2013
The National Association of City Transportation Officials recently released the second edition of the Urban Bikeway Design Guide, a toolkit for designing safer streets for bicyclists.
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October 25, 2012
Georgia DOT recently announced the official rollout of the FY 2013 LMIG program.
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September 28, 2012
Walkable 101: The Walkability Workbook is a free set of documents and slide presentations providing guidance on everything needed to organize community walkability workshops, conduct walkability audits and prioritize changes for a better built environment.
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September 11, 2012
Cities looking to attract young professionals would do well to examine their transportation infrastructure and policy, as for the first time since WW II, Americans, particularly young people ages 16-34, are driving less and using alternative forms of transportation more, according to the April 2012 report Transportation and the New Generation: Why Young People Are Driving Less and What It Means for Transportation Policy.
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September 5, 2012
On July 6, President Barak Obama signed a two-year bill authorizing federal transportation programs following several years of negotiations on Capitol Hill and 10 extensions of SAFETEA-LU, which expired in September 2009.
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September 5, 2012
Voters in all but three regions across the state said an emphatic “no” to paying an additional one-cent sales tax for transportation projects.
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September 5, 2012
A new report by The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) shows that the nation’s cities and their metro areas continue to make steady progress toward economic recovery, while sounding a warning alarm that failure to dramatically increase investment in transportation infrastructure could cause skyrocketing costs to families, commuters and businesses, potentially doubling over the next decade.
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July 27, 2012
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood recently announced that the Obama Administration is eliminating 46 regulations on traffic signs to provide more flexibility for state and local governments.The deadlines requiring that certain street name signs be replaced by 2018 to meet minimum retroreflectivity standards and requiring larger lettering on those street name signs are among the deadlines that will be eliminated.
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May 15, 2012
A critical component to enhancing Georgia’s appeal as an attractive state to live, work and play is connectivity.
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May 9, 2012
Georgia grouped among 26 states that fail to measure whether business tax credits, exemptions, and deductions deliver what is promised.
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April 27, 2012
The Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP) took a big step forward on April 11, 2012, when the US Army Corps of Engineers announced the release of its final project report for review by federal and state agencies and the public.
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April 16, 2012
Q&A from Ask GMA.
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April 3, 2012
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood recently announced that a new report on the state of America's transportation infrastructure points to a sizeable gap between current spending and projected levels of investment needed to maintain the nation's highway and transit systems.
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March 29, 2012