Topic: American Public Transportation Association

April 19, 2019

Friday Facts: April 19, 2019

It’s Friday! Events May 23: “You Can Say That: How Courage Can Defeat Political Correctness,” a noon Policy Briefing Luncheon with David French of the National Review Institute, on Thursday, […]

March 22, 2019

Gwinnett Has Time to Do Transit Right

Transit expansion advocates in Gwinnett County blame timing and the special election date for the failure of the transit referendum, but vow to continue their efforts until transit expansion is […]

March 15, 2019

Gwinnett Transit Vote a Mixed Bag

Before Gwinnett County voters even decide whether their transit plan leaves the station, it will cost taxpayers almost $770,000. That’s the cost of holding the election on March 19 instead […]

May 25, 2018

Friday Facts: May 25, 2018

It’s Friday! Quotes of note “It is not for us to forget the past but to remember it, that we may profit by it. But it is gone; we cannot […]

September 16, 2016

Friday Facts: September 16, 2016

It’s Friday: Happy Constitution Day AND Citizenship Day! Just nine more days of Early Bird Rate for the Foundation’s 25th Anniversary Celebration Dinner and Freedom Award on November 11. The keynote speaker is […]

June 8, 2016

AJC Article Quotes Foundation on Ride-sharing Services

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution of June 6, 2016, included an article by Pete Corson on ride-sharing services’ role in transit and quoted Kelly McCutchen. The article is printed in its entirety below and […]

April 29, 2016

Friday Facts: April 29, 2016

It’s Friday! Then and Now: In 1991, when the Georgia Public Policy Foundation was established, state government operated a tourist train, hotels, conference centers, golf courses and water parks, which […]

October 2, 2015

Friday Facts: October 2, 2015

It’s Friday! Events October 15: Health Care! Education! Work! In less than two weeks, the Sixth Annual Georgia Legislative Policy Forum takes place at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly. Join us […]

March 20, 2015

Friday Facts: March 20, 2015

It’s Friday! Events March 26: Foundation President Kelly McCutchen is a panelist at an Atlanta discussion on criminal justice reform in Georgia, hosted by the Charles Koch Institute. Find out […]

April 15, 2014

AJC Article on Transit Quotes Foundation

Foundation Vice President Benita Dodd proposed bus service instead of rail expansion in an article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, “Falling transit use in metro rides against U.S. trend,” by […]

March 28, 2014

Friday Facts: March 28, 2014

It’s Friday! Events April 24: Matt Candler, founder and CEO of 404 Schools, keynotes, “School Choice: Big Gains in The Big Easy,” the Foundation’s Leadership Breakfast at 8 a.m. at […]

March 24, 2014

Despite the Hooplah, Transit Use is Slowing

Why report that transit usage is booming? To increase funds for a mode that already receives about 20% of federal surface transportation funding while accounting for only 2-3% of U.S. […]

April 27, 2012

Friday Facts: April 27th, 2012

It’s Friday! Events – May 23: Ahead of Georgia’s July 31 regional referendum on a penny transportation sales tax, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation hosts a Leadership Breakfast at 8 a.m. on […]

April 28, 2006

No Way to Handle a Fuel Crisis

By Benita M. Dodd You don’t have to have your ear to the tracks to hear the hullabaloo blaming “big oil” and Americans’ “addiction” to foreign oil for alarmingly high […]