Bill Floyd, former mayor of Decatur, Georgia, talks about how city government leaders can work effectively with school boards and superintendents. A big part of it, he says, is getting the right people to run for the school board.
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June 12, 2013
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
Nearly 90 percent of the jobs in the sectors that benefit most from infrastructure spending are middle-class jobs.
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March 23, 2012
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday, March 14, approved a two-year, $109 billion dollar surface transportation bill by a vote of 74-22.
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March 15, 2012
Federal transportation rules require local governments to establish and implement a sign maintenance program addressing minimum sign retroreflectivity requirements by January 22, 2012.
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February 27, 2012
Q&A from Ask GMA.
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February 9, 2012
Rural communities across America are working to strengthen their economies, provide better quality of life to residents, and build on assets such as traditional main streets, agricultural and working lands, and natural resources.
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January 11, 2012
Recent media reports on a new Georgia law creating a definition for “personal transportation vehicles,” commonly known as golf carts, contain inaccurate information.
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December 29, 2011
With the adoption of the regional Transportation Investment Act (TIA) project lists, local governments need to plan and coordinate the use of their 15% or 25% local TIA discretionary funding allocations.
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December 7, 2011
At its meeting of August 10, 2011 the Governor’s Development Council (GDC) approved the agency’s initial study efforts regarding Rural and Human Services Transportation Coordination.
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October 24, 2011
Chris Leinberger, Visiting Fellow with the Brookings Institute, stressed the importance of downtowns, rail transit and "walkable urban places" when he recently spoke to GMA's Legislative Policy Committee.
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September 20, 2011
Often the impetus for redeveloping a neighborhood comes from the residents who already live there.
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September 7, 2011
A plan is on the table that could reduce the local funding burden of rural transit while making this vital human service available to more Georgians.
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September 7, 2011
Moultrie drivers are driving in circles these days. Moultrie is among the cities in Georgia that are employing roundabouts to keep traffic flowing and improve safety at intersections.
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September 7, 2011
The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced it will eliminate or extend the majority of compliance dates for replacing street signs based on complaints from state and local governments over the cost of complying with the rules.
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August 31, 2011
Advocates are stepping up the pressure for action on a new transportation bill that will put people back to work and get the economy moving
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August 22, 2011
U.S. infrastructure has fallen from first place in the World Economic Forum's 2005 economic competitiveness ranking to number 15 today.
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August 16, 2011
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August 4, 2011
During the 2011 Legislative Session, the General Assembly passed legislation, Senate Bill 240, creating a definition for “personal transportation vehicle” in Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia, dealing with motor vehicles. The new definition greatly overlaps with an existing definition in the same Title of the Code for “motorized cart.”
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August 3, 2011
Deteriorating surface transportation infrastructure will cost the American economy more than 870,000 jobs, and suppress the growth of the country's Gross Domestic Product by $3.1 trillion by 2020.
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July 27, 2011
On May 11, less than two months after more than 1,500 bicyclists joined metro Atlanta mayors and council members for the annual Georgia Rides to the Capitol event, Gov. Nathan Deal, who spoke to cyclists during the GRTCC rally at the Capitol, signed the “Better Bicycling Bill” into law
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June 6, 2011
The federal share of spending on transportation and water infrastructure peaked at around 40% in the late 1970s.
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May 27, 2011
Because transportation helps shape an area’s economy and quality of life, an efficient transportation system must provide for the mobility of people and goods while it influences patterns of growth and economic activity by providing access to land.
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April 11, 2011
A recent survey by the Rockefeller Foundation reveals overwhelming bipartisan support for federal investment in transportation and infrastructure projects.
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February 16, 2011
Senate Bill 200, which passed during the 2009 legislative session, called for significant changes in the management and operation of the Georgia Department of Transportation as well as changes to local government funding programs that GDOT administers.
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October 6, 2010
This report concludes that the country’s transportation infrastructure is no longer adequate and that it is costing the U.S. economy dearly.
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October 5, 2010
HB 277 stipulates that for each region that passes the regional 1% sales tax in 2012, a portion of the revenues will be designated for discretionary use by local governments within the district.
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September 10, 2010
GMA is advising city officials to consider the following issues before submitting recommendations on DOT's draft criteria for the special tax districts created by HB 277.
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September 10, 2010
Q&A from Ask GMA.
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August 12, 2010
Beginning July 1, 2010, the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Local Assistance Road Program (LARP) and the State-Aid program were phased out.
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July 14, 2010
House Bill 77, which passed the General Assembly in 2008, now requires every city that currently maintains or wishes to install an automated intersection traffic enforcement camera seek a permit from the Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) and to comply with DOT procedures in doing so.
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December 3, 2008
People need walkable communities where sidewalks, trails, and street crossings are safe, accessible, and comfortable for people of all ability levels.
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July 24, 2008
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May 19, 2008
The Housing + Transportation Affordability Index, developed by the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) and its collaborative partners, the Center for Transit Oriented Development (CTOD), is an innovative tool that measures the true affordability of housing.
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May 1, 2008