Plan - USA - Transit agencies may join forces
Vote today could lead to metro plan
Atlanta,USA -The Atlanta Journal, by PAUL DONSKY-15 Dec 05: -- The region's mass transit systems, from mammoth MARTA to modest suburban bus systems, may soon join forces to push for better coordination and — most critically — more funding... The first step, if approved today, would create a regional Transit Planning Board that would spend the next two years evaluating metro Atlanta's transit needs... The planning board then would give way to a new transit super agency that ultimately could govern all the area's buses and trains — from Gwinnett County's local bus system to MARTA's 48-mile rail network and 556-bus fleet... The regional agency could orchestrate expansion and funding for metro Atlanta's transit network, perhaps even levying a regional tax to pay for projects...
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