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Despite Atlanta being choked with cars, many Georgia politicians hate public transit (saportareport.com)
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[–] grue@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

The second bill, being pushed by Sen. Anavitarte, would have an even more chilling impact on the ability to expand transit in the region.

The bill he is proposing would eliminate GRTA, which was established by former Gov. Roy Barnes to help expand transit in the region. It would also eliminate the ATL, which was established in 2018, to better connect transit options across the 13-county region.

MARTA was already stolen from the control of Atlanta/Fulton/Dekalb (i.e. the places it actually serves) and subjugated by "ATL" so that the board of directors could be stuffed with the state government's (conservative) appointees. But apparently even that isn't enough; this fascist fuck wants to completely disenfranchise Atlantans by putting it under the control of SRTA (the State Road and Tollway Authority -- just the name alone tells you its position on transit), whose board is comprised only of state appointees.