Politics Trumps Reducing Traffic Congestion
The Atlanta Transportation Tax: Too Much for Too Little June 5, 2012 By Wendell Cox “The measure is highly tilted towards transit spending. Sadly, this would do virtually nothing to reduce Atlanta’s traffic or its travel times.” “…less than five percent of work trip travel is by transit, the tax measure devotes more than 50
Deal’s support for T-SPLOST gets a “Flip-Flop” from PolitiFact
From AJC, Friday, June 8, 2012 “The Washington-based Americans for Tax Reform has become a major player in Republican Party politics with its Taxpayer Protection Pledge. More than half the members of the U.S. House of Representatives have signed the pledge. Nearly half the U.S. Senate has signed it. Nearly all the signers are Republicans.
These days, the governor drives Georgia road planning
On June 6, 2012, Joe Earle, Editor of the “Reporter Newspapers” provided this preface to the main article. “Dunwoody resident Bob Dallas writes an occasional column for Reporter Newspapers and www.ReporterNewspapers.net called “Dallas On Transportation” or “DOT.” Dallas headed the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety under former Gov. Sonny Perdue. He will answer questions about
What Is Really Behind T-SPLOST?
Remember the Washington Times article about Environmental Justice? It was Part One of a series uncovering a movement to restrict your movement. If you didn’t get a chance to read it go here: http://www.traffictruth.net/index.php/2012/06/what-is-really-behind-t-splost-part-one/ Little did we know our own Fulton County Commission Chairman, John Eaves, pushed through an Environmental Justice resolution right here in
Pro-TSPLOST Tax Lobbyist Recants
In Henry forum, lobbyist Lawler said Brown was not wrong “I believe Mr. Lawler has an uphill battle trying to sell the TSPLOST. Most everyone walked away from our debate in Henry County siding with Commissioner Brown. Once you know the facts, the choice to oppose TSPLOST is easy unless you are in transportation building
We Need New Sales Tax for Economic Development – – Really?
Atlanta Regional Commission, Untie Atlanta, MAVEN, and all their well-funded allies say this new sales tax is needed because Charlotte and Dallas are using our traffic congestion as a weapon against Atlanta. If small business is the backbone of America, and if traffic congestion is a badge of honor and increases GDP, is this really
Citizen Contribution: T-SPLOST: The False Dilemma
T-SPLOST: THE FALSE DILEMMA By: Billy Wise, Concerned Citizen, Duluth That there is a problem with traffic congestion in Metro Atlanta cannot be argued with. The big question is, are we on the correct solution path with T-SPLOST to address that congestion? As a possible answer to that question, the following hypothesis
Self-Driving Cars Could be Part of Atlanta’s Traffic Solutions
Traffic accidents are the major source of congestion issues in metro Atlanta. Could self driving cars become a solution of the future and a major component for Plan B? Read all about this intriguing solution: Click Here
DOT study only gives express buses lip service
TrafficTruth.net guru Ron Sifen deciphers GDOT’s report on Connect Cobb – Northwest Transit Corridor Alternatives Analysis. I have been talking about huge cost differentials for different kinds of transit for a long time. This report confirms how extreme these differentials are. (Please note that Cobb presented national averages, and not Cobb-specific cost projections for this
THE WRONG TAX AT THE WRONG TIME CHASING THE WRONG SOLUTION
STATE T-SPLOST IT’S THE WRONG TAX AT THE WRONG TIME CHASING THE WRONG SOLUTION THE WRONG TAX It is the wrong tax for several reasons. It is increasing most communities’ sales tax from 7% to 8%. Atlanta could go to 9%. When you couple this with a state income tax of 6% the
