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• CITY OF .ATL~TT.A CITY HALL June 23, 196 9 ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS , Administrati ve Assi st ant MRS . ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Li aison Mr. John A. Volpe Secretary o'f Transportation Washington, D. C. Mr. C. C. Villarreal, Administrator Department of Transportation Urban Mass Transportation Administration Washington, D. C. 20590 Gentlemen: Atlanta's Central Area has and will continue to experience a growth rate that only a handful of cities in the world have ever experienced. Employment, travel and other Central City activities will double between 1961 and 1983. Obviously, this growth will impose many transportation and development problems. Over the years, the cooperative efforts of public agencies and private groups, working toward mutually agreed-upon goals, have resulted in the devel b pment of Atlanta as the Southeast's premier metropolis. Although we take pride in our generation's accomplishments, we cannot afford to rest on our laurels. We must instead redouble our efforts in the future to assure that the dynamic growth which lies immediately ahead will be relevantly planned and developed for the citizens of tomorrow. The Atlanta Area Transportation Policy Committee through its respective staffs and consultants has worked closely with the Urban Mass Transit Administration staff and its consultants in the development of a series of logical decisions on procedures to be followed relative to a trans port~tion p r ogram for technical study. The transportation program for technical study is characterized by : �Messrs. Volpe and Villarreal Pag e Two June 23, 1969 1. The continuation of the Atlanta Area Transportation Study (AA TS) Plan, approved in principle and adopted as a guide to be followed by the Atlanta Area Transportation Study Policy Committee and the City of Atlanta. 2. Synchronization of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority's (MAR TA) proposed application for tech_nical studies with Item 1 above. 3. Synchronization of the Central Area Study, a sub-area transportation study for the Central Area of Atlanta with Item 1 above. This is a unique team effort between the City of Atlanta and Atlanta's business community. As mentioned earlier , the Atlanta Area Transportation Study has been adopted as a guide to be followed for further transportation studies. This action provides an important step in Atlanta's history and link with the Central City Transportation Project. Though we have talked in the past in theory and fact about our urban transportation problems and solutions, we have never had the resources or opportunity to_follow through with them. The Central City Transportation Project would afford us an opportunity and the necessary resources to test transportation approaches and so lutions, such as our 11 busways proposal", and further to detail improvements to our transportation network. The CCT team of consultants headed by Arthur D. Little; Skidmore, O wens and Merrill; Wilbur Smith and A s sociates; and the Real Estate Research Corporation has worked very well with our local public and private agencies in the developme nt of Phase 1 of this undertakin g. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you and your staff for allowing the City of Atlanta to participate along with the above consultants in Phase 1 of the Central City Transportation Project. It has proven to be most meaningful to us. . The Department of Transportation is also to be commended for its · keen awareness and willingness to tackle the transportation problems of urban cities. The CCT project can be most h e lpful to the City of Atlanta in the development of local transportation and related programs. In addition, the experience gained here can be of great help to you and your department in developing subsequent transportation policies which. will lead toward meeting our national transportation goals. �Messrs. Volpe and Villarreal Page Three June 23, 1969 We are very proud of the comprehensive, broad based transportation planning efforts being conduct e d here in Atlanta. We would earnestly request that Atlanta be included as one of those cities to be studied under Phase II of the Central Cities Transportation project. In our view, this project serves to compliment the planning effort now being put forth in the Atlanta region. & yo\,,,u.,.r_s_,_-..J~ Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor ~ ~ /i?w/~~,,d-.,.,.~ William Maynard, Ch AA TS Policy Committee IAJr. /WM:fy �