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Center for Transportation Excellence
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Washington, DC 20005
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State-By-State Searchable Database

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Georgia
Capital: Atlanta
Population: 8,383,915
Major Metropolitan Areas: Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Savannah
Federal Transportation Spending: $1,051,903,000 (U.S. Census Bureau 2002)

General Ballot Measure Information

State Ballot Process
No citizen-initiated state ballot measure process in Georgia.

State Election Site: http://www.sos.state.ga.us/elections/

County & City Information
Contact your county elections office for more information: http://www.sos.state.ga.us/elections/info/2000_voter_info.asp

Ballot measure information
http://www.iandrinstitute.org/Georgia.htm

Additional ballot measure information
http://www.ballot.org/states/ga.html

Specific Ballot Measure Information

Initiative Year	Community/Region for initiative	Type Of Measure	Ballot Date	Result
2003	Statewide	Legislative Action
Description
Proposed by Gov. Barnes to generate $2.6 million for Macon-Atlanta commuter train. Bond funds to be combined with $20 million of Fed funds; $2 million in State funds; and $1 million in City of Atlanta funds.

Outreach/Contact Information

Advocacy Groups

Georgia Transit Association ( http://www.thegta.org/ )
Perimeter Transportation Coalition
Georgians for Transportation Alternatives

Rail Passenger Group

Georgia Association of Rail Passengers ( http://www.trainweb.org/garp/ )

State DOT

http://www.dot.state.ga.us/

Transit Agencies & MPOs

Atlanta MARTA ( http://www.itsmarta.com/ )
Augusta APT ( http://www.co.richmond.ga.us/departments/public_transit/default.htm )
Columbus METRA ( http://www.columbusga.org/Metra/ )
Lawrenceville GCT ( http://www.gctransit.com/ )
Savannah CAT ( http://www.catchacat.org/ )

Media Information

Newspaper(s)
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Savannah News Athens Banner-Herald Macon Telegraph Augusta Chronicle
Radio	Television
WRFG Public Radio- Atlanta ( http://www.wrfg.org/home.asp ) WABE NPR - Atlanta ( http://www.wabe.org/ ) WGST News/Talk- Atlanta ( http://www.wgst.com/main.html )	WSB -- ABC Atlanta ( http://www.wsbtv.com/ ) WGCL -- CBS Atlanta ( http://www.wgcltv.com/ ) WXIA -- NBC Atlanta ( http://www.11alive.com/ )

Other Resources

STPP State Page: http://www.transact.org/states/default.asp?state=georgia

APTA State Page (Info. on transit agencies): http://www.apta.com/links/state_local/ga.cfm