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Transit expansion likely to headline Tuesday Augusta commission meeting

...Also Tuesday, Commissioner Marion Williams has requested further inquiry into why Augusta has to repay the Federal Transit Administration $80,000 in FTA funds misspent on bus engines. City officials have previously said the purchase was mistakenly...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-04-14/transit-expansion-likely
Spring brings Masters to Augusta

...Tuesday's meeting, Commissioner Marion Williams renewed his effort to find out who wrote a letter to the Federal Transit Administration last year stating that the city was in compliance with all requirements concerning an $80,000 grant. Williams...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/city-ink/2013-04-06/spring-brings-m
Across Georgia

...streetcar route through the heart of the city.Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced last week that the Federal Transit Administration would make the money available, allowing Atlanta to begin construction.The proposal was one of 75 projects...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2011-07-16/across-georgia
Georgia Health Sciences University President Ricardo Azziz worried about Walmart land deal

...day sets the sales price, provides for environmental remediation if needed, and addresses the presence of Federal Transit Administration and state liens on the land that must be repaid if the property is no longer used as a bus maintenance shop...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-03-06/georgia-health-sciences-un
Private bus operator Mobility declares success

...Augusta Public Transit averaged about 2,300 individual weekday trips, according to data filed with the Federal Transit Administration. Rosson said Mobility will present its data and recommendations to the Augusta Commission next month.Mobility...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2011-12-11/private-bus-operator-mob
Audit questions MARTA safety

...Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority this month through the Freedom of Information Act.The 2010 Federal Transit Administration says a man was strangled by clothing caught in an escalator and took an hour to die, but no MARTA police...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2012-01-27/audit-questions-marta-safety
Atlanta streetcar gets go-ahead from feds

...streetcar route through the heart of the city.Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced this week that the Federal Transit Administration would make the funds available for the project. The move allows Atlanta to begin the construction.The proposal...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2011-07-16/atlanta-streetcar-gets-go-ah
Transit's efficiency is touted

...a 1 percent transportation sales tax.The commission also recently approved paying a 20 percent match for Federal Transit Administration grants of $1.5 million for the purchase of three buses, two paratransit vehicles and two smaller fixed-route...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2011-08-05/transits-efficiency-touted
New shuttle bus rules make getting to the game tougher

...Hey, this is kind of neat. I wouldn't mind doing this every day.' That could be a problem." Under a Federal Transit Administration regulation that took effect May 1, local transit authorities no longer can offer game-day shuttle service...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2008/08/14/pro_469439.shtml
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Across Georgia

...will connect to a network of trails, some planned and some already built, spanning much of Athens. The Federal Transit Administration and state Department of Transportation recently gave county officials the go-ahead to spend the grant...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/01/12/met_112199.shtml
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