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Georgia's Transportation Issues: More Critical to Counties than Ever
August 1, 2008
Thansportation concerns have been at the forefront of activities within Association County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG) since the association's beginnings. Newspaper articles from 1914 describe the formation of ACCG. It happend during a meeting of 135 county commissioners in Atlanta on April 15 and 16 of that year. The purposes of the meeting were not only to create an association of county governments, but to advocate for the cretion of a state highway department.
Get Georgia Moving's Updated Policy Recommendations
July 29, 2008
There is a need to create a new, coherent, and consistent transportation funding policy in Georgia. The promotion of economic development, environmental sustainability, air quality and safety underpin any successful policy. Here is the coalition's stance for 2008-2009.
Forbes.com ranks Atlanta the Worst City For Commuters
April 25, 2008
Forbes.com confirmed what many in Georgia were already feeling. The Metro Atlanta area - where over half of all Georgians live, work and play - is the nation's worst city for commuters. Several statistical categories were included in the rankings. more »
Transportation Funding Legislation Fails by 3 Votes - Was Your Legislator a "Yea" or a "Nay"?
April 11, 2008
SR 845 was a constitutional amendment proposed in the 2008 legislative session that would have given voters in regions across Georgia a voice in addressing transportation funding challenges. The measure had broad support, but failed to reach the required two-thirds vote in the Senate by 3 votes. more »
Counties must unite to unsnarl the region
March 27, 2008
Bill Linginfelter - 2007 Chair of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and retired Georgia CEO of Wachovia - on what this statewide program could mean for the Metro Atlanta area. more »
Middle Ground: House and Senate Leadership Headed Toward Transportation Funding Compromise
March 13, 2008
Mike Kenn - President of Georgians for Better Transportation and a Get Georgia Moving board member - on the Georgia General Assembly's path to a transportation funding compromise. more »
Research: Local Option Sales Taxes and Transportation Funding
March 6, 2008
Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Public Policy Division research on the factors attributing to the popularity of local option sales taxes for transportation funding and the advantages of the sales tax over other means of transportation finance. more »
Research Shows Georgia Voters Support Regional Transportation Funding
February 29, 2008
Get Georgia Moving commissioned American Viewpoint to conduct a statewide survey to examine several transportation funding proposals being discussed in the legislature. Interviews were conducted with 800 likely 2008 general election voters at the end of February 2008, and strong support was indicated across the state for the regional approach reflected in SR 845. The margin of error for the entire sample is plus or minus 3.5% at the 95% confidence level. more »
The View From 30,000 feet: The Principles of Transportation Funding
February 27, 2008
Joe Leonard - Chairman of AirTran Airways and Co-Chair of Get Georgia Moving - on the coalition's transportation funding philosophy. more »
Future Mobility in Georgia: Meeting the State’s Need for Safe and Efficient Mobility
October 1, 2007
It is critical that Georgia develops and maintains a modern transportation system that can accommodate future growth in population, vehicle travel, tourism and economic development. Improving and maintaining the condition of the state’s roads and bridges, as well as modernizing Georgia’s key highways, is critical to providing the state’s residents with a high quality of life. more »
