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Transportation Agenda
Traffic congestion, while inconvenient, is a sign of a thriving economy. Georgia must focus its transportation planning on increasing mobility for individuals and building upon the success of our ports and our international airport.
Transportation Publications
A Lasting Solution to the Transportation Funding Dilemma - May 10th, 2013
Slow Going, But Georgia’s Moving on Tackling Congestion - April 5th, 2013
In Lean Times, Road Diets Leave Slim Pickings for Commuters - March 8th, 2013
Improving Economies, Growing Congestion - February 21st, 2013
Beleaguered DOT’s To-Do List is Doable - January 29th, 2013
Funding Dearth Opens Opportunity Under the Gold Dome - January 11th, 2013
Register for Jan. 24 Event with Reason’s Robert Poole - January 7th, 2013
Teamwork Will Move Georgia Transit Forward - November 9th, 2012
Moving Georgia Ahead: What’s Coming Down the Pike - October 26th, 2012
Get Georgia Moving on Foundation’s ‘Plan B’ for Transportation - October 26th, 2012
Foundation Unveils Transportation Plan - September 27th, 2012
Foundation Unveils Ga. Transportation Proposals on Sept. 21 - September 20th, 2012
‘Plan T:’ For Georgia Traffic and So Much More - September 6th, 2012
Five Ways to Move Ahead on Transportation Policy - June 8th, 2012
Georgia Transportation Investment: A Question of How, Not If - May 23rd, 2012
GETTING GEORGIA GOING: An Analysis of the Referendum On Georgia’s Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax - May 23rd, 2012
Georgia Transportation Investment: A Question of How, Not If - May 23rd, 2012
Transportation Tax: About Mobility or About Money? - April 16th, 2012
Georgia’s Transit Dreams, Transportation Nightmares - February 17th, 2012
Transportation Briefs - January 25th, 2012
Tax Foundation: Georgia 34th for Best Business Tax Climate - January 25th, 2012
Transportation Roundup - January 17th, 2012
Transit riders: Pawns in city’s popularity contest - January 11th, 2012
Deal Legislative Agenda Includes Changes to Jobs Tax Credits - January 10th, 2012
Georgia Missed a Huge Opportunity to Leverage Private Funds - December 27th, 2011
Planners’ Transit Menu Ignores Commuters’ Tastes - December 9th, 2011
Better Busways Don’t Require Exclusive Lanes - December 2nd, 2011
State must Ensure Georgians Warm Up to HOT Lanes - October 12th, 2011
The Wrong Road to Transportation Solutions - August 19th, 2011
Seven Taxpayer-friendly Strategies for Transportation - August 12th, 2011
Turning up and transportation policy - August 11th, 2011
AFVs, HOVs and HOTs - July 22nd, 2011
What’s HOT, What’s Not about High-Occupancy Toll Lanes for Georgia - July 15th, 2011
Six Ways to Sunday Drives in Georgia Transportation - April 29th, 2011
Transportation Solutions that Fit to a ‘T’ - May 21st, 2010
Foundation Hosts Two Transportation Events in May - May 1st, 2010
Global Trade Recovery Holds Promise for Georgia - April 29th, 2010
Freight Logistics Moving in the Right Direction in Georgia - April 27th, 2010
Transportation Planning: A Long Road Ahead - January 8th, 2010
Five Ways Technology can Transform Transportation - December 11th, 2009
Ten Principles to Drive Transportation Policy - October 23rd, 2009
Georgia Deserves Fair Share of Highway Funds - May 1st, 2009
Policy-makers Can Still Move on Transportation in Georgia - April 24th, 2009
Georgia ‘HOT’ on the Trail of Congestion Relief - March 27th, 2009
Road to Congestion Relief Leads … Somewhere Else - November 21st, 2008
Texas Experience Provides Road Map to Congestion Relief - October 24th, 2008
Don’t Railroad Taxpayers into Transit Subsidies - May 2nd, 2008
Express Toll Network Can Drive Congestion Relief - February 15th, 2008
Transportation: ‘Think like the People Coming up Behind Us Might’ - January 18th, 2008
Priorities should drive transportation policy - November 9th, 2007
The Monkey Trap in Transportation Policy - September 14th, 2007
Transportation Solutions For a Transit-Challenged Region - August 10th, 2007
In Transportation and in Technology, Packets Beat Circuits - August 3rd, 2007
Perspective on Transportation Innovations: Concessions, and Then Some - July 27th, 2007
No Time to Detour from Viable Transportation Solutions - November 10th, 2006
Bumps in Study on Speed Humps - August 25th, 2006
Private Sector Role doesn’t mean Streets Paved with ‘Sold’ - April 20th, 2006
Planes, Trains and Automobiles: Georgia Moves on Transportation - March 2nd, 2006
Telework: Transporting Workers into a Global Economy - February 17th, 2006
Road to Congestion Relief Paved with Common Sense - December 9th, 2005
Georgia Tackles the Toll of Truck Traffic - June 24th, 2005
Confusion Takes Its Toll on Transportation Solutions - January 14th, 2005
HOT Lanes Moving Right Along For Georgia - December 3rd, 2004
“Traffic, Trolleys and Density: A Commonsense Approach” - September 17th, 2004
Agenda 2005: A Guide To The Issues - August 31st, 2004
Transit’s Not the End of the Line for Low-Income Residents - June 25th, 2004
Activists peddle bikes and buses, not cars, to working poor - October 3rd, 2003
State Needs to Come Around to Roundabouts - September 26th, 2003
Congress Undermines Infrastructure by Looting the Highway Trust Fund - September 12th, 2003
Transportation Resources
Bus Rapid Transit
Watch this short video to see the mayor or Rio de Janeiro talk about his High Capacity Transportation Network composed not of rail, but Bus Rapid Transit or BRT, which is essentially light rail on rubber tires.
Rail Transit
Watch athisvideo from Reason.TV to see how light rail works for Los Angeles commuters. It's called "17 Miles in Just 78 Minutes! Light Rail Vs. Reality in LA."
Georgia Department of Transportation
U.S. Department of Transportation
National Transportation Statistics 2003
Highway Statistics
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Federal Transit Administration
GARVEE Bonds - Federal Highway Administration
GARVEE Bonds and the Governor's Road Improvement Program (GRIP)
Resources
Reason Public Policy Institute
Texas Transportation Institute
2003 Urban Mobility Study
The Public Purpose
Bus Rapid Transit Less Expensive, Faster than Light Rail
Federal Transit Association
Bus Rapid Transit Shows Promise (GAO report, September, 2001)
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