TSPLOST Myth: “Georgia loses jobs to other states like North Carolina”
TSPLOST Myth: “Georgia loses jobs to other states like North Carolina” By Political Vine “Nobody wants to come here. Companies definitely look at transportation and we have lost out because of our transportation challenges.” PV has heard this claim by just about everyone on the pro-TSPLOST side, from the Governor to the cadre of Chamber
Urban Mobility Performance Measure Summary – Atlanta GA
Urban Mobility Performance Measure Summary – Atlanta GA Texas A & M University 2011 Citizens For Transportation Mobility’s UntieAtlanta pro- TIA2010 / t-splost campaign hammers taxpayers with the $924/yr congestion cost Atlantans pay in wasted fuel and lost time while commuting in personal vehicles in Metro ATL traffic. They insist ATL traffic keeps businesses from moving here and creating jobs, and is causing home values to suffer.
Transit and the “D” Word
Transit and the “D” Word By Erick Guerra and Robert Cervero Could this be why the progressive planners behind TIA 2010 / T-splost are implementing higher density development in Metro ATL’s cities via ARC Plan 2040? Is your city council on board? Who will pay? Without high patronage, new rail investments incur large deficits and fail
Transit Cooperative Research Program
Transit Cooperative Research Program Sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration Robert Cervero, University of California, Berkeley and Samuel Seskin, Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc. “Urban rail transit investments rarely “create” new growth, but more typically redistribute growth that would have taken place without the investment.” For Study Details: Click Here
Poll: Majority of metro voters now against TSPLOST
Poll: Majority of metro voters now against TSPLOST WSB Channel 2 Lori Geary ATLANTA — A poll conducted less than three weeks before the Georgia statewide primary shows support for a transportation referendum continued to slip. The Rosetta Stone poll conducted for Channel 2 Action News indicated the lowest support yet for the TSPLOST, despite
Census: Only 3% of Atlantans use public transit
Census: Only 3% of Atlantans use public transit Atlanta Business Chronicle Few metro Atlanta workers rely on public transit for their daily commutes, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau Only 3.36 percent of Big Peach workers hop aboard a MARTA train or bus or use their local public bus service. Atlanta ranks
Get Ready for America’s Top States for Business 2012
Get Ready for America’s Top States for Business 2012 By Scott Cohn CNBC What’s keeping Georgia from the top spot in the nation? Hint: It’s not transportation and infrastructure. Read More: Click Here
Channel 2 poll: Transportation sales tax support slips
Channel 2 poll: Transportation sales tax support slips 1:22 pm June 29, 2012, by jgalloway On the eve of a resumption of the TV campaign for the transportation sales tax, a new poll just posted by Channel 2 Action News shows support for the effort slipping. See the results: Click Here P.S. This is point
8 Cities with surprising job growth
More good new on Atlanta jobs – without T-SPLOST. Kiplinger: 8 Cities with surprising job growth Metro area population: 5.4 million Current unemployment rate: 8.5% Job growth next five years: 8% Number of new jobs: 180,000 It won’t expand as fast as the others on our list, but Atlanta’s size and diversity will make it
Do you keep hearing that T-SPLOST is like the Atlanta Airport?
Have you heard this story in your employee meetings or in a panel discussion? “The passage of T-SPLOST is like the visionary work of former Atlanta Mayor William B. Hartsfield who developed Atlanta as a major air travel hub. Hartsfield stood up to the opposition and held to his convictions to advance the airport and
