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Few transportation tax projects starting this year

...handing over an extra penny in sales tax for every dollar won't see a big payout in the first year of the massive transportation system overhaul coming to the Augusta region.By the end of 2013, the Georgia Department of Transportation plans to...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-18/few-road-projects-funded-tran
School system will not provide busing to Tubman

...go to the full board for discussion.She said students are suffering, especially because Augusta's public transportation system doesn't have routes or times that can accommodate students.Board member Jimmy Atkins said students and parents...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2013-03-12/school-system-will-not-pr
Transit expansion plans gain ground

...of public transit as a service used only by the very poor."Any city that's worth its weight ? has a good transportation system that covers (the) entire city," Mason said. "It's high time and past time that we start looking at increased...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-01-07/transit-expansion-plans-
Energy policy dangerous

...all fossil fuels, wind, solar and battery power. Those last three sources cannot drive our highway and rail transportation systems.The president and his green companions are fighting tooth and nail to kill our major assets that are driving...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/letters/2012-06-20/energy-policy-dangerous
Area transit systems near bottom in providing transportation to jobs

...opportunity, and jobs to local labor pools," study author Adie Tomer wrote.The metro area has no regional public transportation system. The cash-strapped, privately-managed Augusta Public Transit is the area's largest but has only nine routes...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-07-10/area-transit-systems-near-bot
Transportation tax is the right thing to do

...total.Everyone uses the transportation system, and by taxing products...don't think they use the transportation system because they don't drive...depends on having a quality transportation system. Where would our state be...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/opinion-columns/2012-07-22/transportation-t
Emma Herrington

...Tuesday, August 28, 2012, in Doctors Hospital of Augusta. Emma worked for the Richmond County Board of Education Transportation System. Until her health declined, she was also employed as a Chef with Gracewood State School and Hospital. Mrs...

http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?I=LS000159548720
Across Georgia

...open today on In terstate 85 north of Atlanta as part of a project being called vital for the entire region's transportation system."I can't state enough how vital this project is for Atlanta and the region," Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2011-09-30/across-georgia
What's our future in space?

...program have not been duplicated by any other country. We have landed men on the moon, developed a unique space transportation system, explored the planets of our solar system and gazed at galaxies light years away.But now our nation's space...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/letters/2012-02-21/whats-our-future-space
Acting superintendent Whitson announces retirement

...17 million revenue shortfall, deal with state changes to the Georgia pre-kindergarden program and address a transportation system that began the year with serious glitches ? while also continuing the duties of deputy superintendent."We asked...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2012-04-17/acting-superintendent-whi