A disappointing result tonight in Clayton County:
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MARTA inched closer to a history-making expansion on Tuesday, but not to the extent many had hoped.
Clayton County commissioners, in a 3-2 vote, opted to let voters decide in a Nov. 4 referendum whether to fund MARTA service within the county by paying a half-penny sales tax. The half-penny sales tax is expected to generate about $25 million.
MARTA officials have said that’s not enough to fund a rail expansion. But it could revive robust bus service as early as next year in a county that has been lacking local public transportation since 2010.
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/transpo...erendum/ngXd9/
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I am generally very optimistic about transit in Atlanta, with MARTA and the streetcar, but it's hard not to see this decision as yet another in a long line of short-sighted political decisions by suburban politicians.