Make your opinions known to decision-makers on issues of importance to you and Georgia Environmental Action Network. http://protectgeorgia.net/alertlist.asp Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:05:13 GMT Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:05:13 GMT en-us action alerts thedatabank, inc. Technology for Change. http://www.thedatabank.com/
Clayton County shut down its bus system earlier this year. A new law would let voters decide whether to join MARTA. This would expand not only bus lines, but also a commuter rail line. Clayton County commissioners must vote soon to give voters a binding vote in November, but some oppose giving voters the choice. A MARTA one cent sales tax would raise at least $35 million a year in Clayton County. This would be enough money to pay for commuter rail from downtown Atlanta to Forest Park, Fort Gillem, Morrow, Jonesboro, and Lovejoy. It would also be enough money to pay for several regional and local bus lines. Concept 3, metro Atlanta’s official transit vision, includes these lines. To see them, go to http://transitboard.org/files/concept3_stylized.pdf Clayton County has already included several of these lines in its 2008 Comprehensive Transportation Plan. For a map of the Clayton transit plan, go to http://www.co.clayton.ga.us/pdfs/tnd/CTP/2008OctoberReport/Figure_6-6_RecommendedRoutesforTransitExpansion.pdf A non-binding referendum without any force is already scheduled for November 2. But voters deserve to have their votes count for real change. Voters deserve a binding referendum on MARTA.

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