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THE ATLANTA REG I ONAL RAILROADS I NdTHE RAPID TRANSIT PICTURE last Back i n Febr uar y of nia year , I pr e s ented to t he Georg ia Ar chi tects and Eng i neering Society a concept that I had long been i nteres ted i n, that pr opos ed to bring tl:J.e r a ilroa ds s e r v i ng At lan t a .so well for the past cent ur y, back i nto t he p i c t ure of provide ing reg i onal t ·rans it and commuter s e r v ice, by pr ovi di ng a climate that wo uld r emove t he ece nomic handi caps t hat had pr ogr e ssive l y forced them out of the f i eld they are s o eminantly fi t ted to ha ndle---the hauling of large numbers of peopl e, ecenomica lly, and effi c i e nt l y . thus The a ge of t he personal automible provi ded Ce fl e x i ble and enj oyable means of trans p ortat ion ( r e member this worc!5ig) oyable'). t han t he s mokey, dirty, off s ched ul e trains of t he pasvV making t he personal auto yir e f err ed, even for t he long haul . Then the airplane, delivered the coupe degr ace,t:t,Q:~:-- t he railroads ,-\,.t oday be i ng almost out of t he passenge r b usiness e nt ire l y . and When I talked of us i ng t he railr oad s f or our rapid trans i t I presume there we r e many who wonder ed why I looked t o t his means of sol vi ng our rapid transit , delima . This is brought a bout by severa l f a ctors: First: The boomi ng us e of the pers onal ca r has beg un to boomerang and is defeating its own ends . Ther e are not e no ugh h i ghways, exp ressway s t o handle the volume of cars want i ng t o us e them, bri ngru~g about monume n t a l traffic j a mbs , air polut i on , and parki ng problems , etc ther e fore t he ave rage commute r is n ow look ing f or a be t ter a nswe r t o his desire t o live out , ye t not have to pay s o heavily i n pr e cous time, frustration, and health. He i s asking if possibly there is 1 nt a bette r way. t~ the. fa~t t h ~t e ve r y expre sswa y worthy of the name takes so much of the city a wa y , that ecenomically it be comes more a nd more i mposibl e to consid e r. true . Third : I t i s tn most ci t ies , and ce r tinally is/i n Atlanta , that t he r i ght of way that t he railroad s have a r e very a dva ntageouslylocat ed to be st serve as r api d transit routes, and serve the vario us s e ctions of the city, and this without ca using the d isrupt i on or los s of a s i ngl e bit of t he existing city. --- _,- - -'2,--e-c-mra-:-"I'he GovBrnmerit isb;ginn-i ng t o - fa ~~- u; I , thus propos e t hat we look t o the railroads a gain , and see wha t they offer i f anyt hing. So: First, they move masses of people, bet t er than any other means, and have for a cent uar y. Having done t his, they have much that it takes, such as t ra i ned pers onell , management abil i ty, eonstr ucti on ability and equipment , opperati on, and mai ntenance moxy. Second: The r a ilroa ds started so far back that the cities were not here, but rather the citi es grew along the railroads. If these right of ways are now put to this new use vast portions of the city will not have to be sacrificed to acquireexpressway right of-way, and with stops suitably located, feeder bus lines can radiate out into the neighborhoods from these stops, over the existing streets, and not have to be routed~own town as now to congest the downtuwn streets as is now done. to Third: The railroads are inter-city, going on, and on beyond the limited range that M.. .lhR.T .A. could serve. This means that our outlying cities and towns become satelite cities, and open spaces become available for NEW CITIES, industrial complexes, and office parks, and by reaching out to cities like Gainesville, Athens, Monroe, Covington, Jonesboro, Griffin, Newnan, and Cartersvill~, it becomes a state responsibility, and the state can legitamly participate in its funding and contribute services of the highw y department, and other state agencies . This is needed to take care of grade separation, provide access roads to the stations, and parking at the stations, and other services and implementation acts. In return the successful opperation of this leapfrogging opperation will lessen the need for new wxpressways, thus reducing the expansion needs for expressways . �Page 2 . Fo urth: It has been shown that experience in handling trains as demonstrated over the years by the railroads, is a most valuable phase of railroading, and the existing, trained personell is a a most valuable asset that the railroads have to offer. Fifth: The management and technology of running a transportation system is incomprehensible to most, but is extremely important and NECESSARY. The existing trained technical and managerial resivor that the railroads already have is trully pricel ess . The know how J' -:.,'Yoc for cons truction,opperation, and upkeep of Facilities is truly hard to come by. The railroads have it already, ready. I d-0 not propose, nor do I recomend for a new Metropolitan System to take over the railroads right of way and install tracks, stations, rolling stock, etc., and organize and opperate a rapid transitsystem. I am proposing for the railroads to be· subsedized to the extent that their facili t ies can be updated, with new or s uppl ement tracK as needed modern trains or cars, computerized schedul ing and controlls, then under suitabl e controlls leave the opperation to the railroads own opi:*nation staff. I further propose that they be guaranteed a satisfactory earning on the investment, and opperation by an anual supplementary earning supplement, if rates cannot be set that will show the necessary earning s . This will be required becaused rapid transit will not attract the patronage if i t is ecenomically unattractive to the user, therefore a subsidy most likely will be necessary. I also propos0that the present city transit company opperate the feeder bus service with the existing and augemented equipment, and that the city transit and raiload fares be kept as low asnecessary to meet the competition of the personal vehicle, by subsedizing the earnings i f necessary. I propose that the capitol improvements needed be provid ed by Federal and Metro Bond grants, and by highway aide in the provision of g rade separations where necessary, and access roads t o the railro~d &tat~ons and paviug i.;he needed all day parking lots at the stations . . I suggest that funds to cover these subsedies might be raised in vavious ways, such as to have the Bureau of Public Roads permit an exit toll to be charged to leave the expressways between certain s e ctions. This will serve two purposes. F~rst it is to raise the needed subsidy and bond revenue funds , and· to also discourage use of the private cars to g et into the congested down town areas, and in turn encourage use of. the rapid transit, and city tra nsit. Also for the same reasons, req uire that a tax be imposed on all parking down town, hopefully believeling that both revenue that is needed, and that ecenomic deterant to use of the private vehicle would stimulate use of the transit facilities. Anothe r gainful development to the rail road opperation of the rapid trans i t, would be the planned dual airport for Atlanta. When the .t11wo airports are in opperation, the interchange of passengers will become a ma j or problem, and to throw this load onto the expressways will be intolerable. Yet that is about all that can be done, as he licopt e rs and short hop plan.~s are too r isky, a nd i mpract ical. But i f t her e are r aiload faci lities be tween the se two airpor t s, shut,tle · t r a i ns can handle the loads . As of now t her e is a possible r a il fa cil ity a va iable fo r t he pr e s ent airport, a nd i f t he new a i r port is l oca t ed s o that a few miles of t r ack from the nearby railroad i s possible then the railroad is the way to handle it by using s h uttl e trains f or passengers and baggag e . Eurthermore if t his second a i r port i s l oca ted nort h or east of At lan ta, a d owntown Central Air Termi nal can be created , a s t he State now control ls the air rights over the railroads, r i ght whe r e t he railroad tra ns it cent er would be. This area could become a lar geparking facility to handle the central terminal needs, and with a i rpassengers be i ng picked up from the down town terminal and hauled by train to the embarkation port, a reduction of the t e rminal f a cilities could be ma de at these points. to the beiliefi~f mf the public, the air lines and the communities. Also by this set up the railroads, being regional rapid transit facilities, could thus become feeders for the air lines from the outlying cities on the lines. 1 It seems that with all this to start with, a definate demand and effort should be made to endeavour to implement something that has so much merit. I �Page 3. Howe¥er , the way things are movi ng , this cannot be dallied with. Critical decisions must be made without any delay.-· Some grantt funds ~re even now avail able, and p ossibly by the end of the wi n ter large participation by the Federal Government will become available, that will be eagerly so ught by rival cities, and rival groups right here in our own city . Much has to be accomplished, as of now the railroads have no program to participate in this . They must be either sold or or compelled to participate. Our rival , grandiose MARTA scheme must · be r eplaced by this or this encorporated int o its picture. The Federal Government mblst be s old , however it s e ems ·that this will not be too hard, for much has recently been discussed in Washing ton to give t e railroads a subsidy break such as the airlines and expresswaw n ow are recieving . I have j ust been coaching , I want to have y ou get us a quarterba ck a nd a t eam of experts who can now take the ball and score. I am not t ry i ng to creat e a ny j ob or work f or my company . It is out of my t .e.chnical qualif ications, and I dont care who takes it on if it is pushed as it should be . If MARTA will take it on and p ush it, fi ne, or Voreese, or Mingledorf, or some one capable ~ut n ot a lready too commi ted to be handicapped wi th it. As I s aid i n the beg i nni ng , I a s ked for t his oppert unity to talk to yo u ab out thi s, be ca use I need y our hel p, or rather we need y our help. We have made a lot of contac t s. I have been cores ponding with Mr. Volpe the Secret a ry of Transportation in Washing ton , and have a lot of l iter at ure f urnished f rom his office . He wants gra ssroot hel p with congres s, to get the funds f or the program they are wor king on . I t need our Congressmen, a nd Seaators support ; It needs our legislat ure support . · I already have the Govermors hearty s upport . We have the support of the air l ines f or the Central Terminal idea, and train for transferring passenger s . We have the iruioesemrnt of the Atlanta Transit Company . We do not have the backing of M. A.R.T.A., but do have their strong resistance, for it is undermining their plan, and ·,~ •4tant t; n e:1 ther stoo them. "'r ha:ve them accept this modefication. You are a very represenative cross section of our comunity, ~ana 11::· what I have propos e d to you makes s ense, there are those among y ou who can reach some that need to be met, your help is wanted, and I beg of you to become real l y involved, with our State, County, and City g overnments, not just Atlanta, but Decat ur, Marrietta, Hapeville, College Park East Point, J onesboro, Chamblee, Doraville , etc. Thank yo so much ~.x f ·o r having heard me thru. Ihope it has hit home. If there are any questions, I will be happy to try to answer them. .. �. -~· .. J . , @143.215.248.55 15:21, 29 December 2017 (EST) ' ATLANTA, GEORGIA PHONE 522-4463 ~ Liada P,icc µ . L• ) - ( / / '---7 ~ N~~--~C ~ 58{ Cc_ } ~ -_ l u ruw "'303 l 'r- ( ~ ~ ~ T & '-- ~ ) FORM 25- 11 fJ ~ ~ ..,~-,) ~ ~ �ATLANTA , GEORGIA PHONE 5 22-4463 < Linda Price // )___,, (1 ~ · C-e, ~ 4J ~ ~ ( I (,,, ~ ~ ~ ~ / J ~ ~ ~ ~4. ~ ~ ~/ ( 1 1 c/' " r) ' 0' " ,s- " (y-----~ 0 1 _ __}- - �ATLANTA , GEORGIA PHONE 522-4463 Linda Price 0 FO R M 25- 11 �.• ' .. .. @~o/~~ ATLANTA,GEORGIA PHONE JA. 2:4453 Ivan Allen ' Jr ·, Mayor /14fA 7) 9,7 ~ f/tul( 3(03ljL' ---·-- FORM 25 . 2 y~ �ATLANTA, GEO AG IA ROUTE SLIP ~ \~ TO : ---v-143.215.248.55----t-~{b.._~~---------""---=--==---------FRO M: Da n E . Sw a t , Jr. D For y our informa tion 0 Please r e fe r to the a ttac h ed c o rres ponde nc e a nd ma k e th e necessary re ply . 0 Adv ise me the s ta tu s o f the a ttac he d . t F O R M 25-4-S �Memo DATE From GEORGE BERRY To _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ �MARCH 1969 Serving Architectural, Engineering and Scientific Interests in the State of Georgia VOL. XXVII No. 3 In This Issue : From the Editor's Desk Programs for April ------------------------------------- ---President Bagley's Letter --------------------------------- ---personal Shorts ----- -- ----------- - ------- - ----------- ------Georgia Tech Short Courses -------- - ------ - ------------------Formula for Success ----------------------- -- ---------------Ra id Transit Now - Another Look __ __ __ ___ _ __________________ 3 5 9 11 19 21 22 Sustaining Members Listing -- ---- -------- -- -- ----------------- 28 �THE GEORGIA ENGINEER "Serving the Architectural and Engineering Inter ests in the Stat e of Georgia" [Bl _ n_ r""!!' --

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Hitlin ___ ________ ___ House Joe T . LaBoon ____ ____________ __ Legal Wm. A. N oble ____ ____ ___ _Legislature Robert H. Cording ________ Membership Bernard I. Garland ____ _______ P rogram William T. Cantrell ____ Public Relations Stewart M. Huey __________ Publications J ohn M. F1anigen ________ Qualifications H arold M. Horton __ ______ Registration \ l From The Editor s Desk 1 The prog-rams at our weekly luncheon meetings continue to be excellent. Next month, we'll have some photos of the Science Congress winners as they present t heir achievements to the Society. This month we r eport on perhaps the "sleeper" program of the year - t he one t hat really made a lot of m embers say, "Why couldn't it be done that way ?" There may be several good r easons why N orman Stambaugh 's plan for a r ailr oad oriented rapid transit won't work, and we publish his paper so t hose who know will know we want ar t hose r easons. That paper begins on page 22. Keep the last weekend in May open for our Annua l Summer Outing. The Committee is already hard at work, a nd details will be for t hcoming. Stewart Huey, Editor (g) MIAMI • P O Box 1680 CorJI Gabll."S, Florida QUOTES WE LI KE "A real friend never gets in your way ... Unless y ou hapven to be on t he w ay down." - THE GEORGIA ENGINEER 2 r March, 1969 ANON. 3 �TRANSIT NOW-ANOTHER LOOK by Norman Stambaugh B ack in 1952, I became interested and made some studies to show that t he railroads had a natural facility to start a Rapid Transit system for Atlanta, but I couldn't arouse much interest. The railroad said they didn't want any part of it, because of feather bedding and union domination they couldn't make it pay . . Then our expressway came along and it looked as though we at last had the answer. But our first expressway wasn't finished before it became apparent we had created a noth er monster that we could not seem to control. Yes, these expressways move a lot of vehicles, but at a slower, and slower, and more exasperating pace. To expand, these are g utting our cities, and soon there will be nothing left but expressways and parking lots, with the people and facilities they should serve moving away and leaving them to die if nothing succeeds · in solving the problem . It is not hard to see that mass movement of people, and doing away with much of the need for movement would do much to correct this, but mean,s for satisfactory mass movement and intelligent long range planning is not yet realistic. Why we are where we are, and as we are, is important. Some say Atlanta developed from cow paths-but this is not true. Atlanta did g row from paths or trails that t h e early inhabitants created and used. It was the conflux of such trave l as existed then, and still is the Conflux of todays t r ave l by rail - auto - truck - air - and foreseeably by water. Even when railroads were very new, they reac hed out from the ports and factories toward a conflux or junction, where East, South, West and North met, and exchanged their resources, and so Atlanta grew. Since it was primative, it g r ew a long these arteries, and so Atlanta today, and its outlying towns, are largely developed along the railroads, and this is tremendously important. This is why I am concerned. They didn't put the railroads thru Atlanta- At22 p RO POSED · R. E.Gl ON AL -R.A I L R..OA D · R.APID·TRANS IT TO· SEQVE_- AT LANT A· lanta developed a long the railroad. Thus railroads are here now-open, flowing arteries. To use them to their real capacity is mandatory. Why deface our city when it is not necessary-let's use what we h ave ! Look at the accompaning map - can you show us a better place to put our rapid transit-that is, mass rapid transit? An a uto is a selfish thing-"! will ride it a lone, or my family will ride it, thus I will occupy the highway, and you be damned. If I want to go slow-I will. If I want to speed and jump lanes, I will, etc. etc. We cannot solve our transit needs by your's or my auto in a metropolitan environment. But if you could conveniently use your car to get to a place where you would be able to whisk, in minutes, near to where you want to go, your car would be a help. With your car and rapid transit together, a solution to our dilemma is found, for we will keep the autos off of our downtown streets, leaving surface buses, routed to radiate out from the transit stops more speedily and efficiently. Parking lots could become sites buildings, factories, and stores. Better congested city dwelling would not be essary, but people could move out to ellite towns instead. T-28!> To I-20 ] for still, necsat- . I now want to become specific. L ook at the black lines on the map? They are railroad right of w ays ! Note that these railroads do not end at Doraville, College Park, Decatur, or the Airport as doe;; the MARTA plan, but they go on to Buford, and Gainesville, Palmetto, or N ewnan, Jonesboro or Griffin , Decatur or Covington, Emory or Athens. This brings me to what I am really offering, or visualizing. Instead of a very expensive system, as proposed by MART A, going throug h already densely developed sections, I propose that the railroads be developed to handle t h e rapid transit, not just from Lenox or Decatur, or Hightower Road, (Continued on Pag e 2 7) THE GEORGIA ENGINEER LEGE.ND: RA IL ROAD~ - - - -...... -Sulli=Acf.B145: - - Su ~wAy

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that the interest on the bonds that would be required by MARTA would care for the subsidy. Why should the State pick up this but from farther out, as expansion needs tab? Because it will help the entire State. It will mean everything to the satellite call for. There are reasons why this is very good. cities. It will also mean that instead of the State having to build extra expressways, If no more is provided than MART A has the rapid transit will reduce the growing proposed, nothing more than a glut of high rise apartments will develop, and the chance load on t h e expressways and eliminate some for home ownership, on a decent plot of land new ones. Of course, something would have will disappear. If industry is served by to be worked out to provide these funds to MARTA's proposed transit, residential areas the Highway. Some suggestions are that must disappear and then the city will be- the Federal Government might make grants to cover capital costs, such ·as it is doing come less and less useful. On the other hand, if rapid transit is . for the Airports and trucking industry. When the actual interurban rapid tranprovided from the smaller satellite cities, sit is taken care of by the railroads, who then family living in healthful open space is possibie, where schools, community cen- are most qualified, and with fewer private ters, and typical American living is possi- vehicles on the street, the present city tranble. Also, along these railroads are the sit system should be revamped to provide logical industrial sites, and with rapid tran- better routes out from the rapid transit sit provided from the population centers, stops, and avoid lines converging into the workers can reach their job without the downtown area as now. The city-transit should also remain in the hands of its prinerve racking traffic problems now faced vate operating company; but to maintain by all who work in large plants. low cost transportation it will be necessary This is but a rough generalization of for both Rapid Transit, and street transit what I am proposing·. But, you say, even to be subsidized. However , low fares alone "MARTA" planned to make use of the railwill not make the overall transit system roads, where are you so different? work-other vital ingredients will be necesSpecifically, I am proposing what has sary, such as conveniences, speed, parking, been done in Philadelphia and what is being and access roads must be provided to get to proposed in the Cincinnati, Dayton area, and the stop. It means that modern electronic in others recently heard from-that is let safety and schedule control must be prothe railroads, who have the vital right-ofvided. way, know how, track building equipment, Best of a ll, this could start taking place and trained crew handle the development this year if the legislatur e could act, and and operations of the rapid transit facilithe working arrangements be set up, whereties. But you say, " You just said the rail- as if we wait for MARTA, perhaps Atlanta roads want no part of it." That was back will be so fouled up that it will not matter in 1952, and today, if th ey would not have anyhow. to invest their capital to do this job, but be I for one want a Rapid Transit, but to subsidized to the extent that they cou1d be Region a l, and not MARTA. I was glad derive reasonable income on their investthe Governor scotched the MART A plan. I ment, they would. have reason to believe he will go for this This is the crux. I propose that the State Regional Plan. The State can participate - possibly through the Highway Departon a regional plan, but would find it hard ment - subsidize the capital improvements to go a long on MARTA. n eeded and g uarantee the annual reasonable I hope I have been able to start someincome for this. It is believed by some that thing-that more able politicians, and enthis would be far cheaper than to acquire gineers take this up and put it over. It is the right-of-way, equipment, a nd operation what we need . It will do the trick and can of the proposed project that MARTA be done decades before anythin g· else could. planned. In fact, it is consider ed possible

Another Look at Rapid Transit- Con't.

March, 1969

�THE

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January 11, 1966

Hon. Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Ivan: You will recall that at the organization meeting of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority the Chairman, Mr. Rich, stated that he was appointing a Finance Committee to meet with financial advisors of each of the participating governments. I would be grateful if you would send me the name of the official whom you are appointing to this position. Yours very sincerely,

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Mr . Richard H. Rich Chairman

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�METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY BUDGET REPORT JULY 31, 1967

BUDGET 196 7 Una ppro pri ated Sur plus

ACTUAL J ANUARY 1, 1967 TO JULY 3 1 , 196 7

$128 ,2 81.64

$ 128,2 81.64

Appr opriations: City of At l anta Clayton Co un ty DeKalb Coun t y Fulton County Gwinnett County Sub-Tota ls

$ 84,030 . 00 23 ,1 90 . 00 82 ,77 0 . 00 91,800 . 00 18,210 . 00 .§..300, 000 . 00

$ 63,022. 50 17,392.50 41,385.00 68,850.00 9,105 . 00 $1 99,755.00

Int erest Income

$

INCOME

5,520 . 00

$

2,7 92 .27

Federal Funds: 702 Loan Section 9 Grant Interest - Federal Funds Sub-Totals

_$,371, 000. 00

$ 60,000 . 00 67,6 86. 12 597.46 $128,2 83 . 58

TOTAL INCOME

$6 76, 520.00

$33 0 , 830.85

TOTAL INCOME AND UNAPPROPRIATED SURPLUS

$804,801.64

$45 9,112 . 49

$ 95,000 . 00 276,000 . 00 0

EXPENSES Staff Cost: Sala ries Expenses Benefits : Socia 1 Sec- r ity Gua ranty Fund Health and Accident Insurance Retirement Workmen's Compensation Sub -To tals

$ 68, 950 . 00 10,500.00

$ 35,~20.51 6,361.63

1,109.00 533 . 00 1,6-8 0, 00 10,000 . 00 99 . 00 $ 92,871.0 0

1 ,002 .7 5 400.00 640 , 67 300 . 54 104.00 $ 44,23 0 . 10

Board Meetings

$

3,150.00

$ 1, 900 . 00

$

3,000 .00 2,000 . 00 2,0 00 . 00 3,600.00 1 ,000 .00 250 . 00 1,000.00 33,000.00 5,000 . 00

Administrat i ve and ffice Overhead : Rent Communicati ons and Postage Furniture and Equipment Supplies Printing Auditor Accountant Public Information Advisory Insurance : Public Liability Depository and Forgery Fidelity Bond Sub - Totals

72.00 56 . 00 199.00 51,177.00 $

55.00 56 . 27 __ _l28.60 .§. 20,273.86

CARRI.ED FORWARD

-~147, 198. 00

$ 66,403.96

$

1, 750 . 00 1,101.21 411 . 97 1,214 .7 8 623 . 56 250.00 250.00 13,385.12 977. 35

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BUDGET 1967 TOTAL I NCOME AND UNAPPROPRIATED SURPLUS BROUGHT FORWARD

ACTUAL JANUARY 1, 1967 TO JULY 31, 196 7

$804,801.64

$459,112.49

Brought Forward

$147,198 . 00

$ 66,403.96

Counse l Consultant s: Atlanta Region Metropolitan Planning Commission Urban Design Study: Secti on 9 Match i ng _ Atlanta Transit Study : Section 9 Matching Parsons-B rinckerhoff - Tudor - Be cktel: 702 Loan Section 9 : Federal Matching Retainer Agreement Research and Technica l Servic es Sub-Totals

$ 20,000.00

$

$ 31,250 . 00

$ 29,939.00

32,667 . 00 16 ,3 33.00

8,000.00 9,800.00

3 , 333.00 1,667.00 95 ,0 00.00

0 1,000 . 00 60,000.00

240,000.00 12 0,000 . 00 60,000.00 2,000.00 $602,250.00

60,000 . 00 100,000 . 00 21,8 59 . 05 1,595 . 84 $292,193 . 89

TOTAL EXPENSES

$769,448.00

$366,356 . 46

SURPLUS

s 3~, 353. Q~

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EXPENSES

7,758 . 61

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�• METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY ATLANTA, GEORGIA STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION JULY

3 1 , 196 7

ASSETS Cash in Banks: C & S Nationa l Bank First National Bank - Payroll Trust Company of Georgia Fulton National Bank - Section

$ 10,729.07 2,332.07 1,000.00 90,283.58

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Deposit In Transit (DeKalb County Appr o priation) Investments : U. S . Treasury Bills U. S. Treasury Bills - Sec tion

20,692 . 50 130 , 585.50 0

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Pett y Cash

25. 00

Accounts Receivab le : Gwinnett County - 1967 Gwinnett Count y - 1966

$9,105.00 4,552.50

13,657 .5 0

TOTAL ASSETS

$269,305.22 LIABILITIES

Account s Payable

$ 91,857 .45

Payroll Taxes Withhe ld and Accrued Reser ve s : ARMPC : Ur ban Design Study Atlanta Transit Study Parsons - Brinc kerhoff - Tudor - Bechte l : Sect i on 9 Matching Retainer Agreement : Transpor tati on Study Publ ic Information Surverying TOTAL LIABILITIES SURPLUS

1,166 . 97

5 , 800.00 1,000 . 00 70,000 . 00 $

207. 70 696 . 30 5 ,820 . 77

6,724.77 176,549 .19

$ 92,756.03

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SUMMARY OF MARTA REVIEW OF "RAPID BUSWAYS 11 PROPOSAL.

As requested by Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. on June 28, 1967, MARTA and its staff and consultants have reviewed the proposal made by the Atlanta Transit System for 11 RAPID BUSWAYS" in Atlanta. The proposal was given serious and objective consideration and study over a period of approximately five weeks. Contact was made with Atlanta Transit System personnel and additional material was obtained from them. MARTA reports three basic findings: 1.

The costs to develop the busways were seriously underestimated. MARTA estimates that the costs would be three to four times the amount noted in the proposal.

2.

Time schedules also were seriously underestimated. No busway could be made operational in less than 3½ years, the same time required for the East Line of rapid transit. The interim between completion of busways and completion of rail rapid transit would range from a minimum of one year to a maximum of three years.

3.

The amount of busways coinciding with MARTA routes is no more than 50 percent, and quite likely would be no more than one third and require considerable expenditures which would never be recovered by MARTA.

MARTA makes two recommendations : 1.

Because of the high cost for very short term relief , _ implementati on of the "Rapid Busways 11 proposal should not be attempted .

2.

If the public interest demands an e x perimental development of buswa y s , it is recommended that any expe r i mental busway be bui l t f i r st along MARTA ' s Ea s t - We s t Li n e .

The attac hed r eport p r ovides deta il s f o r the above find ing s and recomme ndat i o ns .,

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�CLOSING SUMMARY

Based on MARTA's study and review of the " Rapid Busways" proposal , MARTA concludes that the implementation of the busways proposal as it now stands is not practicable e --The time required to complete a specific busways and rapid transit line (except where subway is concerned) is virtually the same. The " interim" between operational busways and operational rapid transit would be almos~ entirely consumed by the laying of tracks for rapid transit . --The total cost of busways is not $52 million as described in the proposal , but , according to MARTA engineers, more like $150 million. --While $150 million is indeed much less than the cost of rapid transit , busways so constructed would not do the job of relieving traffic as will be required for a permanent longrange solution for a city of 2 million people. - -Although there is a great differential in costs , it would be much more wasteful to spend $150 million for an inadequate interim system than to spend $350 million for permanent and eff i cient relief . MARTA ther efore : 1.

Di sappr o v es of busways as a permanent solution and r ecommen ds against its i mplementation as an interim mea s u r e ;

2.

Co n c l udes that the e x per imental route p r oposed b y the At l anta Tr a p s i t System as an interim soluti on would be a wa s te of p ub li c money ;

3.

Recommend s that i f i t i s deemed nece ssa ry by t he Atlan ta c ity o ffici a ls to dev elop a n e x perimenta l s e ction , t h at the e xperime n ta l s ection s houl d ut ilize MARTA ' s Ea s t - We s t Line s, a nd u se them e x c l u sive l y and n ot att emp t to u se rights o f wa y wh ich wi l l n e v e r b e o f any v alu e t o MARTA .

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MAYOR RANDOLPH MEDLOC K STONE MOUNTAIN , GA .

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Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia

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Dear Mayor Allen:

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Since you have more than casual interest in rapid transit, I thought you would like to have copy o f the minutes of the meeting of the Ge.orgia Highway Users Conference recently held in Atlanta.

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DIRECTOR COUNCILMAN J. C . MINTER CAIRO

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We are a little bit unusual in that the Georgia Municipal Association is possibly the only state municipal group belonging to the state or national Highway Users Conference. The Association of Count y Commissioners used to dominate this group , however , we have as much influence with the membership as the county folks do.

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Please l e t us know whenever we may be of service.

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CITY M A N A GER JOHN H . MAR K LAN D P RE S ID EN T . C I T Y M AN AGER S " SEC TION D ECA TU R

AD M I N . AS S I S T . R . TR A VIS HI G G I NB O T H AM PRESIDENT. CITY C L E R K S ' SECTI O N AW B ANY C ITY ATTORNEY W ILL I AM E . S MITH PR E S I DENT , C IT Y ATT O RNEYS' SECTION AMERIC U S

�HUC-6-66 MINUTES OF MEETING GEORGIA HIGHWAY USERS CONFERENCE MARRIOTT MOTOR HOTEL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA June 8, 1966

r bhose present were:

o. C. Hubert, Chairman William Dal ton, Vice Chairman Charles Skinner, Vice Chairman Stephen Styron, Vice Chairman Harold Budreau A. R. Brickler W. B. Bryan Charles Clynick Tom Duncan George L. Evoy Harry Fox Elmer George Billy George Ed McGill James Golden Otis Hathcock Jack Houston George H. Jones Iverson H. Lord, Jr. Tom Patton Walter Phillips, Jr. I:I. Eston Reagan M. F. Smith Andy Springer H. c. Thompson W. M. (Bil l) Williams

Georgia Motor Club (AAA) Georgia Rural Letter Carriers Assn. Georgia Motor Trucking Assn. Georgia Hotel-Mot~l Assn. Turner Advertising Company Portland Cement Assn. Southern Bell Telo & Tel. Co. Automobile Manufacturers Assn., Detroit Atlanta Journal Georgia Motor Club (AAA) Georgia Branch, Asso. General Contractors Georgia Municipal Assn. Visitor (son of member) Georgia Mobile Homes Assn. and Georgia Oilmen's Assn. Ford Motor Company Travelers Protective Assn. Georgia Assn. of Petroleum Retailers Georgia Tire Dealers Assn. National Highway Users Conference Georgia Oilmen's Assn. Georgia Automobile Dealers Assn. Atlanta Automobile Assn. Tr avelers Protective Assno Atlanta Traffic & Safety Council Georgia Assn. of Petroleum Retailer s State Representative, Hall County

Introductions : The meeting was called to or der by Chairman Hubert, who i nt r oduced Iver son Lord, Regional Repr esentative of the National Highway Users Conference . Eleventh Highway Transportation Congress : Reports of committee re commendat i ons during t he Elevent h Highway Transport ation Congress in Washington, D. c., held in April, were made by members who attended. Rapid Transit: Charles Skinner, Chairman of the Legislative Committee, explained a resolupassed by the last Georgia General Assembly that proposed a constitutional amendment to allow the state to help finance rapid transit. The proposed amendment, to be voted upon in the next general election, declares public transportation of passengers for hire to be an essential governmental function. It limits the · state's participation to not more than 10% of the total cost. The resolution, as written, does not threaten gasoline tax funds, which by constitutional amendment must be used for highway purposes.

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HUC-6-66-2 FEDERAL SAFETY STANDARDS Governor' s Safety Commit t ee I s Tes t imony.~ State Representativ-e W. M Bi ll) Williams ., Chairman of the Governor's Commit tee on Traffic Safety, repcr ·~ed en his commit tee's -t",estimony before a u. s. House Committee hearing on proposzd federal automobile safet.y legislation. 0

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The committee hearing was told, Williams said, that a federal agency to lead the way for traffic safe t y is necessary for unifo~mity . How2ver, Williams added, Georgians do not want fo dGral con-::.rol; just federal l e adership. The federal legislators, Williams reported, were told that a cill submitted by Georgia Congressman James Mackay is superior to the administration measure. Williams added, however, that there are portions of the President's bill that the C~orgia panel agrees with. Industry's Position on Safety Bills: James Golden of Ford Motor Company, in Atlanta, predicted that compromise legislation would come out of u. s. Congressional proceedings on federal safety standards for automobiles allowing the states to participate in setting the standards. Golden said industry wants the states to utilize their know-how in the field of safety when standards are set and that federal authorities should supervise. Golden predicted, however, that t he Vehicle Equipment Safety Corrnnis s ion, which a lready has been setting standards, will not be utilized by t he fede r al gover nment. It is wrong to conclude that the s tates have done nothing in the field of auto safety, Golden said. Then he enmnerated many safety features now on automobiles tha t came about through states actions. It is also wrong to conclude that the industry has done nothing, Golden . said . Ther e would be many more deaths on the highways if industr y had not been attacking t he problem, he said. Other bus ine s s : Chairman Hube r t de clar ed that constr uction of per imeter r oads would be a good alternati ve to r apid t rans it . They would keep thr ough traffic off downtown s tretches, he s aid, and all ow l ocal t raffi c to f l ow mor e smoothly. He urged the conference t o cons ider three points f or f uture programs . They are (1) f i nish perimeter roads, ( 2) start pl anning mor e oute r perime te r r oads, and ( 3) plan f or additi onal traffic now on freeways, including overbuilding in downtown areas and extra lanes for other portions. The Atlanta Automobile Association was approved for membership by the Conference.

�METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORI TY GLENN BUILDING • A TL ANT A , GEOR GI A 30303 OFFICERS :

April 18, 1966

Richard H. Rich,Chairman Roy A. Blount, Vice Chairman Glenn E. Bennett, Secretary

MEMO TO :

Members of MARTA Heads of Governments in MARTA Members of ARMPC

FROM :

Glenn E. Bennett, Secretary, MARTA

SUBJECT :

Report on Transit Authority Progress

The Washington meeting was reported to y ou a week or so ago . Since then progress has been made in implementing agreements with the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 1.

The 702 loan application has been revised to cover $125,000 worth of engineering. This will be used for a lump sum contract between the Authority and Pa rsons , Brinck erhof f - Tudor-B e chtel, to provide preliminary engineering data· on th e 1962 "Initial Sy stem" of 21 mil e s of rapid transit, roughl y b e tween Oglethorpe and Hapeville . Th is includes studies of e x isting c onditions , preliminary designs , methods of construction , soil conditions , mapping , e quipment t ype , t y pical structure , and preliminary e ngine e ring of rout e s and st a tions . Estimated time : J ul y 1 , 196 6 to J u ne 30 , 196 7 .

2.

A 701 planning study h a s b e en outlined a nd p r ese nted to HUD , a mounting to about $1 8 7 , 500 . Th is invol ve s ab ou t $ 1 25 , 000 in gr ants fr om HUD and ab ou t $62,5 00 in Autho r ity ma t chi ng f und s . A lump s um c o n t rac t fo r about $100 , 0 0 0 wi ll be ma d e by ARMPC with Pa r son s Brinckerh o f f - Tudo r- Bech t e l fo r u p d a ting t h e entire 1962 r a p i d tran si t p l ans, devel oping new patr o nage and revenu e es t imate s , opera t i ng c o sts , and for preparing a comprehe n sive report on the entire project . I t will

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include consideration of new and proposed development in all parts of t h e area as it relates to transit. A lump sum contract for about $ 50 , 000 will be made between ARMPC and Hammer , Greene & Siler Associates for economic and financial studies. Th is will include determination of all feasible methods of financing the system in stages , equitable formulas for cost-sharing among participating governments , proper allocations of capital costs, projections of tax digests, and the preparation of a comprehensive financial plan with appropriate reports. About $37, 000 will be for admi nistration, staff planners , audit , travel , and ARMPC overhead chargeable to the transit project. Th is is an eleven-month pro j ect , probably beginning in J une, 1966. 3.

Th e Authority wi l l make a cost - plus contract with Parsons , Brinckerhoff - Tudor- Becht el to cover other continuing engineering services required ov er and above the two federall y- assisted programs. The amount of work to be done u nder this contract within about a year from J ly 1 , 1966 , is estimated at $1 00 , 000 , although the extent of work required cannot be determined e xa ctly .

The financial position of t h e Authority at present is a s follows ~ Local p ledged money for 1966 ~

$ 91 08 00

Fu lton Cou nty Atlanta DeKa l b County Clayton County Gwinnett County Amount e xp ected from

$ 3 0 , 000

30 8 2 , 77 23 , 190 18 , 210

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Actual amounts received as of April 15 : City of Atlanta DeKalb County

$ 21 , 007.50 20,692.50 $ 41,700.00

Total Amount disbursed for expenses to date

21,084.46 $ 20 , 615.54

On Hand

Amount now due from local governments ~ City of Atlanta Clayton County DeKalb county Fulton County · Gwinnett County

$ 21,007.50 11 , 595.00 20,692.50 45,900.00 9,105.00 $108,300.00

Summary of requirements for the $ 3 00, 000 local government funds : Disbursements to date for expenses of Study Commission Matching funds for 701 planning project

$ 21 , 084.46 62,S0Q.00

Non-federal engineering contract

1 00,000.00

Authority staff , office o verhead , equipment, and items not chargeable to federal projects

116 , 415.54

Total

$ 300 , 000.00

On April 14 , the Ch airman , Mr. Rich , and the Vice Chairman , Mr . Blount , reviewed the program with the Secretary, Mr . Bennett , the Legal Counsel , Mr . Etheridge , and representative s of the two consult i ng firms ~ Mr. W. O. Salter of Pa rs ons , Brinckerh off , Quade and Douglas ; and Mr . Alan Welty of Hammer and Company.

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Meetings have been held with the appropriate federal officials of HUD. The Chairman has sent letters to the participating governments requesting quarterly payments due on the 1966 pledges. It has been decided to call a meeting of the Authority for the first week of May. I would like to try May 3rd at 4:00 P. M. in the Glenn Building 6th floor conference room. Will MARTA members please let my office know if this is acceptable? For your information, I have been asked by Senator Harrison Williams (N. J.) to testify April 28 before the Senate Housing Sub-Committee relative to proposed new mass transit legislation.

�CHARLES LONGSTREET WELTNER

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mtasbington, 1».~. 20515 August 19, 1966

Dear Friend: Knowing of your interest in the paramount problem of urban development, I am writing to you about a major issue in this field. The question of mass transit is one which plagues all cities, especially Atlanta. My concern with urban transportation has involved me with legislation since my arrival in Congress. In 1964, after months of work, my committee on Banking and Currency reported out and pressed ior passage of the first major rapid transit bill in this country. The act passed the Congress: and I am pleased to report that under it, Atlanta has received almost $300,000 in Federal Aid. Atlanta demands a rapid transit system to unify a growing city. The metropolitan center must grow··into a cohesive unit with -organized means of transportation. Currently, the Congress is considering the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1966. The bill was reported out of my committee and passed the House on August 16th. The bill included an amendment which I offered for grants for technical study. Under this section of the bill, grants are made available to states and local public bodies and agencies: for planning, engineering, and designing of urban mass transportation projects. Studies pertaining to feasibility of- projects, preparation of ~urveys and engineering specifications, and other pre-construction activities fall under this section. The version of the bill which passed the House kept my amendment intact. I am pleased with the progress which has been made in this area and shall continue to do all that I can to promote the advancement of interest and action in the field of rapid

�August 19, 1966 Page Two transit. If you have any questions or comments in this area, please do not hesitate to call on me. With best wishes, Sincerely,

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GLENN BU ILDING/ A TLA N TA , G EO RGIA 30303 / AREA CODE 4 0 4 52 4 -5711 OFFICERS: Richard H . Rich, Chairman Roy A. Blount, Vice Chairman Edmund W. Hughes, Secretory

August 4, 1969

Henry L. Stuart, Gen e ral Manager

Mr. Charles L. Davis Director of Finance City of Atlanta 501 City Hall Atlanta, Ga. 30303 Dear Mr. Davis: We appreciate very much receipt of the City of Atlanta's· check No. 77'J,.5 dated July 30, 1969 in the amount o f ~12,520 . 50 covering the City's appropriation to the oper a t i ng budge t o f the Transit Authority f or the thi rd q uarter of 1969. With kindest reg ards. Sincerel y yours ,

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H. L . Stu art, General Manager.

�MINUTES OF THE EIGHTEENTH MEETING OF THE METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY AUGUST 1, 1967

The Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority held its regular meeting on August 1, 1967, at 3:00 P.M. in the Glenn Building Conference Room, Atlanta. Mr. Richard H. Rich, ·chairman, presided. MEMBERS PRESENT: Robert F. Adamson (City of Atlanta) Sanford Atwood (DeKalb County) M. C. Bishop (Fulton County) Edgar Blalock (Clayton County) Roy A. Blount (DeKalb County) Rawson Haverty (City of Atlanta) K. A. McMillon (Gwinnett County) Richard H. Rich (City of Atlanta) MEMBERS ABSENT: L . D. Milton (City of Atlanta) OTHERS PRESENT: Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority H. L . Stuart, General Manager Glenn E . Bennett~ Secretary King Elliott , Public Information Director Earl Nelson, Chief Engineer H. N. Johnson , Secretary to General Manager Joan Eschenbrenner, Secretary MARTA Advisory Committee H. Bo y er Marx, American Society of Landscape Ar chite c t s Ro y J . Boston, P . E ., Georgia Society of Pr ofessiona l Engineers

�Consultants W. 0. Salter, Parsons, Brinckerhoff-Tudor, Bechtel, San Francisco J. A. Coil, Resident Manager, Parsons, Brinckerhoff-Tudor, Bechtel, Atlanta Raymond O'Neil, Deputy Resident Manager, Parsons, Brinckerhoff-Tudor, Bechtel, Atlanta R. W. Gustafson, Supervising Engineer, Parsons, BrinckerhoffTudor, Bechtel, Atlanta Robert P. Barksdale, Project Estimator, Parsons, BrinckerhoffTudor, Bechtel, Atlanta David McBrayer, Traffic Engineer, Parsons, Brinckerhoff. Tudor, Bechtel, Atlanta Louis Dismukes, Eric Hill Associates, Atlanta C. B. Cleveland, Eric Hill Associates, Atlanta Arden Brey, Eric Hill Associates, Atlanta W. Stell Huie, Huie & Harland, Atlanta Torn Watson Brown, Huie & Harland, Atlanta Others Joseph Errigo, Urban and Community Development Assistant, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Atlanta P.A. Springer, Atlanta Traffic and Safety Council Rober t W. Roseveare, Traffic Engineer, DeKalb County J. B. Cooley, Planning and Research Engineer, Bureau of Public Roads Norman J. Van Ness, Bureau of Public Roads George B. Pilkington, Bureau of Public Roads Gerald L. Smith, Bureau of Public Roads Joseph E. Lay, Robinson-Humphrey Company, Atlanta William M. G. Fletcher, White, Weld & Co., New York Dick Hebert, Atlanta Constitution David Nordan, Atlanta Journal Art Schultz, WSB Radio Ken Goodnight, WSB-TV Abe Gallman, WSB-TV Harve y Kramer, I n tern, Fulton County Comptroller's Office Al Barr, Intern, Fulton County Comptroller ' s Office Bill Hayes, Intern, Fulton County Comptroller's Office J . D. Wingfield, Jr . , Jerry A. Coursey, Mrs . Margaret C . Breland, Miss Claudette Parrish , Tim Urban , Atlanta Region Metropolitan Planning Commission

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The meeting was called to order by the Chairman. Minutes Upon motion by Mr. Bishop, seconded by Mr. Blount, the reading of the minutes of the July meeting was dispensed with and they were unanimously approved. Financial Report The Gene ral Manager presented the financial report as of July 31, 1967, which is attached hereto and made a part of these minutes. DeKalb County had sent in its second quarterly payment; Gwinnett County was the only one in arrears. Progress Reports General Manager Mr. Stuart reported on the two-week managerial seminar he attended at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, sponsored by Kent University and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The General Manager said Los Angeles, Seattle and Washington, D.C., were to have referenda during 1968 with regard to rapid transit. He pointed out that insufficiency of federal funds may be less important than the competition from these cities. Mr. Rich mentioned the importance of taking steps to hold a referendum in 1968. Mr. Stuart reported on meetings with Cousins Properties regarding MARTA's requirements. Cousins Properties were about to incur certain construction expenses in the Air Rights area in their efforts to provide for future rapid transit operations; these were costs that could be charged to MARTA under appropriate agreements. Mr. Stuart requested the Hoard's approval to continue negotiations with Cousins. Costs involved had not been determined; however, Mr. Stuart es timated th em t o be between $70,000 and $90,000 . The Chief Engineer was to mee t with repre sentatives from Cousins Properties and reach agreement as to exact costs which would be eventually chargeable to MARTA, when funds were availab le. MARTA would be responsible for accrued interest as well. It was moved by Mr. Bishop and seconded by Mr. Haverty that the General Manager continue negotiations with Cousins Properties with an indication of intent o~ the part o f the Authority, provided al l requirements were met.

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�Mr. Stuart said the proposed subcontract between Parsons, Brinckerhoff-Tudor, Bechtel and Law Engineering Testing Company for test borings had been reviewed and found to be in order. Upon motion by Mr. Bishop, seconded by Mr. McMillan, approval was given to proceed with the subcontract. Mr. Rich suggested that in the future the General Manager prepare a brief write-up on each proposed subcontract prior to the Board meeting. Consultants Parsons, ·Brinckerhoff-Tudor, Bechtel Mr. Coil summarized the report given at the briefing prior to the Board meeting, which included parking layouts, patronage estimates, and parking lot requirements for the 64-mile system; work contemplated in connection with the soils engineer on the central and west lines which Law Engineering Testing Company was to do; as well as the work being done in San Francisco on central line alignments affecting the I-75/I-85 connector on West Peachtree Street. Hammer, Greene, Siler Associates

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In the absence of Mr. Hammer, Mr. Bennett said the report on financial feasibility was completed and that copies would be made available to the Board very soon. "Rapid Busways" Proposal As a result of a request from Mayor Ivan Allen, the Board had directed the MARTA staff to review the rapid busways proposal made recently by the Atlanta Transit System. Mr. Stuart read the complete report of this evaluation, the summary of which is attached hereto and made a part of the minutes. In response to a question from Mr. Blalock, Mr. Stuart said the rights-of-way for rapid busways and rapid transit were not the same. The Chairman polled each Director for his reaction to the report. Mr. McMillan was emphatic in hoping that nothing would divert the Board from its efforts to bring rail rapid transit to metropolitan Atlanta . Mr . Bishop said he was concerned with the legal entanglements involved in the busways proposal. Mr. Haverty stated he wouid be interested in the rebuttal from the Atlanta Transit System with regard to the report. Mr. Adamson felt there were too many problems

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�and that there would be a delay in rapid transit if the busways proposal were accepted. After discussion, it was moved by Mr. Blount, seconded by Mr. Bishop, and unanimously agreed that the Chairman forward to Mayor Allen MARTA's recommendation that the implementation of the "Rapid Busways" concept not be attempted. Other Business The Chairman introduced the following interns from the Fulton County Comptroller's Office: Harvey Kramer, Al Barr and Bill Hayes. Adjournment The Chairman adjourned the meeting at 3:50 P.M. Next Meeting September 5, 1967.

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�MINUTES OF THE EIGHTEENTH MEETING OF THE METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY AUGUST 1, 1967

The Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority held its regular meeting on August 1, 1967, at 3:00 P.M. in the Glenn Building Conference Room, Atlanta. Mr. Richard H. Rich, Chairman, presided. MEMBERS PRESENT: Robert F. Adamson (City of Atlanta) Sanford Atwood (DeKalb County) M. C. Bishop (Fulton County) Edgar Blalock (Clayton County) Roy A. Blount (DeKalb County) Rawson Haverty (City of Atlanta) K. A. McMillan (Gwinnett County) Richard ·H. Rich (City of Atlanta) MEMBERS ABSENT: L. D. Milton (City of Atlanta) OTHERS PRESENT: Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority H. L . Stuart, General Manager Glenn E. Bennett, Secretary King Elliott, Public Information Director Earl Nelson, Chief Engineer H. N. Johnson, Secretary to General Manager Joan Eschenbrenner, Secretary MARTA Advisory Committee H. Bo y er Marx, American Society of Landscape Architects Ro y J . Boston , P.E. , Georgia Society of Professional Engineers

�Consultants W. 0. Salter, Parsons, Brinckerhoff-Tudor, Bechtel, San Francisco J. A. Coil, Resident Manager, Parsons, Brinckerhoff-Tudor, Bechtel, Atlanta Raymond O'Neil, Deputy Resident Manager, Parsons, Brinckerhoff-Tudor, Bechtel, Atlanta R. W. Gustafson, Supervising Engineer, Parsons, BrinckerhoffTudor, Bechtel, Atlanta Robert P. Barksdale, Project Estimator, Parsorts, BrinckerhoffTudor, Bechtel, Atlanta David McBrayer, Traffic Engineer, Parsons, BrinckerhoffTudor, Bechtel, Atlanta Louis Dismukes, Eric Hill Associates, Atlanta C. B. Cleveland, Eric Hill Associates, Atlanta Arden Brey, Eric Hill Associates, Atlanta W. Stell Huie, Huie & Harland, Atlanta Tom Watson Brown, Huie & Harland, Atlanta Others Joseph Errigo, Urban and Community Development Assistant, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Atlanta P.A. Springer, Atlanta Traffic and Safety Council Robert W. Roseveare, Traffic Engineer, DeKaib County J. B. Cooley, Planning and Research Engineer, Bureau of Public Roads Norman J. Van Ness, Bureau of Public Roads George B. Pilkington, Bureau of Public Roads Gerald L. Smith, Bureau of Public Roads Joseph E. Lay, Robinson-Hwnphrey Company, Atlanta William M. G. Fletcher, White, Weld & Co., New York Dick Hebert, Atlanta Constitution David Nordan, Atlanta Journal Art Schultz, WSB Radio Ken Goodnight, WSB-TV Abe Gallman, WSB-TV Harvey Kramer, Intern, Fulton County Comptroller's Office Al Barr, Intern, Fulton County Comptroller's Office Bill Hayes, Intern, Fulton County Comptroller's Office J . D. Wingfield, Jr . , Jerry A . Coursey, Mrs. Margaret C . Breland, Miss Claudette Parrish, Tim Urban, Atlanta Region Metropolitan Planning Commission

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�The meeting was called to order by the Chairman. Minutes Upon motion by Mr. Bishop, seconded by Mr. Blount, the reading of the minutes of the July meeting was dispensed with and they were unanimously approved. Financial Report The General Manager presented the financial report as of July 31, 1967, which is attached hereto and made a part of these minutes. DeKalb County had sent in its second quarterly payment; Gwinnett County was the only one in arrears. Progress Reports General Manager Mr. Stuart reported on the two-week managerial seminar he attended at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, sponsored by Kent University and the Department of Housing and Urban De velopment. The General Manager said Los Angeles, Seattle and Washington, D. C., were to have referenda during 1968 with regard to rapid transit. He pointed out that insufficiency of federal funds may be less important than the competition from these cities. Mr . Rich mentioned the importance of taking steps to hold a referendum in 1968. Mr. Stuart reported on meetings with Cousins Properties regarding MARTA ' s requirements. Cousins Properties were about to incur certain co n struction e x penses in the Air Rights area in their efforts to pro v ide for future rapid transit operations ; these were costs that could be charged to MARTA under appropriate agreements . Mr. Stuart requested the Board's approval to continue negotiations with Cousins . Costs involved had not been dete r mined ; howeve r, Mr. Stuart estimated them to be between $70 , 000 and $90 , 000 . The Ch ief Engineer was to meet with r epresentatives from Cousins P r ope r ties a n d r each ag r eement as to exact costs which would be eventuall y c h a rgeab le t o MARTA , when f u n ds we r e a v a i lab le . MARTA wo u l d be r es p o n sible for accr ued i nte r est as we l l . I t was mo v e d by Mr. Bis h o p a n d seconded b y Mr. Have r t y tha t th e Gen e r al Ma nag er continue n e gotiatio n s with Cousin s P r o p e r t i es with a n indi c a tion of inte nt o ~ the part of t he Au t ho r ity , p r o vide d a ll r e quir e me nt s were met .

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�Mr. Stuart said the proposed subcontract between Parsons, Brinckerhoff-Tudor, Bechtel and Law Engineering Testing Company for test borings had been reviewed and found to be in order. Upon motion by Mr. Bishop, seconded by Mr. McMillan, approval was given to proceed with the subcontract. Mr. Rich suggested that in the future the General Manager prepare a brief write-up on each proposed subcontract prior to the Board meeting. Consultants Parsons, Brinckerhoff-Tudor, Bechtel Mr. Coil summarized the report given at the briefing prior to the Board meeting, which included parking layouts, patronage estimates, and parking lot requirements for the 64-mile system; work contemplated in connection with the soils engineer on the central and west lines which Law Engineering Testing Company was to do; as well as the work being done in San Francisco on central line alignments affecting the I-75/I-85 connector on West Peachtree Street. Hammer, Greene, Siler Associates In the absence of Mr. Hammer, Mr. Bennett said the report on financial feasibility was completed and that copies would be made available to the Board very soon. "Rapid Busways" Proposal As a result of a request from Mayor Ivan Allen, the Board had directed the MARTA staff to review tqe rapid busways proposal made recently b y the Atlanta Transit System. Mr. Stuart read the complete report of this evaluation, the summary of which is attached hereto and made a part of the minutes. In response to a question from Mr. Blalock , Mr. Stuart said the rights-of-way for rapid busways and rapid transit were not the same. The Chairman polled each Director for his reaction to the report. Mr. McMillan was emphatic in hoping that nothing would divert the Board from its efforts to bring rail rapid transit to metropolitan Atlanta. Mr. Bishop said he was concerned with the legal entangle ments involved in the busways proposal. Mr. Haverty stated he wouid be interested in the rebuttal from the Atlanta Transit System with regard to the report. Mr. Adamson felt the ~e were too many problems

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�and that there would be a delay in rapid transit if the busways proposal were accepted. After discussion, it was moved by Mr. Blount, seconded by Mr. Bishop, and unanimously agreed that the Chairman forward to Mayor Allen MARTA's recommendation that the implementation of the "Rapid Busways" concept not be attempted. Other Business The Chairman introduced the following interns from the Fulton County Comptroller's Office: Harvey Kramer, Al Barr and Bill Hayes. Adjournment The Chairman adjourned the meeting at 3:50 P.M. Next Meeting September 5, 1967.

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�THE SECRET A RY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOP M ENT WASHINGTO N, D. C . 20 4 10

Oc t ober 16, 196 7

Honora ble Ivan Al len, Jr. Mayor City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 near Mayor Allen : An invitation i s being extended to all rec ipients of financial assistance under the Urban Mass Transportation Act to participate in the 1968 Design Awards Program conducted by the Urban Transportation Administration of the U. s. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Awards will be given in System Design and in Item Design, including rolling stock, stations, and rights-of-way. New and rehabilitated works will be judged, as will planned projects. Judging will take account of how the design is related to comprehensive planning and of the entry's contribution to the physical, economic, social and aesthetic development of the metropolitan area, the central city, and the neighborhood. Consideration will also be given to excellence in function, and to economy and environmental harmony. Entries must be received no later than January 15, 1968. A distinguished jury, including persons in the fields of planning, architecture, engineering, sociology, and graphics will evaluate entries and reconnnend awards. A limited number of Honor Awards and several Merit Awards will be given in System Design and Item Design. The Department also plans to prepare brochures and other printed materials describing the award-winning projects. Detailed information is attached, and in this inaugural program of Design

Robert Enclosures

that you will participate Urban Transportation.

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LIST OF VISITORS TO ATLANTA, ,

M.~RCH 27, 1969, I N R.EI/4TION TO URBAN MASS T~~NSPORTATIO N AGE NCY CENTRAL CITY PROG~"-1'1S Dick Lam , responsible for cen t r al city programs o f Urban Y~ss Transp ortation Agenc y . HaFry Braley, director of five ci ty program for Arthur D. Little cori.sorti u.rn working otit of Washington , D. C.

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Peter Hetz , assistant to Harry Braley. ·Allan S 1 oan, director of Arth u r D. Little consortium team in Atlanta. Lois Dean, Arthur D. Little t eam member. Mark W. Cannon, Director, Institute of Public Administration, New York~ re s p ons ible for study of votes rejection of mass transit bond referrendurn. ,.

Frank Graves, Institute of Public Administration. ,/ Le~is Bowr!'.a n, Chai rr'.'. an, Politi ca l Science Depa rt me n t, Emory Uni v2rsity and IPA consultnn t o n voter study.

�METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY GLENN BUILDING / A TL ANTA , GEORG IA 30303 / AREA CODE 404 524 -5 7 11 O FFICE RS: Ri chard H. Ri ch , Cha irman Roy A. Bl ount , V ic e Chairman

June 3, 1968

Edmund W. H ugh e s , Se cre t ar y Henry L. Stuart, Gen e ral Manager

Mr. Dan Sweat, Jr., Director of Go~ernmental Liaison City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mr. Sweat: Your letter to Mr. Rich has been forwarded to me for reply. We are indeed sorry that you will not be able to make the trip to Montreal and Toronto on June 12th and 13th. May I suggest that you extend this invitation to someone else whose opinions and judgement are highly regarded in the community? We will continue to accept reservations as long as there are seats available.

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Henry L . Stuart

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�May 31, 1968

Mr. Richard H . R ich, Chairman Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authodty Glenn Building Atlanta , Georgia 30303 Dear Mr. R ich : Thank you for the invitation to participate in the MARTA. in - pection tour of. the Montreal-Toronto mass tr nsit sy t ms . I will be unable to ccept this invitation. However, Mayor. All n is · ncouraglng all the member of the Board of Alderm. n to go and I hope that 11 ol th m can. I s w ome of the Montreal system. last urnm ;r and f · el that it will help our c u for some of the top policy .. makers to g t first hand look.

Sine rely yo,a ,

D n Sweat DS :fy

�METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY GLENN BUILDI N G / A TL AN TA , GEORG IA 3 0303 / AREA CODE 4 04 5 24 - 5711 OFFICERS: Richard H. Rich, Chairman

May 29, 1968

Roy A. Blount , Vice Chairman Edmund W. H ugh e s, Se cre t a r y Henry L. Stuart, General Manager

Mr. Dan ·sweat Liaison, Mayor's Office City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mr. Sweat: The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority is organizing a trip to Montreal and Toronto to see their rapid transit operations. The char~ered fli ght will leave Atlanta for Montreal on Wednesday, June 12, go to Toronto that night , and leave Toronto Thursday, June 13, to return to Atlanta. (Abbreviated itinerary is attached.) Since MARTA is not able to pay for such a trip, each person who accepts the invitation to go will bear his own expenses. The cost of the trip, including contingency allowance, will be $180.00 excluding hotel charges other than room, breakfast and lunch Thursday, or any personal expenditures. Any overage will be returned to you. Invitations are being extended to about 300 governmental and business leaders, including Atlanta's Mayor, Vice-Mayor, and aldermen; the Commissioners of Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett Counties; all mayors in the four counties; members of the Atlanta Area Transportation Study Policy Committee; presidents, executive officers, and others in the Chambers of Commerce; the Governor, Lt. Governor, Speaker of the House, and other state officials; news media, and other individuals who have expressed interest in such a trip. If you know of someone not in these categories who should be invited, please let me know immediately, and this same invitation will go to those you suggest. Reservations for the trip will be made on a first-come, first served basis for the 86 seats available. I hope you will make your reservation promptly. Your check for $180.00 made out to MARTA for the Montreal-Toronto Trip should be in our office as soon as possible. This trip will enable you and others who will play a leading role in the development of rapid transit in Atlanta to see first hand two modern rapid transit systems and what they have done and are doing for their communities, and to do so at min imum ex pense. I hope you will plan to make this trip. · Since r ely ,

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Wednesday, June 12, 1968: 7:30 A.M. _8:

00 A.M.

11:00 A.M.

Check in at Atlanta Airport. Take off for Montreal. Arrive Montreal. Chartered buses to tour and guides for the inspection.

4:30 P.M. -- Chartered buses leave Montreal for the Airport. 5:30 P.M.

Take off for Toronto

6:30 P.M.

Arrive in Toronto. Chartered buses to the hotel. (Accomodations are double occupancy. ) Attend banquet and reception following annual banquet of the Institute for Rapid Transit.

Thursday, June 13, 1968: After breakfast on your own, join IRT for a tour of Toronto rapid transit and real estate developments associated with it. Lunch on your own. 3:15 P.M.

Chartered buses leave hotel.

4:00 P . M.

Take off for Atlanta.

6 : 45 P . M.

Arrive Atlanta Airport .

�M ETROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHO RITY GLENN BUILDING / ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 / AREA CODE 404 524-5711 OFFICERS: RichQrd H. Rich, Chairman Roy A. Blount, Vice Chairman

July

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Edmund W. Hughes, Secretory Henry L. Stuart, General Monogor

MEMORANDUM TO HEADS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND FINANCIAL OFFICERS . In accordance with Section 16(b) of the MARTA Act of 1965, the Financial Statement for the second quarter of 1969 is attached and made a part of the enclosed Minutes.

H. · L. STUART

�MINUTES OF THE FORTY- SECOND MEETING METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY JULY 1 , 1969 The Board of Di r ectors of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority held its regular meeting on July 1, 1969 at 3:30 P . M. in the Conference Room, 619 Glenn Building, Atlanta , Ga . Mr . Roy A . Blount , Vice Chairman , presided . MEM BERS PRESENT M. c. Bishop (Ful ton County) Roy A. Blount (DeKalb County) s . Truett Cathy (Clayton County) Rawson Haverty (City of Atlanta) K. A. McMillon (Gwinnett County) L. D. Milton (City of Atlanta) Richard H. Rich (City of Atlanta) John c. Wilson (City of Atlanta) MEMBERS ABSENT Sanf ord s. At wood (DeKalb County) John c . Staton (Fulton County) OTHERS PRESENT Me t r opolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority H. L. Stuart , General Manager E. w. Nelson, Chief Enginee r King Elliott , Public Information Director Edmund w. Hughes , Auth ority Secretar y H. Ne Johnson , Administrative Assistant Consultants

w. o. Sa l t er , P BQ&D, San Franc i sco Je A. Co i l and Ra y Gus tafson , PBTB , w. Stell Hui e, Hu ie and Ha r land

Atlant a

Others Jan Richey, Georg e Brown and John Mil l er , City of Atlanta Planning Department Andy Springer , Great er At lant a Traffic & Safety Council Dona l d G. Ingram , Central Atlanta Pr ogress , Inc e William H. Par r , Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Jerry Cour sey, Atlanta Region Met r opolitan Planni ng Commissiono

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Before taking up the regular agenda, Mr . Blount stated that he was presiding at the request of Mr . Rich. Mr. Blount expressed regret in behalf of the Members over the recent resignation of Mr. Rich as Chairman of the Authority. Mr. Rich had tendered his resignation to Mayor Ivan Allen on June 23rd, advising that due to the press of other essential business he felt that it was necessary that he leave the Board. The meeting was then called to order by the Vice Chairman . Minutes Minutes of the June 3rd meeting had been mailed prior to the meet ing . Upon motion by Mr . Bishop , seconded by Mr . Haverty, they were unanimously approved . Financial Report The Authority's financial report as of June 30, 1969 was before the Board. Mr. Stuart asked for approval of the statement in order that it might be mailed to the Local Governments, as required at the close of each quarter by the MARTA Act. He pointed out that tbe budget was closing out for the first half with a balance of some $14,000.00 due to lesser charges to Counsel and PBTB . Financial support from DeKalb County and Gwinnett County had been assured for the balance of the calendar year. Payment from Clayton County had been received for the entire year. Meetings had been held with financial officials of the City of Atlanta and Fulton County concerning their contributions for the second half of 1969. Attention was called to the Bus Lease Account financial s tatement . Mr. Stuart stated . that the apparent deficit reflected in this account was not an "out of pocket" deficit and was due to the differential between interest and depreciation charges and that the two figures would even out within a few years. Upon motion by Mr . Bishop, seconded by Mr. McMillan, the financial statement was unanimously accepted , and Mr. Blount directed that a copy be forwarded to heads of the Local Governments and financial officers. The financial statement is attached and made a part of these minutes. Report of General Manager Mr . Stuart stated that at the June meeting the Board had authorized him to proceed with the preparation of an application to the Department of Transportation (DOT) fo r financial suppo rt towards a proposed technical studies work progr am . He sta t ed this program had been presented to the AATS Technical Co o rdinating Committee (TCC) at their meeting on June 19 , 1969 and subsequently the TCC had p a ss ed a resoluti on a pproving the filing of the appl icat ion with DOT and recommended its appr oval by the AATS Policy Committee. · -

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�Report of General Manager (cont ' d) Afte r some discussion the Board agreed that before lengthy and expensive engineering and cost studies are made , various transit proposals should be analyzed and taken to public meetings to determine their general acceptance and political feasibility . The Board instructed its General Manager and Chief Engineer , working with its consulting engineers, Parsons Brinckerhoff-TudorBechte l, to analyze the mass transit recommendations of the Voorhees Report and to compare them with the regional rapid transit system proposed earlier by MARTA. They are then to produce a recommendati on for a s y stem which will include t he best elements of both proposals e The Board asked that this analysis be completed for presentation at the MARTA Board Meeting on August 5th. Following this meeting , it is expected that this analysis will be presented to the AATS Technical Coordinating Committee , the AATS Policy Committee , and at public meetings. In assigning this work to the engineers, the Board agreed that this approach is in agreement with the resolution of the AATS Policy Committee of May 22, 1969 in which MARTA was asked to develop f u r ther specific information in connection with those r e commendations o f the Voorbee s Report involving rapid transit. Resignation of John C. Staton Mr. Blount advised the members that Mr. John c. Staton had also resigned from the Board because extensive t ravel commitments mad e it impossible for him t o attend regular Board meeting s e I t wa s with regret that Mr . Staton had found it necessary to take this action since he had contributed tremendously to the rapid transit p r ogram .. Mr e Blount advised that if it was a g reeabl e to the Members he would be glad to serve as Acting Cha irman of the Authority unt il an e lecti on c o uld be held after the two new directors are appointed . This action was enthusiastically approved by the Membe rs present. Report of Counsel Mr o Huie stated that several legislator s had asked him if MARTA was plann i ng to seek a n e w sour ce of loc al f unds f o r a llocation to rap id transit . He s ugg est ed tha t the Board c onsid er a study of possible s ources with the view of eventually r ecommending a speci fi c source b eing earmar ked for rapid t r ansit . Ad jou rnme n t Mr . Blount adj o u rned the meeting at 4:20 P . M. Next Meeting August 5 , 1969. 3 -

�METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORI'IY BUDGET REPORT JUNE 30, 1969

BUDGET Fund Balance Les s : Adjustment _- State of Georgia

ACTUAL JAN. 1, 1969 TO JUNE 30 1969

$ 49,720.61

$ 49,720.61

$ 49 2 720.61

1 925.80$ 47,794.81

Appropriations: City of Atlanta Clayton County DeKalb County Fulton County Gwinnett County Sub - Totals State of Geor gia Interest Income Federal Funds

$ 42,015.00 2,898.75 41,385. 00 45,900.00 2,276-.25 $134 , 4 75 • 00 20,633.05 500 . 00 31,000.00

$ 16,974.00 2,898.75 16,719.54 18,544.00 919 . 61 $ 56,055 . 90 0 2,728.45 0

TOTAL INCOME TOTAL INCOME AND FUND BALANCE

$186,608.05 ~2.J6,,J28.6'1

$ 58,784 . 35 ~l06,!2Z2 .l6

$ 7 o, 274 . 08 8,976.92 1,,581.12 266.66 1,227 . 97 13,339.88 182 . 00 3 , 000 . 00 $ 98,848 .63

$ 35,974.19 4,199.72 1,409.84 266.66 746 .38 0 213.00 1,500.00 44,309 . 79 $

$

3,050 . 00 2,231.47 3,338 . 49 361. 87 1,500. 00 500. 00 3,000.00 25,000 . 00 $ 38,98 1. 83

$

$137,830.46

$ 55,369.89

INCOME

EXPENSE Staff Costs: Salaries Expense Social Secur ity Guarantee Fund Health and Accident Insurance Retireme nt Workman 's Compensation Board Meetings Sub - Totals Administrative Costs: Rent Communications Supplies Insurance Accountan t Auditor Public Information Attorney s Fees and Expense Sub - Totals EXPENSES - CARRIED FORWARD

1,551.00 1,105.10 9 01. 62 5 09 . 79 37 5. 00 5 00 . 00 7 3. 59 6,044 . 00 $ ll, 060.10

�METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY BUDGET REPORT JUNE 30, 1969

BUDGET

ACTUAL JAN. 1, 1969 TO JUNE 30 1969

TOTAL INCOME AND FUND BALANCE• Brought Forward

$236,328.66

$106,579 . 16

EXPENSES: Brought Forward

$137,830.46

$ 55,369.89

Consultants on Retainer: Parsons, Brinkerhoff-Tudor-Bechtel

$

Contracts : Atlanta Area Transportation Study Technical Studies Sub-Totals

$ 14,000. 00 46,500.00 $ 60,500.00

$ 12,500.00 14,000. 00 $ 26,500 . 00

TOTAL EXPENSES

$206,330.46

$ 82,702 . 44

FUND BALANCE BALANCE

$ 29,998.20

$ 23 , 876 . 72

8,000.00

$

832 . 55

�METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY ATLANTA, GEORGIA STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION JUNE 30, 1969

ASSETS Cash in Banks: Citizens and Southern National Bank First National Bank Trust Company of Georgia Fulto n National Bank Citizens Trust Company

$ ll, 353.53 2,849.60 1,000.00 1,731.91 940. 74

$17,875.78

Investments - U. S. Treasury Bills: Regular Funds

29,713.33

Petty Cash Airline Deposit

25. 00 425.00

TOTAL

$ 48,039, ll LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE

Current Liabilities: Payroll Taxes Withheld and Accrued Fund Balances: Reserve - Parsons, BrinckerhoffeTudor-Bechtel Retainer Agreement: Transportation $ 557.46 43. 27 Reproduction Unappropriated TOTAL

$

2,561.66

$ 21,000 . 00

600. 7 3 23,876 . 72

45 , 477 . 45

$ 48,039 , ll

�METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY BUS LEASE ACCOUNT JUNE 30,1969

ASSETS Cash in Bank Busses Less:

$

Accumulated Depreciation

$398,946.80 39,894.72

4,696.52 359,052.08

TOTAL

$363,748.60 LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE

Notes Payable

$370,139.26

Fund Balance: Balance at Dec. 31, 1968 (Deficit) Less for Current Period

$

2,366.99· 4,023.67-

6,390.66--~------:.-

TOTAL

$'.36,'.3;748 ,60 INCOME AND EXPENSE STATEMENT JAN. 1, 1969 TO JUNE 30, 1969

Rental Income Less: Depreciation Interest LOSS FOR CURRENT PERIOD

$ 25,410.00 $19,947.36 9,486.31

29,433.67 $

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JER RY A. COURSEY . TRANSPOR TATI ON PLANNING COOR DINATOR

TCC Members

Agency

Member

Atlanta Clayton County Clayton Municipalities Cobb County Cobb Municipalities DeKalb County DeKalb M~nicipalities Fulton County Fulton Municipalities Gwinnett County Gw i n nett Muni c i pal i ti es Atlanta Transit System MARTA State Highway Department ARMPC

Collier Gladin Tom Hawkins William E. Bennett Joe Sims Don t~h i te Arthur A. Mendonsa Robert Roseveare Turner McDonald Undesignated Clarence Higginbotham Bill Fortune Bill Nix Earl Nelson Leland S. Veal J . D. \~i n g f i e l d , J r .

FROM:

Jerry A. Coursey Transportation Planning Coordinator

SU BJECT:

Revie w of 11 Atlanta Area Transportatio n Study Recommende d Re g i o n a l Hi g h way P l a n 11

Enclosed is a copy of the 1'Atlanta Ar ea Transportation Study Recommended Re g ional Hi g hway Plan , 11 drafted by the State Hi ghw ay Depart ment , s ho wi n g : l. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Exis ting f r ee ways . Fr ee wa ys p r oposed for construction by 19 83. Fr ee ways pr oposed fo r r ight - of -way acquisi ti on by 1983. Art e ria l str eets (e xisting a n d/o r p r o posed f o r i mpr ove men t or cons tr uction by 1 983 ) . Coll e ct o r str e e t s (e xistin g a nd/o r p r o pos e d for impr o vement o r con s t ruc t i on · by 1 983 ) .

�As you recall, the AATS consultant primarily focused his attention on the evaluation of freeway and express transit alternatives in developing his recommended plan. In the Summary of HighlightsRecommended Transportation Program, the consultant says 11 The arterial and collector street system included in the highway recommendations is fundamentally that developed by the AATS staff following analysis of earlier forecasts of highway travel and review with area planning and traffic eng i neering staffs. This system represents a general plan indicating the approximate locations and scope of the arterial-collector system. It will require further study and refinement as the final freeway and transit routes are determined and as future development occurs. The traffic operations study procedures advocated by the U. S. Department of Transportation (TOPICS) will be useful in this work. A development and improvement pr ogram of major proportions is required and it will require a major financial underta king. " You are asked to review the enclosed map with two separate and distinct objectives: FIRST : The arterial and collector system is intended to be essentially the same as that contained in Test Netwo r k 80 3 which was developed jointly by the AATS staff and the TCC membe r s during 1967. Each county's TCC member or alternate has a colo r -coded copy of Networ k 803 showing the a r terial and collector system. You are requested to carefully compare the enclosed map with this earlier version ( 80 3 ) to identify copying errors . The first objective is to produce a correct copy of the recommended plan . Please notify me of any errors prior to Au gust 15 so that I can assemble the comments and transmit them to the State Higpway Department for co rr ection of the o ri ginal . SECO ND: You are as ked to aga i n revie w the map (as co rr ec te d) to i dentify any su r face streets which mi ght wa rr an t r ev i s i on either i n functional classif ic a t ion (h i ghe r o r l owe r ) o r number of lanes ( mor e or less) . As yo u kn ow as pa r t of a new cons ul t ant contract , i t is i nt ended t h a t t he f i nal r ecommended plan soon r ece i ve traffi c fo r ecasts f o r des i gn pur pos e s . The AA TS s taf f wo uld again li ke the benef i t of y our a dv i ce in its rev ie w of t he ar te ria l and collec t o r s y s te m pri o r t o use by the c onsu l tant i n this f in al phase of the current AATS work pr og ram . The AATS sta ff intends th a t the recommended pla n should refl e ct t he local gov e rnm e nt s plans to the maximum extent pos s ibl e , consistent with overall AATS r e gional system planning criteria . Th e

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�second objective of this review is to provide the AATS staff and consultant with current local technical staff s u gg es ti on s ab o u t po s s i b l e a rte r i al an d col l e ct o r re visions in the recommended AATS plan. Please notify me by mail before September 9 of any suggested changes, including appropriate supporting technical materials, so that I can consolidate your technical comments for review by the AATS staff and consultant. These comments sho~ld be separate and distinct from the previously discussed "corrections." TCC members representing municipalities are reminded that they should consult appropriate technical staff persons in each city within their county in carrying out these reviews. Each TCC member is expected to consult all appropriate staff persons within his agency. As you know, the Policy Committee recently authorized a TOPICS study for metropolita n Atlanta (lraffic Qperations !:_"rogram for Increasing Capacity and Safety). The TCC's TOPICS Subcommittee Ts active l y-engaged in developing a proposed planning program. State Highway Department TOPICS guidelines indicate that the approved AATS highway plan will form the basis for the TOPICS study system. This State Highway Department policy adds urgency to the need to reach final technical and policy level agreement on the recommended transportation plan.

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Policy Committee Members TCC Alternate Members

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12:00 News July 2, 1969 RAY MOORE

When a Decatur housewife - not mine, incidentally ~

heard that Richard Rich had stepped down as MARTA chairman, she said, "That's good

I'm tiring of hearin,

our neighbors say he only wants rapid transit so people can get downtown to his store." That criticism was unjustified by logic - because the tougher it is to get down town, the more Rich will sell in suburban stores. Moreover, those who worked with him know him as a public spirited man who wants what's best for Atlanta. Still, the complaint was heard frequently - and it was I one more albatross hovering over last November's ' sinkin

of rapid transit. Another person who watched MARTA in action - if that iE the proper word for it - said, "Mr. Rich is an intelligent, . forceful man - perhaps too forceful and authoritarian.

He ran the board like he was running an effi-

cient store.

But there were many volunteers, and

volunteers don't always jumµ like paid employees." That same force and authority, however, was necessary to bring together and hold t ogether a METRO group different people with different ideas and different interests.

Richard Rich held them because of who he ii

and what he is.

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RAY MOORE

The Board will elec.t a permanent chairman to take Rich's ; place.

But Mayor Allen will name a person · to fill his

seat on the board. When he's looking around, the Mayor is not likely to forget the opposition to MARTA from the Negro community. · l

MARTA tried to counter that by hiring a Negro staff member late in the game.

It was too late.

He was the

last hired and the first fired after the election. I

Rich is quoted as saying he be1ieves a younger man ought I

to head the authority - one who has the patience to wait ; for things to happen and see them through. t

Young?

Maybe.

Patient?

Please, not while we're stalle,

on the expressway - cooling in a steel pot on a concrete griddle.

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�MINUTES OF THE FORTY-THIRD MEETING METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRN'!SIT , AUTHORITY AUGUST 5, 1969

The Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Au lanta Rapid Transit Authority held its regular meeting on A:qgust 5, 1969 at 3 : 30 P.M. in the Conference Room, 619 Glenn Building , At t anta, Ga. Mr . Roy A. Blount, Vice Chairman, presided . MEMBERS PRESENT Sanford s . Atwood (DeKalb County) Roy A. Blount (DeKalb County) s. Truett Cathy (Clayton County) Rawson Haverty (City of Atlanta) K. A. McMillon (Gwinnett County) L. D. Milton (City of Atlanta) John c. Wilson (City of Atlanta) MEMBERS ABSENT M.

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Bishop (Fulton County}

OTHERS PRESENT Metr opolitan Atlanta Rapid Tr~nsit Authority H. L. St uart , General Manager E.W. Nelson, Chief Engi neer King El l iott , Public Information Director H. N. Johnson , Administrative Assistant Consultant s

w. O. Salt e r, PBQ&D, Sa n Franci s co J. A. Co il, PBTB, Atlanta w. Stell Huie, Hui e and Harl~nd Others Jan Richey and George Brown, City ot Atlanta Pl~nning Dept. Andy Springer, Greater Atlant a Traffic & Safety Council Donald G~ Ingram, Central Atlanta Progress, InG. William Ho Parr , Atlanta Chamber ot Commerce

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�Others (cont 1 d) Glenn E ~ Bennett and J. D. Wingfield , Jr., ARMPC Edgar E. Schukraft , Southwest Atlanta Association Newsmen - WSB-TV Newsmen - WAGA-TV Tom Linthicum 8 The Atlanta Constitution Aubrey Morris , WSB Radio Pat Potter , DeKalb New Era The meeting was called to order by the Vice Chairman. MINUTES Minutes of the July 1 meeting had been forwarded to the members prior to the meeting. Upon motion by Dr. Atwood, seconded by Mr . Cathy, they were unanimously approved. FINANCIAL REPORT The General Manager reported that administrative and operating expenses were well within the budget and the fund balance remained ahead of the budget . Appropriations from the Local Governments for the third quarter had been received with the exception of Gwinnett County. After some discussion, the financial statement was unanimously accepted and is attached and made a part of these Minutes. REPORT BY THE VICE CHAIRMAN Mr e Blount reported on his recent appearance before the United States Senate Banking and Currency Committee in Washington on July 29 in support of the Transit Trust Fund. He noted that he had urged the passage of this important legislation as a means of financing mass transit . He was doubtful that the legislation would pa ss t his year but was hopeful that it would be introduced for congressional consideration again next January~ Following his appearance before this Committee, he met with Senators Russell and Talmadge to seek their support in the passage of the bill. ENGINEERING & DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE Mr ~ McMillon reported on a probl e m that had previously been brought before the Board but never resolved regardi ng additional costs to Cousins Properties Inc . in modifying the construction of their a ir rights parking development to accommodate a future rapid transit line . He said the p r oject in the Spring-TechwoodHunter Street Viaduct area was now complete and in operation with all constr uction costs finalized ~ Mr. Cousins had asked that the Board acknowledge its o bligation to pay for the additional cost of construction amounting to $85 , 770 . 00 o Adequat e documentation had been received f r om the contractor to substantiate t he additional costs and the Chief Engineer for the Transit Authority had -

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�reviewed and verified the above figure ~ Meetings had also been held with L&N Railroad officials under whose jurisdiction the construction work was perf ormed, and they felt this cost was appropriate 0 Mr ., McMillan stated that it was the recommendation of the Engineering and Design Review Committee that the Board pass a r esolution in which it recommended payment of the $85 , 770e00, plus a reasonable interest rate to Cousins Properties Inc . for extra expenditures on its air rights development in the vicinity of the Terminal Station, contingent upon a successful referendum to finance a mass transit system for Metropolitan Atlanta ., Upon motion by Mr .. Haverty, seconded by Dr ., Atwood 8 the following resolution, after being read by the General Manager , was unanimously adopted·i WHEREAS u on August 1 8 1967 u the MARTA Board in it s r egular meeting considered the problem of the Air Rights Development over the proposed west line right- of -way, and WHEREAS , the Board authorized the General Manager to negotiate with Cousins Proper ties Inc. , the developer , with an i ndi cation of intent on the par t of the Authority to bear necessary expenses to which Cousins might be put to accommodate a rap i d t r ansit line beneath the said Air RightsDevelopment e and WHEREAS , it now appears that the construction has been completed at a cost to Cousins of $85 , 770 more than the same would have cost without special a r rang ements having been made for t he proposed MARTA lines , and WHEREAS, it appears that an expenditure considerably in excess of the aforesaid amount would be required had not Cousins been wi lling to make advance p r ovision for said right of way during construction ; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED u that the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Tr ansit Authority hereby agree a nd accept as a proper figur e t he sum of $85 ,770 for extra expenditures by Cousi n s P r oper ties Inc . on its Air Rights Development to provide a mass transit right of way and does hereby r ecomme nd, contingent upon a successful referendum financing a mass transit plan for metropolitan Atlanta approving routes whereby the right of way provided for mass transit by Cousins Properties Inc . through said a rea will be utilized for the benefit of t he public, that t he said sum of $85 0 770 be p a id to Cousins P roper ties Inc.,, its successors or assigns, and BE I T FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board recommend that Cousins Proper ties Inc. be reimbu rsed at a fair and reasonable interest rate on the afo re said s um from thi s date forthwith and until the same is final°ly acknowledged and paid as set forth above . -

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�Mrs McMillan further reported that the Engineering and Design Review Committee had met on July 24th for the purpose of discussing the progress being m~de by the staff and consultants in executing the assignment given them July 1 to compare the earlier MARTA plan and the Voorhees recommended plan and to produce a recommendation for a transit system which would include the best elements of both plans. Mr. McMillan stated that the Committee felt that work was proceeding along appropriate lines but was not complete enough to present to the Board at the current meeting. Mr. Blount suggested that the Committee work closely with the staff and con$ultants and report to the Board regularly as to the progress of this work. REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE Dr. Atwood presented a new two-year work program and an application for $718,000.00 in federal funds. The work program covered the work necessary to prepare a new rapid transit proposal for submission to the voters, including several new projects, as well as a revision of earlier work, some of which had been outdated since failure of the referendum last year. Three broad categories of work were involved, the first of which concerned concept studies involving route or ha~dware adjustments. This work would amount to ~bout 8% of the total project. Continuation and completion of the Voorhees work is included in this; also an analysis of busways. Second, there would be a refinement of an adopted system to the same standards of detail and accuracy as the system proposed by MARTA in 1968. This work would amount to 47¾ of the total. Patronage, operations and revenue estimating, and a new financial plan would be among the projects in this element. Third, there would b e a supporting program which would form a foundation for public understanding of the plan as finally adopted. This would be 45¾ of the total project. Included in this element would be a cost/benefit analysis and a public information program plan~ tring project. The total budget for the two-year period would be $1,693,000.00. For 1970, the budget is $732,000.00 and for 1 971 $961, 000 . 00 . Federal funds would amount to $359,000.00 each year. State funds would be $73,200.00 in 1970 and $91,600.00 in 1971. Local participation would be $299,800.00 in 1970, returning to the pre- 1969 level . In 1971 the local participation would be $465,400 . 00 , a s omewhat higher rate than previously. Completion of the work described would result in a program which could be sutrnitted to the voters late in 1971 o r in 1972. Dr. Atwood stated that it was the consensus of the Committee members that the budget, pS pr~sented, was appropriate to the work to be done during 1970 and 1971 and recommended that the Board adopt the budget framework and plan to approach the Local Governments about 1970-71 appropriations. I~ response to questions , Mr. Stuart stated that the new program is responsive to the resoluti on of the AATS Policy committee; that the program is in keeping with the Federal guides; that Federal funds are available, and -

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that the Federal application can be amended if it is found desi r able to do so after the p r ogram i s discussed with Local Government s ~ Mr ~ Blount stated it was necessary to have not only money from the Local Governments , but their full support of the program as well ~ Dr e Atwood said it was most important that we anticipate needs for 1971, going beyond 1970 . Mr . Wilson suggested that the Board take the recommendation to the supporting governments as early as possible to determine if they will fully support the p r ogr am a After discussion of the proposed 1970-71 budget and work program, including the new Federal application, upon motion by Dr a Atwood , seconded by Mr e McMillon, they were unanimously adopted , subject to gaining acceptance by the Local Governments ~ CHANGE IN TIME OF REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS Mr $ Stuart stated that one of the Board members had approached him about setting an earlier meeting time due to heavy traffic congestion a r ound 4:30 and 5:00 P 9M. following adjournment of the meeti ng s i n o rder to accommodate those members living in adjacent counties ~ After a discussion, the members approved moving the meeting time of f utur e meetings fr om 3 :30 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. REMARKS BY GLENN E. BENNETT - ARMPC Mr . Bennett stated he had two items that he would like to discuss wi th the Board . The first item was the continuing planning activities f o r the Atlanta Area Transportation Study (AATS) which would amount t o practically a new AATS . ARMPC had passe d a reso l ution at their July 28 , 1969 meeting in which they urged their member governments and other appropriate agencies to take immediate steps to initiate the continuing , comprehens i ve land use/ t ransportati on planning program called f o r by the Atlanta Area Transportati o n Study Policy Committee and keyed t o the 1970 census e Mr . Bennett hoped that .MARTA would continue to parti c ipate i n the AATS work . Mr . Wingfield stated the continuing p lanning process was a Federal requi rement and ARMPC was concerned abou t the State Highway Department of Georgia and MARTA quali f y ing for F e deral funds . Mr. Blount pointed out that our proposed Techni ca l Studies Application to the Depar tment of Transportatio n d o es hav e an i t em for the continuing planning wor k and that MARTA does i nte nd to cooperate a nd p articipa te in f uture AATS work. The second i tem discussed by Mr . Be nnett was t he purchase o f the Atlanta Tra nsi t Syste m by MARTA. He stated many p eop le b elieve MARTA shou l d purch a s e ATS n ow a s an int e rim mea sure to improve transit service in t h e Atlanta area. This item was also discussed at the ARMPC meeting on J u ly 28e It was Mr. Huie's opinion t h at the legal problems cou ld be worked out for this transaction but · the big problem was financi al -

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�support. It was felt that if MARTA bought the Atlanta Transit System and improved the bus service, it would probably operate at a deficit, and the deficit would require a subsidy from the supporting governments which would probably require a referendum to raise these funds. Mr. Blount asked about Fede~al support in such a situation. Mr. Stuart stated that the Authority could receive up to a twothirds grant for buying the Atlanta Transit System, but there was no Federal provisions at this time for financial assistance towards an operating subsidy.

Mr. Haverty stated that it was MARTA's function now to do planning for a mass transit system and that the purchase of ATS should be part of the implementation when the over-all project has been approved by the public. Mr. Blount pointed out that our proposed application to D.O.T. does have an item for the bus system acquisition investigation and that it was his opinion that purchase of the Transit System should be initiated by the participating local governments rather than by MARTA. Mr. Bennett asked that a representative from MARTA atte nd the next AR!-1PC meeting, which Mr. Blount acknowledged. ADJOURNMENT The Vice Chairman adjourned th~ meeting ~t 4: 25 P .M. NEXT MEETING September 2, 1969 - 3 ; 00 P.M.

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�HETROPOL ITt\N ATIAUTA i Al'IP TRAffo I T AUTHORITY ,~llIX, aT :.E!.'ORT

JULY 2d, 1969 ACTUAL 1 , 1( ' ' · ' TO JULY 28 , 1969

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$ 49,720.61

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1,9 25 .80~ $ 47 , 794.8 1

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$ 42 ,015 .00 2,898.75 41 ,38s.oo 45 ,9 00.00 2,276 . 25 $ l34, 4 75 00 20 ,63 3 .05 ·, 00 . 00 .L. OJ . 00

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$9 5 , 265 . 45 INCOME $236 ,328.66 .A_L INC01 ,::, A'ND F ND BALANCE 1, C'l r., , ' 2 Sl4b , o-,. ~s EXIENSC $ 70,274. 08 8, 976.92 1 . 581.12 ti I , 1 ', ': .. bb . b6 '. l . 97 J l') . .~ .. 8, ,' . r,:, - 88 182.00 ·r'l··, 1 ' 1 t . .. ~) l,7'i0 11 lO $ <'i8, 84o . 63 ,. , , o::;o . oo ~ 2,231. /~ 7 1t l 3, '318.49 , ,l OJ i( '\ $ .l8, 981. 8 3 LAli.. l,/AR1 1, 6 7 '• 1,. , 9 •l 0 3 , 00('. 00 2,, on. oo [nform.1 t il 1. . , hl I • 0 1,10 , 10 ~I' Jbl. 87 1,r)oo .00 '>C • ·. .,, t Ii.' ) qJ ~.b '• I)( 3,000 .00 1·1 ./ ' 1 ' ~ . 0 L 59 7, PW. /9 12, b! 3 . 44 7 $ �.METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY BUDGET REPORT JULY 28, 1969 BUDGET TOTAL I NCONE AND FUND BALANCE Brought Forward SES: Brought Forward ACTUAL JAN . 1, 1969 TO JULY 28,19 69 $2 36,328 .66 $146,075.38 $13 7 , 830.46 $ 63,651.99 E ' PE Consultants on Retain r s : drsons, Brinckerhoff-Tudor-Bechtel $ Co ntra ts: Atlanta Area Transportation Study Te chnical Studies Sub-Totals $ 14, 000 . 00 46,500 . 00 $ 60 ,500.00 $ 12,500.00 14,000.00 $ 26,500 . 00 TOTAL EXPENSES $2 06,330.46 $ 90. 984 . 54 ~ § FU ND BALANCE 8,000.00 22,228.20 $ 832.55 2.2, 020 . 84 �.METROPOLITAN ATLA TA RAPID TRANc;JT AUTHO RITY ATI,ANTA, GEORGIA STATEHEN1 Ot FIHA.l\JCIAL CONDIT ION JULY 28, 1969 ASSETS a~h in Banks : ritit ns and Southern Nationdl Bank t ; . Na ti o nal Bank irus l Company of Georgia t,ilto n National Bank 1'i:·i7ens Trust Co mpa ny A.ppr, pr1atio n s Receivah le: .ity of Atlanta

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~ill cm County G~1inne tt Co unty $ 4 ,2 58 .5 6 854.52 1,000.00 1 , 731. 9 1 940 . 74 $ $ 12,5 2 0.50 12,332.73 13, 6 78 .00 678.3 2 8 , 785 .73 39 ,2 09. 55 Inv0stme nts - U. S . Treasury Bills: R!:- \U lar Funds 29,463.90 '. '. ', . 00 5 . 00 !'. tty Cas h ,\ i line DPposit L12 $ ZZ , 9 Q!L 1.8. T,)1AL LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE ru 1 1 >, I •• ' ,;i ·ul ll ili til .; I J I s Withheld a 1 1d Ace 111 a 1, .. 17.61 1 , rvt ar:,ons, Brine kerhot l ~T<Jd,1r -Bc·L ltr.r>l ~rc,e men t: ..,' ,")7 .46 , • 111 p,,rtdt1on P pr0d11, ti n 43. 27 t $ l 11. ,,, r $ 21,0 00.00 ,1. 600.73 55,09 0 , 84 76,691.57 S 77,909, 18 �l METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY ~ GLENN BUILDING / ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 / AREA CODE 404 524-5711 OFFICERS: Richard H. Rich, Chairman Roy A. Blount, Vice Chairman October 13, 1969 Edmund W. Hughes, Secretary Henry L. Stuart, General Manager Mr. Charles L. Davis Director of Finance City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Ga. 30303 Dear Mr. Davis: This will acknowledge receipt of the City's fourth quarterly payment to the Transit Authority's operating budget for 1969 in the amount of $12,520.50. Thank you very much for this payment. With kindest regards. Sincerely yours, H. L. Stuart, General Manager. HLS:JJ cc: / 4r Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Ivan Allen, Jr. Milton G. Farris Rawson Haverty John c. Wilson L. D. Milton �I METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY GLEN N BU ILD ING / A TL AN TA , GEO RGI A 30303 / AR EA CODE 4 04 524 -571 1 OFFICERS: Richard H . Rich, Chairman Roy A. Blount , V ice Chairman Edmund W . Hug h es, Secre t a ry October 8, 1969 H e n r y L. St ua r t, G e n er al M a n a g e r 7$~S;,,-~~

. ...... Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr., Mayor City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Ga. 30303 2 .. - ..- ·---- Dear Mayor Allen: Enclosed is copy of MARTA's propose d 1970 budget as presented by the Board of Directors yesterday in conformance with Section 17(a) of the MARTA Act . If you have any questions, please c a ll me . Sincerely yours , H. L. Stu art , Ge n e ral Mana g er. HLS: JJ c c: Mr . Char les L. Davis - 7 copies. Mr . Milton G. Farri s �1. METROPOLI TAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY PROPOSED 1970 OPERATING BUDGET Line 1. INCOME 2. Appropriations 1970 Proposed 1969 Estimated $ 94,000 $ 42,015 $ 84,030 $ 84,030 6,500 2,899 23,190 23,190 1968 Actual · 1967 Actua l ~ -, 3. City of Atlanta 4. Clayton County s. DeKalb County 92,300 41,385 82,770 82,770 6. Fulton C_ounty 102,000 45,900 91 , 800 91,800 7. Gwi nnett County 5 , 000 2,276 18 , 210 18,210 8. Sub-Total $299,800 $134,475 $300,000 $300 ,000 7 3, 200 33 , 000 6 4 , 4 26 12 5 , 0 0 0 5,250 3,000 6,66 5 5,502 9. State o f Georgia '\ 1 0. Intere s t I ncome 11 . Federa l F u nd s 3 50 ,000 4 6 , 584 240 , 925 30 2,667 12. TOTAL INCOME $ 7 28 , 250 $ 21 7,0 59 $ 6 1 2, 01 6 $7 3 3,169 I �2. Line - 1970 Proposed 1969 Estimated 1968 Actual 1967 Actual $728,250 $217,059 $612,016 $733,169 · 13. TOTAL INCOME BROUGHT FORWARD 14. EXPENSES 15. Staff Costs 16. Salaries 82,919 70,27~ 76,971 66,408 17. Expenses 12,500 8,977 13,852 11,008 18. Social Security 1,859 1,498 1,702 1,188 19. Guaranty 267 533 533 1,884 1,518 1,528 1,228 13,374 13,374 13,340 13,520 264 213 so 182 4,200 3,300 3,400 3,250 $117,000 $ 99,421 $111, 316 $ 97,317 ~ 99 ,4 21 ~111 , 376 ~ 97,317 - 20. -- -- ~. : _ "21. Health and Accident Insurance __ Retirement workmens' compensation

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- 23; -· -~----- ·- -- Board Meetings -- ·-----. ~ 24. Sub-Total 25. Les s: Charge to Program 26 . CARRIED FORWARD 30 000 $ 87,000 �• 1970 Proposed 27. INCOME BROU<ITT-IT FORWARD 28. EXPENSES 29. Brought Forward 30. Administrative Costs 1969 Estimated $ 7 28 ,2 5_0_ _ _ _$~2_1_7~,_0_59_ _ _ _-$6_1_2_,_0_1_6_ _~$_7_3_3'~1_6_9_ 87,000 99,421 111,376 31. Rent 5,888 3,050 3,102 32. Communications & Postage 4,307 1,700 4,988 33. Furniture & Equipment 2,000 34. Supplies 6,250 35. Printing 4,000 36. Insurance 37. Accountant 38. Auditor 39. Public Information 40. Public Hearings 41. Attorney's Fees & Expenses 42. 43. Sub-Total CARRIED FORWARD 1967 3 • Actual 1968 Actual 1,400 . 97,317 3,000 2,012 533 6,416 3,127 11,792 2, 31.2 555 555 190 362 1,500 1,500 1,600 750 500 500 250 250 32,000 500 32,127 33,004 1,990 40,000 16,000 41,711 24,314 $ 97,000 $ 25, 205 $106,178 $ 69,884 $184,000 $124,626 $217 , 554 $167 , 201 �4. Line 44 . I NCOME BROUGHT FORWARD 45. EXPENSES 46. Brought Forward 1970 Proposed 1969 Estima ted 1 9 68 Ac tual 1 967 Actual $728,250 $217,059 $61 2,016 $7 33,169 $184,000 $124,626 $21 7,554 $ 167,201 10,575 2 ,816 47. Con sultants on Retainer : 48. The Research Group 49. Advisory Committee 5,379 5,370 50. Hamme-r, Greene, Sil e r Assoc. 8,650 4,7 4 2 51. Eric Hill Associates 3,34 0 52. PBTB 53. AATS 54~ 55. Sub-Total Te c hnical Studies 6,000 7,333 32,631 37 000 1 56 000 $ . 2~, _0 00 $ 44 ,333 $2 ~6, 575 $ 3 2,_323 $525£000 $ 451000 $3751036 $4121303 17 , 000 19,395 .. $ 732,000 $ 213 , 959 $809 , 1 6 5 _fl> . .::.·. . 56. TOTAL EXPENSES 57 ~ I NCOME LESS EXPENSES 58. PLUS: FUND BALANCE BEGINNING OF YEAR $ 551 57 5 $ 5 21 4 7 5 $ 2491624 $1281 282 59. FUND BALANCE END OF YEAR $ 51, 8 25 $ 551575 $ 52, 4 75 $ 249 , 6 24 " $611 ,827 0 (3,750) 3,100 (1 9 7, 1 4 9) 121,342 ~ .. �EXPLANATORY NOTES TO MARTA PROPOS ED 1970 OPERATI NG BUDGET LINE 9. 10¾ of Line 56. 11. $350,000 does not inclu de any of the current technical studies grant which is to be closed out in 1969. 19. Deposit to Retirement System of Georgia, Inc~ paid up in 1969. 21. New personnel, if any, will not be brought into the e x isting program. 25. Portions of the time o f individual staff members will be charged to technical studies (Line 55). Such charges are used in lieu of cash as matching funds. Details appear in the note on Line 55. 41. $40,000 shown is for d i rect legal support of the Authority's operations. Not i ·ncluded is other legal services required under technical studies, two-thirds of which is to be finan~.ed by the Federal. Government. 55 .. Summary of 1970 work program cost: Federal $350,000 Local: cash - $145,000 Staff- . $ 30,000 Total 1970 Program $175,000 $525,000 ~ �~ ._.,..._,.., .,.,_..,,,.,.,~,...; .. •.;:;:.~.. fc-,......,_,.......,._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.....__ _ _.....,.....,_.....,.._ _..,..,._.•,.., ROUGH ~~x~,·- -~----=-7 DRAFT By .......~~...~:....~~.o an Date .... ~/.?.~/~~.. . Page ....... .. ....... ..~.. . WORK PROGRAM FOR ATLANTA - CCT PROJECT, Oct.-Nov. 1969 I. CAS Program - objective, to develop a work program with analysis planning components: CCT role - assistance to CAS to start process, not develop complete plan. A. sketch plan - develop ideas on: 1) land development - review all hard and soft areas 2) circulation - including parking system - put into time frame _ ,3) B. short range before subway 4) long range - after subway 5) alternatives if no subway -- f analytical base - for testing 1) develop initial variables needed to test sketch plan ideas 2) review data base from existing sources - including travel data 3) · work program for t data collection operations systems development - reports, etc. ~ II. Shuttle bus demo - objective, have appropriate applications ready for DOT approval in November A. Service operations - prepare capital grant application to buy new buses B. Monitoring operations - CCT work program - (tech. studies - supplement) C. Second phase demo program application , I II. ,. St r ategy on ,Feder al Applications fo r Atlanta - obj e ctive , to get an expl a inable p icture of Atlanta's planning and operationa l structure WW 143.215.248.55- ·~~-\ ~

.3rthur 1llJUttldJnc. ADL 116- 768 �ROUGH DRAfT By ......1':.:....~.'. ... ~.1.?an D ace ...9/29/69 .... .... ...... ..... . ?..... Page ...... ....... .... Work Program f or Atlanta - CCT Project , Continued II I. Continued i n t ransportation f or us e in Federal applications to DOT, HUD, HEW A. Paper des c ribi ng r ole of variou s agencies B. Dec isions on what kind s of appli cation s should be handled by which agencies C. IV. ,"j I; cap i tal grants 2) technical s t udi es 3) demo . proje ct s 4) 701 planni ng 5) others. Strategy f or timing of current app l ications Financial Study of Atlanta Transit System - needs more thought V. I' 1) Busway s Experiment - hold f or time being Time Allocations: I. ~ II . II I. IV . v. '""" WSA , Gammel 10• CAS Pro gr am A. Ske tch planning B. Analysis base 6 wks. Oct. to Nov. 1 5 ' SOM Courtney RERC Hen s en ADL Sl oan 10 5 3 5 5 10 3 Shu ttl e bu s demo 3 1 2 3 Fede r a l Ap plica tion Stra t egy 1 1 2 5 ATS Financ i al Study ..... 2 2 3 Busways Demo --- ( Mi sc. pr ogr am <level ; organiz a tion and adm. ) ~ 1 TOTAL 20 18 3 21 21 2rthm D.11.ittkJJnc. ADL 116- 768 �_. I • - - -- - - - --,---- - --,----- --D_o_T_ -_ c_E_ T_E_R_c_ 1T_Y_T_ R1 _ _\0_1s_r_o_1_'T_A_T_1_o_N_ P_R_o_J_E_c_T_-_-_A_T_L_A_N_T_A_-_ - _P_II_A_s_ E_I_ I_ _ _ _ __ __--=--:- - -- ~ 1 C\\DIDATE P,OJECTS ' RE SPONSI- 1 BI LITYIN .I ATL1\NTA / .,._.::II 0:--1 P.OJECT S AT S ?2riphera l ? 2 r'.dng t o C2ate r Cit y "?20 le Nove r " U"ITA 1 INTE REST OU'I'PUT OF PHAS E lI 6/70 Init i a t e ne w sc r Qu ic k Actio n Pro j e c t vi ce in De c . ' 6 9 wit h demo. f unds t es t new s e r v ic e CCT moni tor r e wi th i mpli cas ul t s a nd propo se tion s f or ne w expand e d d emo ' s "p eopl e move r " by G/ ?O har dware "l \J OR FE \'fU RE S 11

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2nte r City ~-Js C:. rculat i on =-=provemen t s ' Te st s uit a bility as ba sic tr a n s it sys t em MARTA in medium size or me tro. area s. City EOA exam ine new t e chno l ogy ap plica tion for demon s tr a tion proj e ct funds AT S CAS wi th TOPIC S grou p qui ck action pro j e c ts s tr a t eg y f or int e rim se r v ,--ice i mprove me nts s pecifi c im prov e me nts i dentified ap plicatio ns for f e de ra l f unds CAS be tt e r unde r s t anding of cent e r c it y dy nami cs and needs r e por t on ce nt e r city plus wor k p rog r am de sig n f o r se tting up sys t em- - t e c hn ic a l s tu dy ap pl . informa ti on sys t em~ ! c heck on e sist i ng da t a I des i g n a nd set up sys bas ic da t a an d a na l ys is t ern inc l uding surv e ys , col l ection a nd proce ssing me thod s - - a na ly si s and co n clu sio ns CAS dev . of f utur e p roj e c t s to f it int o p r ogram- de fine UMTA int eres t a l ter na tive pla n s with ne w p r oj e c t s r eady to f it into f und ing program s tudy of to t a l sys- 1 fir s t r o und s ke tch t ern a l t e r na t iv e s

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me thod s prov ing i ng a nd ti on in c ity ADL s u rve y area s a nd marke t s c heck on politic a l a cc e pt a bil i ty and t e chnic a l _f e as ibility _____ _ RERC WSA SOM t es t i mp a c t s on n ~ig hbo rhoo d s -d e s i gn proj e cts and se t up i mpleme nta ti on for imbus routc ir c ula cen t e r s tud y exi s t ing bus r ou ting a nd ope r a ting WSA pr obl ems - t e s t a lt e rnat i ve i mprovements I -c ha nne l i za tio n- tur~ina ry mo vemen ts-st a t ionse tc. I I ADLRE RC I I I 1 1 COST �-- ------- - - - - GE:O:ERI\L Trans it Poli cy and Pl·o,.. c.1 m Deve l opmen t AATS MARTA guida nc e £or UMTA funding of future proj e cts in Atlant a 3 t o 5 yea r mass t ra nsi t prog r a m including UMTA f unding he lp put AATS pl a n ' i nto programmatic I • • • t erm-- p r ior:Lt\ies a nd . s cheduling· I d epends on policy a nd pro g ram of AAT S a nd its cons titu e nts ADL WSA �MINUTES OF THE FORTY-SIXTH ME~TING METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY NOVEMBER 4, 1969 MEM,BERS PRESENT Sanford s. Atwood (DeKalb County) Roy A. Blount (DeKalb County) M. c. Bishop (Fulton County) s. Truett Cathy (Clayton county) Rawson Haverty (City of Atlanta) Allens. Hardin (Fulton County) K. A. McMillan (Gwinnett County) L. D. Milton (City of Atlanta) ,MEMBERS ABSENT John c. Wilson (City of Atlant~) OTHERS PRESENT Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority .

H. L. Stuart, General Manager E. w. Nelson, Chief Engineer King Elliott, ~ublic Information Director H. N. Johnson, Administrative Assistqnt and Assistant Secretary Consultants J. A. Coil, PBTB, Atlanta Francisco w. o. Salter, PBTB, San w. Stell Huie, Counsel Others Jan Richey, City of Atlanta Pla~ning P~partment William H. Parr, Atlanta Chamber of C:omme,fce Edgar E. Schukraft, southw~st Atlanta A~sociation~ Inc. Newsmen - WAGA-TV Newsmen - WSB-Radio Dick Miles, Atlanta Constitution Bill Collins, Atlanta Journ2 1 I - 1 - �The meeting was called to order by Mr. Roy A. Blount, Acting Chairman . MINUTES Minutes of the Octqber 7th meeting had been mailec prior to the meeting and were unanimously approved ~pon ~ motion by Mr. Bishop, seconded by Mr o Hardin. FINANCIAL REPORT The Financial Report as of October 29, 1969, presented by Mr. Stuart , showed appropriations received from t~e participating governments for the fourth quarter with the exception of Fulton and Gwinnett Counties. Mr. Stuart pointed out that since preparation of the statement, Fulton County's fourth payment had been received, leaving Gwinnett County in arrears for the third and fourth quarters. Staff and administrative costs continued to run within the budget. Upon motion by Mr . Bishop, seconded by Mr. Hardin, the financial statement was unanimously approved ~~dis attached and made a part of these Minutes. Mr . Stuart stated that Mr. Hardin h~d suggested that the monthly financial statement would be more informative if the budget column were pro-rated and if it inciuded a new column for the same period last year. Mr. Hardin's su~gestions had been r eferred to the Finance Committee, and MJ;'. Stuart was directed to set up an a d ditional meeting between the Finan~e C9mmittee , c o unsel , Account ant and Auditor for ~TA, someti me during December to d iscuss the matter further and report back to t h e Boa r d by t he f irst o f the y e ar. Mr. Blount stat ed that it would be necessary to appr ove the p ropo sed 1 970 b udget during December. It haq alr e q d y been submitted to t he Local Gover nment s and f a v o~able comm~nt s had b e e n re c eived fr om t h em. Mr. Bl o unt further s tat e d tha t due t o 9hanges in t he City government as a resul t of the r e cent eleation t p at \he new budg et sho ul d be st!bni tted t o the n ewl y eleqted Mayor, Vice-Ma yor, Aldermen, and to a ny others c o ncerned . Upon motion by Mr o Haverty, seconded by Mr. McMil lan, it wa ~ un~nimously agreed that a meeting should be arrang ed by the General M~nager with t~·, e new officials to apprise them of the proposed 1970 . budget and work program. REPORT OF GENERAL MANAGER Mr o Stua rt repo rted on a meeting in Atlanta on October 23rd with Mr. Jerome Co Premo of the Urban Mass T+ansportation Adminis tration , Washington, D. c., at which meeting representatives of - 2 - �of the Highway Department, Federal Highway Administratio~, u. s. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Atlanta Transit System , Metropol i tan Planning Commission, City of Atlanta, Central Atlanta Progress , Inc., Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc., and other transportation and planning agencies were in attendance. Purpose of the meeting was to discuss MARTA's new federal application , as well as applications filed by the City of Atlanta and Central Atlanta Progress, Inc., and by Economic Opportunity Atlanta , Inc .. It was pointed out that Federal agencies are concerned about overlapping work items in the above applications, as well as that of the TOPICS (Traffic Operations ProgrqITI to Increase Capacity and Safety) Study that is soon to be initiated by a consultant for the State Highway Department. It was noted that these studies should be coor dinated with each other in order to avoid any duplication of work. Work schedules would be submitted to the Federal agencies with an explanation of how these various programs will be coordinated and tied in . Two char ts were presented by Mr. St~art, the first of which showed the wor k schedule for conducting an ~ast-West Busway f .easibility study. Planning projections for this study would be furnished by ARMPC and the remainder of the work would be undertaken jointly by Parsons Brinckerhoff-TudoE-Bechtel and Alan M. Voorhees and Associates. The work would take about nine months but it is hopefu l that early conclusions can be reached before that t ime peri od . Wor k items 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the MARTA application a r e involved i n this evaluation study. The s e con d c a r t p r esented reflect ed MARTA' tota l wor k p r ogram a nd it s howed coordi nation with the Central Area Study bei ng spo nsor ed by t he Ci t y of Atlanta and Central Atlanta Pr o Thi s g ress , and t h e work o f Econ omi c Oppor tuni ty Atlanta , Inc . wo u ld be .a two - yea r p r ogram with the approximate starti ng dat e bei ng J a nuar y 1 , 1 9 7 0 , broken down into two phase s with Pha s e I being t he wor k progr ammed f o r 1 970 and Phase II the r emaini ng work. Upon c ompletion of Mr. Stuart' s p r e s e nt at i on a copy of each chart was fur nished the Memb er s wi t h t h e r equest tha t they be studied , fo ll owed b y any questions th~ ~ oar d mi ght h a v e . Th e Genera l Manager stated that a written monthly progr ess r eport would b e r equ i r ed in or der to keep all agencies fully i n fo r med o f d evel opment s t hrougho ut the wor k p r og r am . .I t was p oint ed out t hat al l wo rk e lements r eflected on the c har ts wer e c o ntained i n the new federa l application being submitted to DOT with the e xception of t h e pla n ni ng p r ojec tion s wh ich we r e b e ing pre p a r ed by ARMPC a n d wou ld be i ncorpo r a t ed i n t he a ppropria te section of t he appli cation wh en r e c e i ved o - 3 - �Mr~ Stuart expressed hope that a new approach to transit, new amendments that would be required, and a sound financial plan would be ready to present to the General Assembly during 1971~ Mr. Stuart also mentioned that Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. had filed their application directly with the u. s. Department of Housing and Urban Development, but HUD preferred to have it filed through MARTA with the Transit Authority being the Administrative Agency and responsible for the work. It would not cost the Transit Authority any funds except for the occasional staff time that would be required to review and administer the work. Mr. Stuart had agreed to this arrangement and planned to meet with EOA officials in the near future o REPORT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION DIRECTOR Mr. Elliott reported that public information activities were being accelerated as requested at the OGtober Board Meeting. Contacts had been made with Editors of the Atlanta Journal and Constitution, and with News Directors of local radio and television stations. Information had been supplied for a special edition of the Atlanta Journal, and WRNG Radio had agreed to provide a one-hour program when the MARTA program is defined. A re-cap of the MARTA program had been drafted and will be put into final form when the program is firmed up. The re-cap will serve as the framework for more detailed informational efforts. ADJOURNMENT Mr. Blount adjourned the meeting at 3:45 P.M. NEXT MEETING December 2, 1969 - 3:00 P.M. diN· H. N. Assistant - 4 - �METROPOLITAN ATLANIA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY ATLANTA, GEORGIA STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION OCTOBER ' 2,9 , t% 9 ASSETS Ca sh- in Banks: Citizens and Southern National Bank First National Bank Trust Company of Georg ia Fulton Nati onal Bank Cit i ze. s Trust Company $ 9,560.76 7,822.25 1,000.00 1,731.91 940.74 $ 21,055.6 6 Appropr iations Re ce ivable : Fulton Count y Gwinnett County $13,678.00 1,356.64 15,034. 64 Inve stments ~ L . S. Tre i.sury Bi lls: Regula r Funds 11,916.70 Petty Cash Airlin e Deposit 25.00 425 .00 S 48 ,45 7.00 T TAL LIABILI TIE S AND FUND BALANCE Current Li a bilit ies : P~yr o ll Taxes Withheld and Acc rued Account s Paya ble Fund Ba l ance s: Re serve ~ Pa rson s, Brinckerhoff=Tudor-B e ch t e l Re t a i ner g r ee ent : Tr an s por t a ti on $1,114 . 42 Re pro-fo cti n 392 . 6 lh .a:;,propr i a t ed TOTAL $ 1,188. 75 346. 24 $ 1 ,534 . 9 $ 21, 000 . 00 1, 507. 2 24 , 414 . 73 46 , 92' .• 01 ~ 48 ,45 2. QQ �METROPOLI TA..i ATLANTA RAPID TRANS IT AUTHORITY BUDGET REPORT OCTOBER 29 , 1969 ACTUAL J AN . 1, 1969 B DGET ?cc.d Ba lane _ .es s: OCT . 29 $ 49 , 720. 61 $ $ 49 -,) no . 1 $ 196 49 , 72 0. 61 .dj us t ment - St ate o i Georgia INCO~ii:: n ·,::q:ropr." a.tions : Ci t y o:: At _3_r:.ta. Cl::J.yto._ ·oun.ty $ ·' ~-, 015 . 00 42 , 015 . 00 2 , 8 . 8 . 75 2 ' 9 • 7 .'" 1 , 3 5 . • ,1 s ' .' 00 000 ' , 76 . '1.5 $134 , '·-75 . O•,) 4 1, 385 . 00 5 , 900 . 00

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1 , 7()~· . '.lh l , J{l;._ _ 7 · .s.s ::. . -: q 1 , 1 2, . _;\ A,~C· :.r.::-:t · n t Au '. lto: _"; ·_1 . ()0 Puhl.tc.: I nformat l'n .-c, ·:r.·11eys ' Fees ;nd. Ex-pense 0 A Sub-Tot · .ls F.'.Ki?EN ' ~ ' ., G.A.RRIED FORWARD lL • li :~ l[l , qpt\ . 57 $ l.' 2 . Y:~ ._ul TO �I METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY BUDGET REPORT OCTOBER 29, 1969 BUDGET ACTUAL JAN. 1, 1969 TO OCT. 29 196~- - TOTAL INCOME AND FUND BALANCE - $236,328.66 $185 ,821, 03 EXPENSES: Brought Forward $13-7,830.46 $103,073.75 Con s ultant s on Retainers: Par s ons, Brinckerhoff-Tudor-Bechtel $ 8,000.00 $ Contracts: Atlanta Area Transportation Study Technical Studies Sub-Totals $14,000.00 46,500.00 $ 60,500.00 $ 37,000.00 14,000.00 $ 51,000.00 TOTAL EXPENSES $206,330.46 FUND BALANCE S 29,998.20 7,332.55 $ 24,414 73 �r--- St)_n d-ay, Journal-Constitution, 11/23/60 IE! - ~ p Atlanta m 'Excellent Position' - For Fed era I Funds, He Says ' By BILL COLLINS . \ The l-J.S. secretary of transportation says Atlanta will b';Ti\

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hans1t system from the federal government. . _.!..· · - John Volpe, former governor of Massachusetts and one of the front-runners for the vice presidenti al nod at ~it143.215.248.55'· the 1968 Repub- i'#F · lican presiden- f · ··;> tial convention i ,,, was in Atlanta i ~ Sa turday night · to address the •· 11th a n n u a I

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. "THE OTHE R $2.5 billion Nationa l Co n- ¢.'( ,vould be used to help build 900 ference of State if,{.'?~~* . ~1rports and expand 2,700 air-' a · I ative t•<-:.>:/'.g '.J e O I S ~~¼/·Ji . fields around the country " ueaders. J o hn \'ol pc Vol pr said. ' The · secretary, at a news con. , 'fht . secr~tary said the Nixon ference before his speech, exadmt 1stration hopes to r estrict plained the Nixon administrathe !,umber of rncoming fli ghts tion 's $10 billion, 12-year public a~ f ve of the nation 's busiest transpart:ation bill and said Atairports and to better control . lanta "may get the jump on _the fl_1 ghts at 22 other airports other citi es" for funds under the ' mclud1ng Atla nta 's bill, if the measure is approved I_n his remarks t~ the 800 legisby .Congress. la tive leaders attending the . He sa id the bill would auth_orfouQ·-day con fer e nc e Volpe 1 1ze him to make S3.1 b1l11on _c? lked ~bout the need fo~ federavail able immediateiy upu1, ii.s · a1-state-1oca1 government coon- I • I being signed into law. The iederal money would be spent over f~ _r:_s. ··- - - c·- . - ~ ~ - ~- He also sa id Atlanta would be "in an excellent position" to get a federal grant totaling twothirds of . the cost of a rapid transit system because of the planning it has done and also because it is one of fiyg ~ £..~DJ.er @~s." ---...:::-- At

VOLPE POINTED OUT, however, that under the proposed bill no one state coul d get more th·a n 12½ per cent of the total appropriation. He also told newsmen the Vietnam war is not draining funds he has requested for his department and added, " The administration and the director of the Bureau of the Budget have approved the two transportation bills I have requested." Vol pe says the two measures he woul d li ke to see enacted include the $10.1-billion public transportation hill and the airport-a irw,iys bill which would provide $2.5 bill ion for air-traffic control and $2.5 billion for construction of new airport s and explansion of existing fac,il ities. He sa id lhe .administration is co n c er n e d about in-fli ght crashes and fee ls the airportairways bill would help dim inish the possibility of future collisions. Wit h $2.5 billion of the airport -airways bill, Volpe explr1incd. the fedcrcil government would work towards development of ii ful ly aulom,itt'd sysll'm t~1,1ffic ontrol sys- tem. .. I eration in solving the nation's problems. Much of !?he glamour, power and ' prestige that once surrounded state Capitols shi fted to Washin gton in the past 25 yea rs," be sa id. " And when the power went to 1 Washington, many of the tal- I ented young men went also. I Washington has been the mecca Forf young A m e r i c a n s who w:\1ted lo dedi cate their lives to fulji ll ment of the American , dre1a m," he added. I VOLPE SAID there has been J a trend towards reversing the I growing dependence on the fed- 1 era! govern ment in the past few I year~ · ' "This new trend first becnme stronf ly ev-ident. under President Jo•hnson, " he ndded. "But Pre ident. Nixon has gone a step furt her. He has propose~ a program of revenue j sh;1nng between the states and I Washinglon. And , ;ilthough il is' a modest b •ginning, il will be stepped up," Volpe said. I �December 8, 196.9 Mr . N. B . Herndon, President Atlanta Life Insuranc e Company 148 Auburn Avenue, N . E . P . 0 . Box 897 Atlanta, G e orgia 30301 Dear r. Herndon: Thank you very much for your letter of December 5th dvising me of r. Jesse Hill, Jr' • vailability to erve on the etropolitan Atl nta Rapid Tr 11 it Authority. With appreciation for your cooperation nd best wishe for the holiday son, I m Sincerely yours, Ivan Allen, Jr. ayor lAJr:lrd �• Dec ember 8 , 1969 Honorable J . J . Little Clerk of tb.e Board of Ald rm n City of Atlan Atl nta, Georgi D r r . Littl : By authority ~ ted me, lam r by ppointlng r . Je ae Hill, Jr .. m ber of the etropoli All nta pid Tranait A thority to till the expir d rm of r. Ric rd H. Ric : said term xpirl mber 31. 1969. ctfuUy requ at confirmation of thi Board 0£ Alder en. S c rely yout'•, lva Allen, Jr. ayor IAJ'r:lrd CC: M r. Jeaee Hill, Jr. ppoilltment �P. W. PHOTBROW, .JR, 0.l'FIC-Jll<S AND Dl.RECTOBS Dill110TOJl OF AOZN0IIUI A, F. HERNDON FOUNDER JESSE mLL, JR. X. B.HERNDON AOTUAJl'I' PRESIDEST.TREASURER G. E. DELORME E. M, MARTIN DISTJUOT lllAllfAOBJl VICE PRE SIDENT• S EOBJ!:TARY CHAS. W. GREENE W, H. SMITH Dill, POBLIO Jll<LATIONS 2ND VICE PllEBIDRNT DH.H.L.LANG GEO. W. LEE KBDIOA.L DUIZCTOJl 3RD VICE PRESIDENT P. H. WILLARD E, L, SIMON, FLMI DIBTJUOT MANAOBJl GENERAL AUDITOB 148 A UBURN AVENUE, N. E. ATLANTA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY P. 0. BOX 897 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30301 December 5, 1969 The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr., Mayor City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mayor Allen: I am pleased to advise you of the avail ability of our Mr. Jesse Hill, Jr. to accept your appointment as a member of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. We at Atlanta Life take pride in knowing that over a long period of years throughout our system in eleven states we have acquired and developed men of such capabilities needed to serve their respective communities in positions and ways to enhance their communities' growth and development. Mr. Hill is one of such persons and we are sure that in serving on this board he will help make an outstanding contribution to the betterment of our great City of Atlanta. My best wishes also to you and your family for an enjoyable holiday season. Very truly yours, N. Be Herndon President NBH/e �December 3. 1969 r . Norris H rudon 587 Univer ity Plac e , N . W . tlanta~ Geor ia 30314 De r Mr. Herndon: I ould like to ppoint r . Jesse Hill as a member of th Metropolitan Atlanta R pid T ran i t A1.1tbority. I fe l that Mr. Hill is minently qu lifi d to fill this position nd bri not only to the po ition rso al l ader hip but tron ii ci 1 kno ledg hich is tly n d i tbi proj ct. I ould appr date v ~y mueh your a.dvi in me o1 the vailability of Mr . Hill to ,cc pt thi ppo' tm .ut, With be t wis for th eomil1 holid y eon,. I am Sincer · ly yo r • I an All ayor , Jr. IAJt:lp Hold for B epl y Original sent h o me and c opy s ent to c o mpany copy sent to Jesse Hill. �MINUTES OF THE FORTY-SIXTH MEETING )< METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY DECEMBER 2 , 1969 MEMBERS PRESENT Sanford s. Atwood (DeKalb County) Roy A. Blount (DeKalb County) M. c. Bishop (Fulton County) s. Tr uett Cathy (Clayton county) Rawson Haverty (City of Atlanta) Allens . Hardin (Fulton County) K. A. McMillan (Gwinnett County) L. D. Milton (City of Atlanta) MEMBERS ABSENT ·John c . Wilson (City of Atlanta) OTHERS PRESENT Metr opolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority H. L . Stuart , General Manager E. W. Nelson , Chief Engineer Ki ng El l i ott , Public Information Director H. N. Johnson, Administrative Assistant and Assistant Secretary Cons ultants J. A. Coi l , PBTB , Atlanta We Stell Huie, Counsel Others Edgar E. S chukra f t , Southwest Atlanta Asso c iation R. E. And rews, DeKalb Co u nty J ur or s Associati o n Al e x Coffin, The Atlanta Co nst itution Raleigh Bryans, Th e Atl a nt a J o urna l Newsmen - WSB Radi o Newsmen - WSB - TV Newsmen - WGST Radio - 1 - �The meeting was called to order by Mr. Blount, Acting Chairman. MINUTES Minutes of the November 4 meeting had been mailed to the members prior to this meeting, and on motion by Mr. Bishop, seconded by Mr. McMillan, they were unanimously approved. FINANCIAL REPORT Mro Stuar t presented the financial report as of November 27, 1969. Staff and administrative expenses remained within the budgeted figures with no significant changes from the October statement. A fund balance of $24,096.53 was reflected for the period ending November 27. Mr. Bishop said it was encouraging that the Authority had stayed within its budget and would close out the year without a deficit. Mr. Stuart noted that the State of Georgia was a full 10 percent participant in the MARTA budget as of June 30, 1969. The financial s~atement is attached and made a part of these Minutes. ~he General Manager stated that the Finance Committee would meet on December 16 with MARTA's counsel, accountant and auditor i.n attendance for the purpose of discussing the Authority's financ i al r eporting procedures; to prepare recommendations for the Board's January meeting, and to discuss the State's support for the second half of 1969. GENERAL MANAGER'S REPORT Mr. Stuar t r eported on two transportation seminars that he had attended i n Washington during November , one being the Center City Tr ansportation Project Conference sponsored by Urban America , Inc . dealing with transportation in the center c j ty , and the other being the Transportation Demonstration Projects Conference sponsored by the Technical Council on Urban Tr ans porta ti on and the National Capital Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the u. s. Department of Trans portation at which various transportation agencies presented their findings as a result of completed demonstration p r o ject s . While in Washington Mr. Stua rt also visited with offic ials of HUD and DOT , and with members of the Georgia Congressi onal Delegation t o apprise them of the Transit Authority's present wo rk p r ogr am and wha t it p r oposed during 1970. A p r ogr ess report was given by Mr. Stuart concerning rail commuter ser vicee He pointed out that tracks of the Southern Railway f r om Dora ville to Atlanta were the only ones suitable for such service. Other lines leading into the city had too many g r ade crossings , had single tra ckage, plus changes that would be requi r ed in tracks , signals , parking lots and plat forms . Souther n°s response had not been as enthusiastic as the - 2 - �Authority had hopedo Cost figures were being prepared by r a i l road off icials and were expected to be available by the end of December in connection with the Doraville to Atlanta line . REPORT ON MR o CARLOS VILLARREAL'S VISIT TO ATLANTA Mre Blount stated that Mr. Carlos Villarreal, Administrator , Ur ban Mass Tr anspor tation Administration, had visited Atlanta on November 28 in connection with the inauguration of shuttlebus servi ce by Atlanta Tr ansit System between the Atlanta Stadium through the Peachtree corridor to the Civic Center par k ing l ot. Mr. Blount advised that Mr a Villarreal was sympatheti c to Atlanta's transportation problems and very interested in f inding a solution to them. He would like to receive from the Transit Authority an application for additional federal f unds i f the p r esent Senate bill pending in Congress is passed which would set up a 10-billion dollar federal fund over a 12- yea.r peri od to be distributed on a two-thirds federal - onethird l ocal matching basis for the purpose of establishing a complete t r ansit system to serve the Atlanta area. Mr. Villarreal fe lt that this bill would probably pass in lieu of the p r oposed Transit Trust Fund bill. Mr a Blount said MARTA should be ready to move as soon as federal funds are approved . STATUS OF NEW FEDERAL APPLICATION .MARTA's new federal appli cation had been revised in line with changes agreed on between Alan Voorhees and Associates and Parsons Brinckerhoff-Tudor-Bechtel, and it had been f o rwarded t o the Depar tment of Transportation on November 26. It was poi nted out that the work p r ogr am i ncluded in the appli cati on could not act ually commence until DOT had approved the appli cationo Mr o Haverty inqu ired about the status of third- party contracts in connection with the application and u r g e d that they be drawn p r omptly for submittal to DOT for appr ov al . Mre Hui e s t ated t hat some of the c ontr acts were being p repared e The General Manager was d irected to follow up and have the contracts d r awn a s rapidly as possible. He pointed out that the wor k p r ogr am would r equire execution of these third-party contracts bef or e wor k could commence and that these contracts would be p r esented to t he Board for review and app roval before being placed i n for ce. ADOP TION OF 197 0 BUDGET Mr Q Blount stated that a tentative budge t had been p res ented to t h e members at the Oc tober mee ti ng and that a f inal - 3 - �budget of $827,000 was before them for adoption for 1970 $407,000 of which would come from Fede+al funqs. Dr. Atwood advised that the Finance Committee had met to discuss the budget in detail prior to the meeting 9 nd recommended its approval. After considerable discussion, upon motion by Mr. Bishop, seconded by Dr. Atwood, i~ was unanimously approved, recognizing that local appropriations had not been made and that following local commitments, review might be necessary. The budget is attached and made a part of these Minutes. ELECTION OF OFFICERS the the the Mre As the City of Atlanta had not appointed a member to fill unexpired term of Mr. Richard Rich, Mr. Blount asked that election of officers for the year 1970 be deferred until January meeting. Upon motion by Mr. Haverty, seconded by Hardin, the members unanimously assented to this action. Following the meeting two films were shown by Mr. Coil of the Bay Area Rapid Transit System now under construction in San Francisco. ADJOURNMENT Mr. Blount adjourned the meeting at 4:00 P.M. NEXT MEETING January 6, 1970 - 3:00 P.M. ~.:cff~ Assistant Secretary. �METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY BUDGET REPORT NOVEMBER 27,1969 ACTUAL Fund Ba l anc e Le ss: Adj ustme nt "' St a te of Georgia BUDGET .TAN . 1 , 1969 TO NO~ 27. 1969 $ 49,720 . 61 $ 49 , 720 . 61 $ 4 9, 72 0. 6 1- $ 47 , 794 . 81 1, 925 . 80"' I NCOME Appr0pri;:ttions : City £ Atlant a Clayton County Dc _'a lb County Fn lton County Gwinnett Count y Sub ... Tota l s t a te of Georg i a I nterest I n come federal Funds $ 42 , QlS . 00 $ 42,015.00 2 , 898.75 2 , 898 .75 41 , 385.00 41 , 385.00 45 ,9 00.00 45 , 900 . 00 2~276.25 2 ,1,76 .2~ $134,475 . 00 $134:475.00 20,633.05 10,812.20 500.00 3 , SS l. .2 31 , 00Q_->.a-o_o_ _ _ _ _- - ~ ~ 1 ) _ TOTAL .INCOME ..$_1_s_6...,,_6_o__s__._o_s_~__..J 1'18 ~- B ~ TOTAL INCOME AN!) FUND BALANCE $236 .32,8. 66 ~126 , 6..J.1..2j__ $ 70 , 274 .08 8~976.92 $ 65, 072 . · 7 , 9SJ ~~A 1, 58 1.12 ls_c;q3 J ) 266 . 66 1 ,227 . 97 l 1,33Q. 88 ~G6 . G6 l, J7R . 7J l ~,"?q_~? EXPENSE St a ff Cos t s : s, ·ir ies I:z pens e Snci I l . 'ec m~ i y ,rari ty · ,u 1 "1 1P. lltl1 :ind Accident I ns ur1nc e ( ·1 ' e ti mcnt Porkm iU 8 s Cornn n s ,1t:i.on 1 n.n <l Meet i nb i; r,nb - 'I o ., , l s Adr:i.n is r 1tive ,,e"' t 1· J23,11n 2 •.2:1~. 1'.} ..., $___ 9__ 8_..,_84_8____ • 6_3_______ _i 'J 2 , 4 I 8 • ~J stc : ', - mu.n ic.iti,,:,s s,r,_-,-:i lin s (r <::n:r- :ir,ce Acc:01mt ant ·1.1 it,,r r 1.h l:ic: I _fe r at i c,p Att"r n ey <:: 1 Fee s .:11 d expens e •'nb ... rot, 1·'3 _r;•, L::: _,oo 3 , 000 .0 0 · .,S ... l;A.kI'1E1, } 1 q,,.;,A, I1 $ 3,050. 00 2,231.47 3 , 338 .49 36 1. 87 1, .500 . 00 2 ~ Rl' l. 111) 1, % • 70 1, /~ l!i . 32 %9 0 7q 500 . 00 3 )000 . 00 1, 000. (1() ll J a ·•J _2s . ooo. oo $ 38;981. 83 1, Ls .no 123656.2] ~ 21:_ 2 725,2,Jl ~$_1~37_.....8~3_0~·~4 _6~----,$_1l.4.:.2fr'~.l~ �ME'lROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORI TY BUDGET REPORT NOVEMBER 27, 1969 BUDGET ACTUAL JAN . 1 3 1969 TO NOV . 27, 1969 TOTAL I NCOME AND FUND BALANCE .. Br ou h t Forward $236,3 28.66 $196, 633.23 EXPENSE S: Br ought Forward $137, 830. 46 $114 , 204.15 Consu lt ants on Ret a iners: Parsons , Brinckerhoff-ludor-Bechtel $ s,000.00 $ 7; 332 . 55 Cont r a cts: At lant a ~r ea Transporta tion Study Technica l Studies Sub-Totals $ 14 , 000. 0() 46,500.00 $ 60,500 . 00 $ 37 , 000 . 00 14 . 000 .00 $ 51,000.00 TOTAL EXPENSES $206.330,46 $172.536. 70 FUND BALANCE s 29, 998, 20 �METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY A'l'IANTA, GEORGIA STATEMEN'f OF FINA,-CIAL CONDITION NOVEMBER 27, 1969 ASSETS Cash i n Banks: Citizens and Southern Nationa l Uank First Nationaf Bank Trust Campany of Georgia Ful ton National Bank Citiz ens Trust Company $29,854.90 781.23 1,000.00 l·, 731. 91 940.74 $ 34,308.78 Appr opria tion Receivable: Gwi nnett County Investments~ u. Regul ar Funds s. 1, 356 64 0 Tr easury Bills: 11 , 916 . 70 Pe tt y Cas h Ai rline Deposit 25 . 00 425 . 00 $ 48,032 .12. TOTAL LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE I Curren t Liabilities: Payro ll Taxes Withheld and Accrued Fund Bc1 l ance_, : Reserve - P rson& , Brincker hoff-Tudor-Becht e l Re t a t n0.1· Agr eement : Tr 11 sp~·r t a t · n $1,114p 4 2 f,0. pr d t ctinn 392. 86 TTnappropria t ed TOTAL $2 1, 000 ~00 24,096.53 46 ,, 603,81 ~ 48.032 .12 �1. METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY 1 970 . OPERATING BUDGET 1. INCOME 2. Appropriations 1970 Propose d 1969 Estimated $ 94,000 - 1968 Actual 1967 Actual · $ 42,015 $ 84,030 $ 84 , 030 6,500 2,899 23,190 23,190 41,385 82,770 82,770 4~, 900_ 91,800 91,800 5,000 2,276 18,210 18,210 $299,800 $134,475 $300,000 $300 , 000 $ 82 , 700 33,000 64 ,4 26 1 25 , 000 5,250 3 , 000 6,66 5 5 , 502 3. City of Atlanta 4. Clayton County s. DeKalb County 92,300 6. Fulton County 102,000 7. Gwinnett County 8. Sul:?-Total 9. State of Georgia 10. Intere s t Income 11. Federal Funds $ 407 , 000 4 6 , 584 24 0 , 9 25 302,667 1 2. TOTAL INCOME $794,750 $217,059 $612, 0 16 $733 , 169 �2. Line 13 . TOTAL INCOME BROUGHT FORWARD 14. EXPENSES 15. Staff Costs 16. Salaries 17. Expenses 18. Social Security 19. Guaranty 20. Health and Accident Insurance 21. Retirement 22. workmens' Compensation 23. Board Meetings ·. 1970 Proposed 1969 Estimated 1968 Actual 1967 Actual $ 794,750 $217,059 $612,016 $733,169 82,919 . 70,274 76,971 66,408 12,500 8,977 13,852 11,008 1,859 1,498 1,702 1,188 267 533 533 1,884 1,518 1,528 1,228 13,374 13,374 13,340 13,520 264 213 50 182 4,200 3,300 3,400 3,250 $117,000 $ 99,421 $111 , 376 $ 97,317 ~ 99 l 421 ~111 , 376 ~ 97, 317 . 24. Sub-Total 25 . Less: Charge to Program $ 20,000 26 .. CARRIED FORWARD 2 97 , 000 �·----~ Line 27 . INCOME BROUGIIT FORWARD 28. EXPENSES 29. Brought Forward 30. Ad.mini strati ve Costs 1970 Proposed 1969 Estimated 1968 Actual 1967 3. Actu al $794,750 $217,059 $612,016 $733 , 1 6 9 $ 97,000 99,421 111,376 97,317 31. Rent 5,888 3,050 3,102 3,000 32. Communications & Postage 4,307 1,700 4,988 2,232 33. Furniture & Equipment 2,000 2,012 533 34. Supplies 6,250 6,416 3,127 35. ·Printing 4,000 11,792 2,31 2 36. Insurance 37 . Accountant 38. Auditor 39 . Public Information 40 . Public Hearings 41. Attorney's Fee s & Expe n ses 42. 43. Sub - Total CARRIED FORWARD 1,400 555 555 190 362 1,500 1,500 1,600 750 500 500 250 250 32,000 500 32, 1 27 33,004 1 , 990 4 0 , 000 16 , 000 41 1 71 1 24,314 $ 97 , 000 $ 25 ,205 $106,178 $ 69,884 $194,000 $124 , 626 $217 ,554 $167,201 �\ Line 44. INCOME BROUGHT FORWARD 45. EXPENSES 46 . Brought Forward 4. . 1970 1969 1968 Proposed Es timated Actual $..'.7941 7 50 $217,059 $61 2,016 $733,169 $194 1 000 $124,626 $217,554 $167,201 1967 __. Actua l 47. Consultants on Retainer: 48. The Research Group 49. Advisory Committee 5,379 5,370 50 . Hammer, Greene, Siler Assoc. 8,650 4,74 2 51. Eric Hill Associates 3,340 52. PBTB 53. AATS 54 . 55 . Sub-Total Te chnical studi e s 56. TOTAL EXPENS ES 57. INCOME LESS EXPENSES 58 .. PLUS: FUND BALANCE BEGINNING OF YEAR 59. FUND BALANCE END OF YEAR 10, 575 6,000 17,000 $_ 2J, 000 7,333 32 , 631 37,000 156,000 $ 44,333 $?~?, 575__ 19,395 $ 32, 323 ~$~6_l~0~,~0~0_0_ _ _~$__4~5~,~o~o~o:.__ _ _ _$~3~7.:....-=..5~,-0~3~6~_ _i$~4 = 1 =2L,~3~0~3 .$~ 8 _27....&..,o_o_o____ _i$~2~1 ~3L,9~5~9:'.,__ _ _~$8~0~9~,~1~6~5~ _ _.::t...$~ 6 1~1~,~8~2::...!.. 7 (32,250 ) 3,100 (197,149) 121,342 ~$--::.5~5~,~5~7~5_ _ _$L--:5~2=,~4~7~5'-----~$=24~9~,~6~2~4=------I$~1~2~8L,=2~8=2 $ 23,325 $ 55,575 .,::§ -. 5·2,475 $249,624

===========::::::::==============':::::::~=======:::::::: �r 5. EXPLANATORY NOTES TO MARTA PROPOSED 1970 OPERATING BUDGET LINE 9. 11. 19. 10¾ of Line 56. $407,000 does not include any of the current technical studies grant which is to be closed out in 1969. - Deposit to Retirement System of Georgia, Inc. paid up in 1969. 21. New personnel, if any, will not be brought into the existing program. 25. Portions of the time of individual staff members will be charged to technical studies (Line 55). Such charges are used in lieu of cash as matching funds. Details appear in the note on Line 55. 41. $40,000 shown is for direct legal support of the Authorityrs operations. Not included is other legal services required under technical studies, two-thirds of which is to be financed by the Federal Government. 55. Summary of 1970 work program cost: Federal $407,000 Local: Cash - $183,000 Staff - $ 40,000 Total 1970 Program (Rev. 12/1/69) "/ $203,000 $610,000 �Dee ember 11. 19(> 9 Mr. Tom C. Campbell, President Southern Iron Equipment Company 552Z New Peachtree .Ro d Chamblee, Georgia Dear Tom, Thank you very much for your letter of D cember 10th eoncer.nitlg the llapid Tran it .Authority. At the pre ent time, all ppoin . ent on the Authority re till d, and l don't anticipate ny vacanci until after my admini tration is ov r. I hope you ill ve a continuing intere tin _A tl nta and the city's traffic problem , and I am ending your l tter to Mayor-Elect a sell tor hi inforDl tion. ith ppr ciation and 11 good iahe for the holiday • a.son. I m Sincerely yoara. Iv All n, Jr. yor lAJr:lrd CC: · ayo �CITY OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE 501 CITY HALL ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 J nUOl'y 3 ~ 1968 CHARLES L. DAVIS DIRECTOR OF FINANCE E DGAR A . VAUGHN , J R. DEPUT: Dl~ECTOR OF FINANCE GEORGE J . BERRY DEPUTY DIRECTOR Of; FINANCE ( A'?'thu1" Andoraen & Compa.ny 34 t>eacl:.ttree StreQt, N. At l anta., Geor ia 30303

D ar Sirs ; r to r . R.. L . Stuart 's l ttor of Decernh-er 31, 1968, addr.e d to Honorable Ivan Alle, Jr . . or requeatin inform tiou rel ti to certain a propriatio.oa mad b t he City to t he Metroi,olitan ·tlant pid Tran it otbortt · lease be dviaed of the foll~l\8 = In , ns Th City Bpl):l!'Opri t d a.nd remitted to t h Aut hority 4_.030. for th yq r ending D c. 31, 1968. The ount of $16 , 974~ has ubj ct to udg t ppTov 1 been ppropriGted in year odin . Dec. 31, 1969. U e, can b plea e 1 t of further know . •isttanc t.o you in r to t bS. , t.t r. v ·r, truly our, (£,/,~:;("~ Charl L. Davi Di ctor of li~nc CLO: oh cc: l v n All n, Jr. rl l.at\ders ll~ t. St V 1."·t V �ATLANTA, GEORGIA RO UTE SLIP Mr. King Elliott TO:------------------------ 0 Please refer to the attached correspondence and make the nec essa ry re pl y. D Advise me th e status of the a tt ac hed . I believe that we are not quite to this point yet. about it? I FORM 25 - 4 - 5 Do we need to do anything �ATLANTA, GEORGIA PHONE J A . 2 • 4463 R. Earl Landers �COME TO RAPID TRANSIT PUBLIC HEARING All residents on the West Side of Atlanta are i n vited to atte n d public hea r ings on the p r oposed rapid transit lines . The map below shows the p r oposed location of the i-apid tran sit stations and routes . The rapid transit system would use high- speed trains , which wou l d ru n as fast as 75 mi les per hou r and would average more than 40 miles per h our . Representative s of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid T ransit Authority will discuss ro u tes and locations of all stations . There will be a detailed discussi o n of the West Line, and how i t wi l l a f fect this a rea . They will show aer i a l pho t os, maps, and s lides to sho w how the rap i d tr a nsi t sys t em wi ll look and where it will go. People who live i n t he area from Westlake Ave nue t o L ynh u rst Drive and beyond should t ry t o com e t o th e h ea rin g wh ich will be held WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1968 at 8 :0 0 P. M. at the AME ZION C HURCH , 38 HIGHTOWER R D. , N. W. �May 5.: 1969 MEMORANDUM T o : Mr. Ea r l Landers From : Dan Sw at 1 ha-ve added ome n mes to the map and plott r th ir addres es . I hope this might be of some h lp. DS;fy ,. �.

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2?_J/G'uJ_/ - - - - - ~ 1- - - -- - �r RAPID TRANSIT ss METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY " MA-C:,l"'T"1A " ~ . J . . ~ REPORTS TO THE PEOPLE IT SERVES .. .,._.....,,._......,_....,...,...,...,.=-=--------_,..,..:a:::,....,.....,,,_==....,....,a=_.-..,__..,...,__ _,,_,___,_...,.;;;a.__.__ FEB. -MA RCH 1968 V O L . 3 . N O . 2 CANADIAN RAPID TRANSIT PLEASES DEKALB VISITORS Six prominent DeKalb visitors returned from a recent trip to Toronto and Montreal to inspect those cities' rapid transit operations, and reported that what they saw was "most impress ive," "fantas tic," "fi rst cl ass," and "mag nificen t. Th ey concluded that "we should proceed as rapidl y as we possibl y can" in developing a rapid transit system for Metropolitan Atlanta. Those in the group were Brince H . Manning, Chairman, DeKalb County Board of Commissioners; William C. Painter, Mayor Pro-Tern , City of Decatur; William H . Breen, Architect and member of the Decatur City Commission ; Tom McCord, President of Tom McCord Construction Company and C hairman of Decatur Planning Commission ; John H. Ingram , President C & S Emory Bank and Chairman of Decatur/DeKalb Rapid Transit Committee; and Aubrey C. Couch, Executive Vice President, D ecatur /DeKalb Development Association. The six members of the group discussed their impress ions and evalu ations of the two systems at a news conference held in the DeK alb Commission chamber on February 9. Manning observed that "we came away from Toronto and Montreal with different impressions from those we had gotten from just reading literature. Certainly we ought to get on to DeKalb group in Montreal Station . Left to right, William H. Breen, Tom McCord, John H. Ingram, W illiam C. Painter. Rapid Transit train approaching Eglinton Station with highrise building and parking decks using "air rights" over tracks. the job one way or the other because we need to be able to move people. We have to have a totally integrated system with automobil es, buses, and possibly even trackless trolleys, as well as rail tra nsit. "I think the thing we here in this area have overlooked so much in the pas t is the impact that this will have not only on land values but also on the development th at will come and the terrific increase in the tax digest which will arise from this development. We saw pl ans that could fit into almost any area th at we have in DeKalb Count y or the City of Deca tur or the whole metropolitan area of Atlanta, of development whi ch has res ulted fro m rapid transit . "Certai nly we ought to move forward with the program if we are go ing to have it ; and if we don't move forward , we wi ll all regret it in years to come. Breen, an architect, was unequivocal in his enthusiasm for the speed of the system and for the design of the stat ions in Montreal. He stated, "The most summarizing thing yo u could say abo ut the whole trip was th at I ca n come back now and say that 'rapid transit works - I have seen it .' " "The system is fan tastic," he said. "A system that allowed me to get on at one end of the line in Montreal, cover 15 stops �METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY 808 GLENN BLDG . AT L ANTA. 0 120 MARIETTA S T . . N.W . GA . 30303 • P H ONE 524 - 5711 · " DIRECTED BY THE GEORGIA STATE LEGISLATURE TO DEVELOP A RAPI D TRANSIT SYSTEM FOR THE S · C O UNT)'. METROPOLITAN ATLANTA AREA ." Edited by KING ELLIOTT BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFF I CERS: Rt C H AllD H. RI CH, Clrnirmrm HERB ERT J. OrCK SON, Treasurer R o Y A. 8Lo u :-,;T, //ic e Ch airman Eo:\tUND W . H uc HES, S ec retary CIT Y OF ATL A:'<T A: L. D. 1\ 111.TON RonEHT F . AoAM So:-. R1C 1J A RD I-1 . HJCH B.AW SON J-IA \'E ltTY CLAYTON CO NTY: EocAR BLALO C K .., DEKALB CO NTY : Ro v A. On. SA:-.Fono ATwooo BLOU NT F ULTON COU:'iTY: J OHN c. STATON '.\JJTCHELL ( . B I S HOP GW I NN ETT COU.:\1TY: K. A. :\lc:\l1LL10 :v CODB COUi'-TY (Obsc,vc,) Ons A. Bnt::'\TIIY, J n. H. N . ~IA RTA STAFF : Genaa/ M anager Chief Engin eer of Pu blic In fo rmation As.~i.~trml lo G eneral Manag er L. STUA RT , EARL W. Nt:r.so;-;, KIN c ELLIOTT , Dir ecto r J O H NSON, Adminis trative l·I ENl!Y ti in 13 miles, let everyone get on and off who wished, and have spent no more th an 15 minutes, is reall y moving people." "The thing that I saw as an arch itect which was most impressive was the definition of this th ing 'corridor impact.' I've heard this thing discussed, and seen it in papers, graphs, and charts, but in Mont real I saw it all in flesh and blood and in architecture. I certainly want to compliment the architects who handled the situation in Montreal. "The ex.tensive development aro und rapid transit stations in Toronto and Montrea l ind icated to the group what might be accomplished in the Metropolitan Atlanta Area, with good planning before and during rapid transit development." McCord stated, "What impressed me was that rapid transit made the backbone of the future deve lopment regarding bui lding and other developments. In the city of D ecatur's planning, we have just been through workin g ove r our documents again and we are real concerned that property va lues wi ll not onl y stay where they are, but will continue to go up. As yo u know, we have had urban renewal and this has bee n a great boon . We now have several high-rise buildings here includ ing the new county courthouse building. We would like to think that we could help the people who own property in Decatur to continue to have valuable property. If rapid transit would make the land values continue to go up near the stations, then we wo uld like to be involved where the stations wo uld be and to help plan for the future. We are not talking about a one or twoyear plan, we are talking about a fifteen or twenty-year plan. " Painter agreed with McCord's observation abo ut development in Toronto and related that to the futu re of Decatur. "The city of Decatur will be in a very critical spot in this whole metropolitan area transit. We fee l that rapid transit in the city of Decatur will be an exciting and meaningful development for the entire citizenry. It will not only mean a mode fo r moving back and forth in the downtown area of Atlanta, but will also be the backbone for the development that you have just heard about. The residenti al development will be more signi ficant to Decatur because we have always been an area where people like to live. High-rise developments will be avail able. We saw there in Montreal and Toronto many high-rise apartments, and good rentals can be obtained in these because of the proximity to rapid transit. We feel th at what we saw there can be related to Decatur in a very, very meaningful way, and we fee l that our citizens will support it." Ingram was particularl y impressed with the speed with which the Montreal system was developed and the speed with which the system moves large numbers of people. "Mont real had talked about rapid transit for some fifty yea rs but when the decision was fin ally made to act, they accomplished what they now have in a short period of time of about five years . "We were impressed with the speed with which they moved 350,000 people each day in the city of Montreal and moved them in quiet and in comfort and with efficienc y. "Each of these cars will carry about 160 people and they will run about 10 cars to a train, so abo ut 1,500 people can ride on one train . The trains are spaced something li ke two or three minutes ap art, so you can visualize how fast you can move people into Atlanta, or out to Decatur, or out into DeKalb County. "We found out that the public attitude abo ut rapid transit had changed quite a bit. People in that area feel that it is no longe r to th eir adva ntage to drive automobiles to work . Th ey know now that they can ride the rapid transit system , have no parking problem , and arrive at work much more quickly. It is certa inl y easier th an the way they were able to do this before." " The cost of the system was certainl y large; one car for example, will cost an average of about $ 123 ,000 and this was fi ve or six years ago. We are talking in the Atlanta area abo ut some 52 miles of track. The las t figure I recall was in excess of some four hundred million dollars, and this keeps goin g up every year. We feel in the interest of Atlanta and D ecatur and this great area we all li ve in , th at we have got to translate this talk and these discussions into action as soon as possible." Couch, too, concluded that after visiting the Montreal system, "We cannot afford not to build a system in A tl an ta, and speed is of the essence. We rode the system in Montreal as the average person would ride it. We stayed in the Hotel C hamplain in Montreal , rode one floor down on the elevator and were in the rapid transit system at that point. We paid a quarter, and, as far as we know, yo u could ride all day long for the price." "The opportunity is so great and is so stagge ring th at I don't think anybody can really understand what an opportun- ity this a rea has . I have seen METRO in P aris and I have seen the subway in New York and I must confess, the subway in New York did not impress me. But what I saw in Montreal, and to a larger degree in Toronto, was so different that I came away with the same feeling that Mr. Breen mentioned - rapid trans it works. " "They have done magnificently," Couch emphasized , "and if they can do it in Montreal and Toronto, we can do it here in Atlanta and we must with the greatest speed possible. " Manning agreed with McCord that, " the longer we wait, the mor~ it is going to cost. This entire project will have to be sub mitted to the people and we should move forward with the progra m. " Manning concluded , "Certainl y we should move forward with the program if we are going to have it, and, if not, we are going to regret it in years to come." The inspection tour February 1-3 was arranged and sponsored by the Decatur / DeKalb Development Association ; transportation was by private plane owned and piloted by Tom McCord. Breen sa id , "There is one thin g I would like to say. This general conversation has related to Metropolitan Atlanta, Decatur and DeKalb County and the number of stations and extensions of the routes . If there are any interested persons in counties which are not in favor of rapid transit, I would like to recommend to these persons and to persons in other parts of the State that they give their attention to two things : "First, I recommend to any one that befo re they reall y become set against rapid transit that they make an effort to take a trip to Toronto and Montreal. After . our trip, we are enthusiastic about rapid transit and see that there is a real need for it. "Second , rapid transit adds a fac ility or capability to a city which in our case would ge nerate new economy throughout the whole State. This is something that would lift Atl anta up out of a questionable area of whether it is indeed a great city or not quite great. I think rapid tra nsit would help make the whole Metropolitan Atlanta area and all of its environment including D eKalb County and D eKalb municipalities part of a great area of high density hab itation . T hi s could not help but affect economy of our State. If I were in Valdosta, Thomaston, or some other part of Georgia, I would be in favo r of rapid tra nsit. " RAPID TRANSIT EXHIBIT WINS . FIRST PLACE AW ARD An exhibit on rapid transit won a blue ribbon for four Chamblee High School students at the Science Fair in DeKalb County in Febru ary. The exhibit, titled " Rapid Transit for Atlanta," used plaster of paris, wood, plastic, to ys, parts of a train set and other materials to show the basic layout of the rapid transit system now being developed . The " mushroomshaped.". objects in the picture above are signs depicting station locations and the time/distance from Transit Center. T he "Blue Ribbon" in the upper left corner of the display indicates a First Place award. The display was developed and built by Carol Pitts, Dianne Coffee, Jud y David and Barbara Wilson, all ninth-grade stu dents at Chamblee H igh School. Ken Moore, World Geography I ,.,..-.....·.. ,.!~ ~ DeKalb County School Superintendent Jim Cherry listens intently as Chamblee student Carol Pitts explains the display she and three other students built, depicting rapid transit plans for Metropolitan Atlanta. "We saw it, we rode it, we like it!" William Painter (l) with Ingram and Breen; and, across the aisle, McCord with DeKalb Commission Chairman Brince H. Manning (r), as they rode the Montreal rapid transit trains. teacher at C ha1nblee, was the s upervising teacher for the project . T he project took approximately 60 "girl-hours" to complete, and won a "Fi rst Place - Blue Ribbon" in the DeKalb competition. A total of more than 600 project was entered in the Scie nce Fair. DeKalb School officials say the fair provides '·an opportunity for students to develop research skills and engage in individual and in-depth studies as they learn to distinguish between fact and opinion while exploring a more e ·citing approach to learning." �MARTAnswers The following questions were asked by newsmen and were answered by m em bers of th e D eKalb group which recently toured rapid transit system s in Toronto and Montreal. QUESTION - Did you get any feeling from the people there as to whether they were glad to have rapid transit and depended ?n it or whether they wished it had never been built? BRINCE MANNING - I personally did not ta lk to any public officials or to anyone connected with rapid transit. We went to get the feelings of the average person in these two great cities and the opinions of business people who have their places of business around rapid transit and also the attitudes of those who live around rapid tra nsit. I did not get the impression in either city that the public was against it. Two or three people did say that t),ere was opposition to it in the beginning but they felt as a result of the completed system , that most of the people are in favor of it. QUESTION - How well do you feel the new systems were integrated with existing neighborhoods as well as with the new de velopment that took place after the stations were ~uilt? WILLIAM BRE):,N - In the neighborhoods, the stations were largely underground as far as size and volume were concerned. Portions of the neighborhood stations which actually occupied ground and sp ace above ground was very small . You could have had two or three of them around our court square, for instance, without disrupting any of our present operations. People walk to the stations. The only exception was where the automobiles and buses came to the stations; there they have drive-in stations which allow rapid transit riders to get to their cars or to buses which feed out into the neighborhoods. QUESTION - You mentioned the possibility of expanding the system in DeKalb County with more stations and longer lines. Do yo u have any specific idea as to wh at and where? MANNING - Well , the initi al line in DeKalb Count y is to come out along the Georgia Railroad, College Avenue and D eK alb Avenue throu gh Decatur, on out p ast Sams Crossing to Avonda le. It is our thinking that because of the traffic p attern set up by the Perimeter Highway that the initi al line should be extended beyond the P erimeter Highway. The reason for this is the limited crossings of the perimeter, not only for private a utomobiles but also for bus t rans portation. Q U ESTION - You also want more stations along the line than a re now in the pl annin g? ,, 808 GLENN BLDG . MANNING - Yes, sir : I believe in Toronto the stations are spaced about a mile and a quarter apart. You can see the development at each station, and I think if we have more stations, there will be a greater impact on every are~ in DeKalb County as well as in other counties in the Metropolitan area . I would like to say this - there has been a lot of talk about rapid transit as something which is just for moving people downtown. The two cities we saw defaults this theory. There is much movement out to the areas, shopping centers, and office buildings that have been developed as a result of rapid transit. I would say that people are going out to these more than they are going downtown. I think this would be true in the Atla nta Metropolitan Area and this suits me fine. The more people we can move out here to shop, to live, to invest their money in real estate development, the better of( we will be. MARTAcTION At its regul ar meeting January 15, 19 68 , the MARTA board of directors re-e lected Richard H . Ri ch as Chairman and Roy Blount as Vice Chairman. The Board was advised th at the followin g directors had been re-appointed to new terms: from Atlanta, L. D. Milton to a term expiring December 31, 1971 ; from DeKalb County, D r. Sanford Atwood to a term expir, ing Dece mber 31 , 1971 ; from DeKalb County, Ro y Blount to a term ex piring Dece mber 3 1, 1969; and from Gwin nett County, K. A. McM illan to a term expiring December 3 1, 1971. The Board ag reed to participate in an acce lerated program of the Atlanta Area Transportation Stud y. At its meeting in February, the Board of Directors au, thori zed the Genera l Manager to fi le an appli cmion with the U.S. Department of Housi ng and Urban Development for $ 166,666.00, to be matched by $83,334.00 of loca l funds for continuati on of the wo rk progra m in 1968. This program includes work elements on Preliminary Ownership Study ($49 ,000) ; Acco unting and Financial Control System ($25,000) ; Architectu ra l Studies ($32,000); T rans it Center Technica l Studies ($99 ,000) ; Socio-Economic Benefit Analysis ($30,000) ; and Impac t of Proposed System of Atlanta Transit System ($ 15,000). The Board also ag reed on MARTA's share of the cost of the acce lerated Atlant a Area Transportati on Stud y; MARTA and the State Hi ghway Department wi ll each contribute $ I00,000 toward this work. The next meet ing will be April 2. 3: 30 P.M .. Room 6 19. The Glenn Building, 120 Marietta Street, N .W .. Atlanta. R.A..PID TR.A..NSIT BULK RATE PROGRESS PAID METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY 120 MARIETTA ST .. N . W . U.S. Postage Atlanta, Ga . Permit No. 705 ATLANTA , GEORGIA 30303 PHONE 524-5711 ( AREA C O DE 4 0 4) FEBRUARY-MARCH 1968 - VOL. 3, NO. 2 Mr. Da n E. Swea t , Jr ., Director of Go ver~mentat Lia i s on, Ci ty of At la~ta City Ha ll Atlanta. Ga. JOJO, ���Maroh 21, 1969 nonorable Ivan Allen Mayor, City of Atlanta · City llall 68 Mitchell Street, s.w. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear f.layor Allen: If the mail balloting of the Atlanta Area Transportation Policy Committee for establishment of a 60-man Citizens' Advisory Committee results in this resolution being passad, I would like to be considered for member3hip on this Citizens• Advisory Committee. My qualifications include nine years experience in the automotive industry, fifteen years residence in the City of Atlanta, the application of computers to the solution of business problems when I was employed by IBM, and a strong lay1uan' s interest for a number of years in traffic and transportation problems. You and I know that Atlanta is the finest city in America. Frankly, though, Mayor Allen, I feel that this all-pervasive transportation problem is the most significant cloud on Atlanta's horizon. I want Atlanta to continua to be a wonderful place to live for my children and grandchildren, and I know that proper traffic and transportation planning will help assure this. May we meet personally to discuss this? Very truly yours, Bernard A. Mcllhany Marketing Representative BAM/dd �~ r ~ ReLC. .A.P. NUMBER rn · CENTRA L ATLANTA PROGRESS, me. Do.es Atlanta Need RAPID TRANSIT This is one of the most important questions to face Atlantans in modern times. OCTOBER 18, 1968 2 PEACHTREE STREET, N.W., SUITE 2740 7 THIS IS NO CHOICE BETWEEN RAPID TRANSIT OR HIGHWAYS All of both that can be built will be needed. Response to this question will detennine ..... . But, it's perfectly obvious that highway construction into the central core cannot continue without limit. whether we grow or choke whether we have a strong central hub or disintegrate ATLANTA MUST MOVE FORWARD -- OR BACKWARD -- IT CAN'T STAND STILL, whether we go forward or bog down whether we compete with other regional cities or not in summary, whether ·we are to become a truly great City. RAPID TRANSIT IS NEEDED NOW . ... NOVEMBER 5th IS THE DATE OF DECISION .... A VOTE "FOR" IS A VOTE "FORWARD". BASIC PHILOSOPHY IMPORTANT A city can sprawl --- or it can develop like a wheel, with a noticeable "hub" and satellite development all around, with trafficways and corridors lihking places of residence, places of work, recreation areas, shopping and entertainment facilities. The dramatic concentration of new high-rise office buildings and apartments in central Atlanta is evidence of our commitment to the strong central . core type of city --- with other elements around the central core comprising a great Metro wheel. BUT, A STRONG HUB! In Montreal, a sparkling new rapid trans it system not only moves thousands of people to and from work, but has helped build an exciting new downtown. Atlanta can do li kewi se . ACCESSIBILITY/CIRCULATION VITAL TO THE HUB For the hub to grow --- and function efficie ntly it mu st be readi ly access i bl e t o t hose seeki ng t o rea ch it, and i t must be operable internally. Otherwise, the growth will go elsewhere. OF COURSE, R/T WILL BE EXPENSIVE --- BUT ... . ... . so will be the cost of not doing it. TELLING THE CENTRAL ATLANTA PROGRESS STORY in lost efficiency in accidents -- damages In the loss of Honorable Ivan Allen, Sr., Atlanta has lost one of its grea t citizens --- a person ,hose love for Atlanta and vision for its future have left an indelible mark. We extend deepest sympathy to Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr .. Executive Director spoke to the Nort hs ide Kiwanis Clu b Oct. 4th. injuries deaths in lo ss of development opportunities and the jobs and tax base t here in represented in los s of property values as streets choke up Will address Decatur Rotary Club on November 1st. Secretary of State of Florida, Tom Adams, visited Centra l Atlanta Prog ress on Octo ber 16t h to learn of this un ique particjpation of priv~te enterprise in a cooperative effort to build a better City . in loss of business activity in tryi ng to pay for less workable so lu tions (for ex ampl e, some ci ties have found that it costs as mu ch as $2 1, 000 average TO ADD TO THE EXPRESSWAY SYSTEM THE CAPACI TY TO MOVE ONE ADDITIONAL VEHI CLE. ) - In the current urban cr i sis, those centra l cores tha t do sound planning and act forcefully wi ll move forward the othe rs will falter. Bob Bivens �REPR INT FROM THE ATLANTA JOURNAL (By Ce ntra l At l anta Progress, In c. 9/30/68 ) Downtown: I 's the By TOM WALKER At la nta Joar na l Re a l E:i late Ed t111 r Like the hub of a wheel 1 the downtown core of a ma10r city is the axis around which its suburbs turn. Atlanta is no excepuon . From th is central point, the sprawling urba n community is held together in a meaningful pattern. Without it, these outlying areas would be just so many unrelated neighborhoods. This is why so much concern is expressed in Atlanta and othe r cities about the hea lth and vita lity of the downtown core. In aver real sense the siren o e eniire ur ban complex depends llpon the sfrenglh of the ce~ ,tral city. just as the extremities of a human being depend upon the beat of the human hea,rt. Ma ny agencies and individuals-both private and governmental-are actively engaged in -the business of keeping Atlanta'5 downtown strong. THE PR IVATE real estate developers are in t he forefront in this effor.t, with such major projects as: - Peachtree Center, an In-lel'llationally known deve lopment that will eventually en- · compass office, enterta inment and living space. -The projected " air rights" complex of office. hotel and retail bui ldings which Dallas deve loper Ray,nond Nasher plans to construct over the railroad tracks nitar the Sta te Capitol. - The sim il ar air rig11ts project which Cousins Properties, Inc . of Atlanta plans over the railroad right-of-way at Sprin g Street and Techwood Drive. - The Georgia State College ex pansion plans which will make way for a school of 25,000 students by 1975 right in the hearit of Atlanta . -The government center, where stale. city and county agencies are housed. but which will need room fo r expansion in the future . - Colony Square, a complex of office bu ildings, apartments, hotel, retail and restaura nt Facilities on P eachtree ' at I Hh streets. P L US DEVELOPMENTS connerted with the Georgia Tech campus. the Atlanta Civic Center and new highrise. med ium -r ise and Jow~ise office buildings in downtown Atlanta that. are almost too numerous to keep up with . And at some future date. developments associated with the Metropolitan At I a n ta Rapid Transit system will help transfi gure the downtown core . These are projects or plans which have already been made public. and have advanced to one or another stage of advanced planning or actual construction. But there are other dramatic plans for downtown Atlanta which are Hu The rime re uisites of a down own area, sa1 r. tven\ are that 1t be alfracLlve 1 : eas_ to ~el around ffi, and safe. One o the maior trends in downtown Atlanta development, he said, is the large-scale complex, such as Peachtree Center . Business News and Rea 1·Estate· Frido y, Septem be r 20, 1968 still in the formulative stage, but all of them are aimed at creating a stron~. throbbing central hub (or a sprawling metropolitan community . THE DOWNTOWN, however, is the center of more than just a prom ising future - it is the center of some. major ur ban problems which· will have to be solved before the promise can be ful filled . These include d o w n to w n blight ; ghetto and slum areas: deteriorming neighborhoods, within the very shadows of gleaming new office structures ; transitional business districts where vacant buildings sit idle within a short walk of F ive Poi nts , fin anci al center of the Southeast ; congested streets and clogged freeways - among others. Coping with the future of this high-density downtown core requires detailed study of literally every square fool of space . In its planning " you've got to ta lk about feet and inches where you might be lalk in1; about miles if you're considering areas Carther out,' ' sairi Robert W. " Bob" Bivens. executive director of Central Atlan ta Progress (CA P). A PRIVATELY FINANCED

The overall goal of CAP, said its executive director. ,s 1'to develop ideas that make sense and see them through.11 THE AIM IS NOT to come up with "me in the skv" nr2: posats that sound great, but are 1mpract1cal. The tdea 1s to come up with sensible, practica l proposals. A community which develops the .la!ter 1s m the best position to take advanta~ of mone which 1s ava1able rom ex1s m sources sue as a num er o e era agencies) , he sa1d 1 and also 1s m 6e!!er 9*s1t1on lo mlluence priva te evelopers. Associate Drrector Donald G. Inirram said : ,1We want to enllsF the pnvate sectbf I tD make ir1vate enleronse a earl of he ~rocess of fmd mg solutions . T 1s refu resents a iiewC!imens1on: I e mvolvement of the busmess community in the process of olannmg. II they are mvol ved , we th ink they wilt carry out the ~ " ""Aflhe same time, Mr. Bivens emphasized, CAP works closely with the public planning agencies in the overall search for an answer to the question : What kind of core dqes a booming. metropolita n area need, and how can th is be brought into reality? The central core of Atlanta is hard to deline in exact terms. As conceived ~ Central Atlanta Progress. it is somewhat lar~er than .!;!'•, _region which most people proba- · bly think of as " downtown." agency, Central Atlanta Progress , in effect. is the business community's own planning agency. as opposed to the publicly fi nanced planning departments of the City of Atl anta . the metropolitan area and the · St.ate of Georgia . GE NE R A LL Y, THE As such it is unique "locally, "CORE' ' is defin ed as the and possi bly is unique among area from Brookwood Station major cities of the nation. on the north to Atlanta StaAs Mr. Bivens puts it. Cen. dium on the south , and within tral Atlanta P rogress is th11 the railroad belt line extendlatest step in the evolutionary ing eastward beyond Bouleprogress of the business comvard-Monroe Drive and westmunity of central Atlanta. ward as f;rr as Maddox Parlt It was formed from the nuand Washington Park. cleus provided by two older organizations: the Central Al· One reason for selectinl! · lanla Improvement Associathese general boundaries is tion. founded in 194 1, and the the fac t that so much statistiUptown Association. organized cal data ts available from in 1960. · such agencies as the Census Bureau on neighborhoods that In .January of last year, have these fixed limits. CAP was organized. But .Mr. One of the fundamenta l Bivens explains, these organiproblems facing the future of . 1.ations were also restructured downtown Atlanta is trafficso that, in effect, a completely how to get there and back new association was formed . from outlying regions, and " It is not a rnromotional how to circulate within the ~roup. " sa id Mr. ivens, " but downtown a~ once there. I IS a Blanmng agency, Wtffi e x per I e need. mof•_ssional 1anners who have a strong ackground m pri vate enter- 6 rn, 1- D " Georgia State College is planning for a student body of 25,000 by 1975," Mr. Bivens said. " Obviously, even with r apid transit, most of these will drive cars to school. How will they get in and out? How will you separate pedestrian traffic from streets? These are some of the types of problems which someone has to be thinking about right now. " Said Mr. Ingram : " There is an overriding concern over just what kind of downtown area we are trying to achieve in relation to a city with a ( fu. ture) population of 3 millionplus. " In short, what ought to be downtown and what can be located elsewhere in the metropolitan region: how many and what kinds of jobs, how much office space and for what purposes, what kind of and how much bousing?-to mention just a few major considerations. " EXPERTS SAY, AND we agree, that all great cities have two things in common.11 said Mr. Bivens. "One IS an exciting central core, where people want to go to shop, for entertainment, go lo the theater, to restaurants-and it is a place that is active 24 hours a day. "Second, a stronf, . middle class citiz:WX 11ves ose to the c central core, he wen£ on. I his concen!rabon of people provides the leadership for U1e downtown and patronizes what the downtown offers-without, Mr. Bivens notes, having to commute many miles fro m the suburbs . What then, should go into the central, downtown core? Mr. Bivens and Mr . Ingram listed these: -More high-rise, high-income apartments ("Atl anta is really not quite ready for this now," sa id Mr. Bivens , " but we ought to be thinking ahead to that day, and take steps to make it possible" ). -Downtown •should be the focal point of cultural activities. ( "This is pretty well happening now, but we ought to strengthen it, " he said). This includes theaters, restaurants and great hotels, among other features. -A COMPLEX OF strong retail establishments, which attract shoppers not only from the metropolitan community, but from throughout the region. -A concentration of government offices. -A concentration of financi al activity. - -Merchandise and t r a d e marts. THE LARGE COMPLEX represents a new dimension, because this type of project includes the full range of human activities from homes , to jobs to recreational facilities and entertainment, r ight in the central area. While most air rights developments have been envisioned so far over railroad right-ofway , Mr. Bivens pointed out that air rights developments ROBERT W. Bl\, ENS 'Se nsib le' Solm in ns over freeways offers a broad opportunity for future development. Resourceful thinkin so ua so come u w1 10ns o e use o muc owntown l~nd that 1s currently not utilize to its maximum potential, the planners md1cated. One such area is the socalled "garment district" of downtown Atlanta just south of Five Points. Obviously in a transitional state, the main questions for this and sim il ar property would be: What land use would make the most sense here? AND ALSO IN THE slum neighborhoods-what would be the best use for land that is obviously not fit fo r human habitation? A dilemma here is how to bring the ghetto dweller into closer contact with his potential jobs? It is literally a geographical problem, since the job quite often is many miles from the needy person's dwelling, and the transportation between the two may be too costly, or inadequae. " We've got to work in the Jong haul on a sensible match of people with jobs," said Mr. Bivens, "so that people in the cities can work to improve themselves." This, in. short, is one of the i m m e d i a t e problems that must be solved en route to solutions that are mapped out for longer-range problems. �RAPID TRANSIT ESS METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY " MA-C:::,r""nA ..1,;;v.L~ REPORTS TO THE PEOPLE IT SERVES .. . AUG •. SEPT., 1968 3 N O . 6 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _....,__,....,.,.,.....,__,...,,.._,._m,::::z::,l!Cll____...,,_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ v o L. TRANSIT CHIEF HAILS ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT PLANS Pa ul L. Sitton, newly-named chief of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration , U. S. Department of Transportation, has commended Atlanta leaders for taking the initiative in developing a proposal for a rapid transit system. Sitton , a native of DeKalb County and a graduate of Emory University, was in Atlanta August 27 to meet with transportation and government officials. At a news conference that afternoon , he praised Atlanta for having "a leadership that is concerned with the future. " Sitton stated, "I think a mass transportation system for Atlanta is essential for future growth and development." On the topic of available federal funds , he noted that in other cities which are building new rapid transit facilities , "The federa l government has been prepared to meet its commitment to these programs." He commended Atlanta for having "a very well-balanced approach to transportation," and observed that rapid transit in Atlanta would have a benefici al effect on the entire state. The text of the news conference is printed in its entirety in succeed ing paragraphs. A number of local elected officials and business leaders attended ' the news conference to meet Mr. Sitton and to hear his comments. These included Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr.; Fulton Cou nty Commission Chairm an Charlie Brown; Nelson Severin ghaus, Chairman of the Atlanta Region Metropolitan Planning Commission ; MARTA Vice-Chairman Roy Blount; and MARTA Directors John C. Wilson and Dr. Sanford Atwood. Georgia former Governor Carl Sanders introduced Sitton to the group of abo ut 30 persons, including representatives of newspapers, radio and television. Sitton opened the news conference by explaining that he has been traveling around the country since his nomination, visiting the cities to fami liarize himself with their problems in transportation and their plans for solutions. SITTON: I think Atlanta is a very unique city .. .. Atlanta is a center city-a central distribution area for a large part of the nation-for the Southeast. Atl anta has grown, it has developed, it has looked forward to its future . In fact, Atlanta has always anticipated its future. I think the Lockner Program for highway development in this area is indicative of this. I think the high-rise office development is a recognition that Atlanta will truly be the central service city of the Southeast fo r governmental services, for banking, for retailing, cultural activities and other activities of this nature that make up the critical activities of a classic city of the size of Atlanta. Aristotle said that the people came together in cities to live, and they stayed there in order to live the good life. The Congress, when it enacted the Urban Mass Transit Act in 1964, recognized th at there was a need for national support of programs in major urban areas of our country to improve their transportation . It reflected a recognition on the part of the Congress that our urban areas are changing. They are perhaps the most dynamic part of our economy; they are, there's no question about it. And there is a growing demand for services of an affluent society. Transportation is one of those services. The Department of Transportation is attempting to take all of the programs concerned with transportation and which relate to our cities-highways, urban mass transportation, aviation , and so forth-and to weave them into a systematic pattern in which we can see how the central cities, or the central business districts, can best be served-how to move people back and forth to work, how to provide for recreational outlets-all of these cannot be carried out without a significant transportation service. Atlanta to me, as I said, is a classical example of this city. I think, also, that Atlanta has a unique leadership among the cities that I've visited. Atlanta has a leadership that is concerned with its future, it is concerned with its growth, and recognizes the things that have to be done in the future, if Atlanta is to remain the cultural and business and economic center of this fast-growing section of our nation . l came here to get a briefing on the mass transit program which is under study and under consideration by the region ; ( continued) At news conference, left to right, are John Wilson, MART A Director; Roy Blount, MART A Vice Chairman.; Paul Sitton, UMT A Director; and Carl Sanders, former Governor of Georgia. �TRANSIT CHIEF (continued) I wanted to see how it is integrated with the total plan of the development of the area, and try to understand this as one of the major component problems that we face on a national level. I will be glad to answer any questions or discuss any issues that yo u may have, or specific points concerning the program that I administer. QUESTION: There seems to be one key factor in Atlanta's rapid transit plan and that key factor is money. How far is the federal government going to participate in rapid transit? SITTON: Well, let me put it this way-the federal government between 1964 and 1967 provided over 400 million dollars in grants to support certain cities that were prepared to move ahead with development of their transportation system . We have supported the San Francisco BARTD project; we have provided for replacement equipment in ~Chicago, in New York, in Philadelphia-there are active projects underway in those cities. In each case, the fede ral government has been prepared to meet its commitment to these programs. And I think that the political response of the two parties, the recognition by the Congress and the Administration of the critical federal role is an answer to the question of the willingness of the federal government to meet the matching requirements it has set forth in the federal grant program. QUESTION: Is there enough money available now to get Atlanta off the ground? SITTON : There is not enough money available to get any one city off the ground, because you have to approach these projects in developmental stages. One Congress cannot commit itself from one term to the next. We are trying to work out long term programs of authorizations that will permit the cities to plan Paul L. Sitton and to look to the future. I feel that with the support of the cities and of our Congress, we can provide the kind of sound program that will permit the cities to proceed with the assuredness that the federal support required to sustain these programs will go ahead . At the present time, we have 190 million dollars in grants that are available for this fiscal year. I might also add that, in terms of this, we provide support under research programs looking to what the future prospects are for augmenting systems that are provided and for looking at new technology that may come along. QUESTION: From your knowledge of Atlanta and from what you've seen on your visit this time, bow important is a rapid transit system of some type to Atlanta? SITTON: I think a mass transportation system for Atlanta is essential for future growth and development. With a city with the projected population that you envision in the next 20 or 30 years, one cannot see its future development taking place at the pattern that you anticipate in terms of your economic growth without providing the key service that is necessary to serve a central city like this. And this can only come about through some very effective, convenient, r apid, and viable form of mass transportation. The people of Atlanta have a choice-the choice is to move ahead with the transportation that you are planning and anticipate the future growth of your city in a constructive and a progressive manner, taking into account what the economic growth potentials of this area are, what the population is, and by providing the services that are essential to sustain these jobs, this economy at a high level. And to provide the qualities of excellence that are necessary in our society today to provide the kind of life that our people demand and will want. The other alternative is to let "drift" take place-no planning, no prospective analysis of what will happen in the future, and permit things to proceed in a kind of a "drift pattern," and I don't think Atlanta will take that choice. QUESTION: How does it tie-in with the development of highway programs? SITTON: I'm glad you mentioned that, because we are working-in fact, I came from a meeting this morning out at the airport with regional highway officials from all over the United States, explaining the program, how the mass transit program ties in very closely with the highway system. It doesn't compete with highways, it augments highways. We have highway demands that far exceed the revenues that are available, even under existing Jaws, to meet those demands. What we are trying to do is to make highways more efficient in terms of movi ng more people who want to use their automobile along these highways, and remove the clogging and congestion that restrict the use of them at this time, and, prospectively, in the future . So, it's an augmentation of existing forms of transportation and existing services. QUESTION: If Atlanta is successful in passing a bond referendum this fall, how long will it have to wait for matching funds from the federal government? SITTON : Well, let me put it in this light-the federal government has been prepared whenever a major city has come forward with a plan and with a viable financing scheme to provide the grants that are needed . We have done this on a timely basis. And, in pl anning the future of this program, we are certainly taking into account the prospective demands that will be placed upon 'this program by Atlanta and other cities. QUESTION: Are you familiar enough with Atlanta's plan to say whether or not it's a well-integrated and adequate plan? SITTON: I have followed Atlant~'s plan from Washington over the past several years, primarily when I was working on the highway program, and trying to make sure that federal programs at the local level were being placed as part of an integrated plan. I would say that in no city that I've been in and worked with has there been a more constructive effort on the part of all parties to brmg together into a systematic approach to the problem of transportation the solution that we are seeking in a balanced transportation system. The answer is, Atlanta has, as fa r as I've seen in Washington , a very wellbalanced approach to transportation. QUESTION: Would yo u elaborate on a situation where one metropolitan county did not participate in the rapid transit program? SITTON: I can't elaborate in detail, but I can point to an example where, in San Francisco, I believe, the plan is proceeding without the participation of Marin County, which is across the Bay from San Francisco, and which was part of the initial system. That's the only example I know of. The essential thing to focus upon, however, is the need for an initial core system. T he need for experience, the need for trying to adjust the travel patterns. There is no question in my mind, once a system is developed and the economic benefits flow from it, that you will see a full regional participation at some point in the future . QUESTION: How would it affect the county not participating? SITTON: I think it certainly would affect the county, in terms of its integration into the total sys tem, of the total metropolitan growth and economy of the metropolitan area. Like having an arm cut off, you know, it's lying there not very effective. QUESTION: How will rapid transit benefit the rest of the state? SITTON: That's a very good question; I'm glad you asked that. W hat benefits Atlanta benefits the State of Georgia. What benefits Atlanta benefits the Southeast. What benefits Atlanta benefits the nation. The benefits that grow from an efficient form of transportation service to a core area like this spreads throughout the economy. It has a very distinct "multiplier effect," if I may use a word of BARTD, and it will have very large implications for people in other parts of the state. T hey come here to perform many functions and services; they rely upon Atlanta as a distribution center. All of this affects the cost of doing business. T hank you, gentlemen. (End of news conference.) MARTA REJECTS "BUCKHEAD ALTERNATE" The proposed " Buckhead Alternate" was rejected by the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority at its regular meeting September 3, 1968. After hearing a report of the Engineering and Design Review Committee, presented by Mitchell C. Bishop, the Board agreed unanimously that future planning of the Northeast rapid transit line should proceed on the Southern Railroad alignment as proposed earlier. . The following is the text of the EDR Committee report: REPORT OF THE ENGINEERING _AND DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY SEPTEMBER 3, 1968 SUBJECT: "Buckhead Alternate" In accord ance with the decision of the Board at the August meeting, a public hearing was held Thursday night, August 15, at the gymnasium of North Fulton High Sc?ool on the subject of the proposed "Buckhead Alternate" ahgnment for the Northeast rapid transit route. Director John Wilson presided Director Rawson Haverty assisted Mr. Wilson. Advantages and disadvantages of both lines were presented by MARTA consultants at the publ!c he~ring. A~ong the advantages which Leon Epl an, of Enc Hill Ass?ciates, attributed to the " Buckhead Alternate" were the followmg: J . Direct service to the Buckhead business district ; 2. Two additional stations; 3. Better access by residents of Peachtree Road and Roswell Road ; 4. Improved possibilities for orderly growth and development of the area, especially in the vicinity of stations; and, 5. Prob ability of greater patronage in the future. The disadvantages which were vo iced included the following: 1. The requ irement for a greater number of homes, businesses, and other private property for right-of-way. 2. The need for some ri ght-of-way on, or adj acent to, property now bein g used fo r parks, schools and churches ; 3. The inconvenience of major construction through established neighborhoods; and, 4. The additional cost of $48 million for the "Buckhead Altern ate" over th at of the railroad alignment. One thousand people attended the public hearing. About fort y-five persons, other than MART A consultants, addressed the hearin g. Two of these spoke in favo r of the "Buckhead Alternate"; others spoke against it, generally because of the disadvantages referred to earlier. The audience almost in its entirety supported the statements made by those opposing the "Buckhead Alternate." They lis- tened to the arguments favoring the Alternate alignment, but gave clear indication of their opposition to the proposed Alternate. It should be mentioned here that when the audience was given opportunity, on four different occasions, to express their opinion of rapid transit generally, they showed just as great enthusiasm for rapid transit as originally proposed as they showed opposition to the proposed Alternate. MART A Director John Wilson presides at Public Hearing on "Buckhead A lternate." About 1,000 persons attended tile hearing, held in the gymnasium of North Fulton High School. Atlanta Alderman Douglas L. "Buddy Fowlkes was one of about 40 persons who gave th eir views on the suggested alternate route. In addition to the comments made by the speakers, additional comments were registered in writing, and several petitions of opposition were submitted, including the one given to this Board at its previous meeting. In addition, in response to a request from the audience, the formal record was held open until the following Thursd ay to allow the submission of written statements for the record. T he written comments submitted reflected the same opinions in the same proportion as the spoken comments at the meeting - the majority opposing the "Buckhead Alternate." This Authority was given the responsibility by the people of this area, and by their elected officials, to develop a proposal for a rap id transit system which will serve the people of this area in the best manner at the lowest possible cost. While there are advantages and benefits to the "Buckhead Alternate," the disadvantages and additional cost in this situation would appear to indicate the adoption of the route proposed along Southern Railway right-of-way. It is for the reasons outlined herein, that the Engineering and Design Review Committee therefore recommends that the "Buckhead A lternate" alignment be rejected and the alignment along the Southern Railway rights-of-way be adopted for further pl anning in the development of a proposed system of routes and station locations for the regional rapid transit system. • �THE INFLUENCE OF RAPID TRANSIT ON REAL ESTATE VALUES IN TORONTO G . W arren H eenan, past president of the Toronto Real Estate Board, was a principal speaker at Georgia Tech's "Conference on Impending Technology , Its Challenge to Livable Cities," on M ay 8. Heenan spoke on "The Influ ence of Rapid Transit on Real Estate V alues in Toronto." H e observed that in many ways, the A tlanta of today is remarkably similar to Toronto in the late 1940's when Toronto embarked on building its rapid transit system . Excerpts from Heenan's speech are reproduced below. I have enjoyefi the cultural, social and historical features, and witnessed the community pride and spirit, which have made Atl anta one of North America's truly great cities. Metropol~tan Toronto, like Atlanta, is a fabulous boomtown. In the next few minutes at my disposal, I would like to relate to you what has happened, and the exciting developments about to take place in Torontq,, as a G. Warren Heenan direct result of the existence of a balanced transportation system . Balanced transportation, featuring Rapid Transit as the main component, is the key to phenomenal urban growth. Above all , the one thing that all large North American cities have in common is the problem of automobile traffic congestion. More and more great cities are working toward Rapid Transit as a solution to traffic strangulation. For example, of the existing Rapid Transit cities, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Chicago and Toronto, all have extensions now under construction. A number of other cities are in the advanced stages of planning entirely new systems . Amongst these are: Seattle, Baltimore, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis. However, in spite of this spectacular pace of expansion and planning of mass transit facilities, there is more and more evidence that traffic congestion is strangling the growth of many of North America's great cities because the y have neglected to provide fo r total transportation needs . Local and state leadership must take the initiative in identifying transportation problems and developing solutions. The Federal Government, whose transit role has only recently been defined, can play an important supporting role in helping cities achieve balanced metropolitan transportation systems. There is no doubt that it would be a great service to your community if the real estate people and business and civic organizations continued to insist that rapid transit become the major element in the overall transportation requirements for your metropolitan area. We must look to a balanced transportation system and not fall into the trap of putting all our eggs in one basket, as has been done in Los Angeles where transportation is almost entirely oriented to expressways. There is only one way to prevent large cities and their surrounding subu rbs from being strangled by traffic, poisoned by exhaust fumes and forced to devote more of their living and working space to parking lots. That is to provide inexpensive public transportation service that is frequent, fast and reliable enough to induce citizens to leave their cars at home when they go to places of work or pleasure. Mass rapid transit is about the best bargain since Peter Minuit, Governor of New Netherlands, bought Manhattan Island from the Indians for $24 worth of trinkets in the early 1600's. The Dutchman's investment of $24 in 30 square miles of land now has a physical value of $250 billion. I am convinced that for any major urban area, mass rapid transit as the main base of a balanced transportation system creates and enhances property values like nothing else on earth. If an urban rapid transit system never earned a dime, it would still pay for itself a thousand times over through its beneficial impact on real estate values and increased assessments. The greatest cities in the world have that essential common facility- an efficient rapid transit complex. The major achievement in public transit in Metropolitan Toronto has been the successful creation of a subway system. As far back as 1942 it was realized that the growth and expansion of Toronto would in a few years result in a transit situation which would be beyond the capacity of surface street car routes . Separation of street car and automobile traffic was the obvious solution, and the Commission began to study a rapid transit system for Toronto. In 1946, when plans were completed and the war was over, the subway project was submitted to a vote of citizens who, by a 10 to 1 majority, endorsed the construction of a subway. Construction began on a 2-track route from Union Station to Eglinton Avenue, in September 1949, and on March 30, 1954, Yonge Street Subway, the first subway in Canada, was open for business. The total length at that time was 4½ miles, of which approximately 3 miles is underground and 1½ miles is in open-cut. The total cost of Canada's first subway, including right-ofway, rails, electrical distribution system, signal system and rolling stock was $67,000,000. This small investment ignited a $10 billion development explosion along the route from Front and York Streets to its northern terminal, Eglington Avenue. The appraised value of all the land and facilities in Metropolitan Toronto is now over $50 billion. $ 15 billion of this appreci ation in physical value has been added in the last 10 years and two-thirds of this is attributable to the existence of the Yonge Street Subway. Properties along the subway route doubled and tripled and sometimes increased as much as tenfold in value. Land prices would have increased anyway, but sales at $ 125 to $150 per square foot near the downtown stations became commonplace. The 1952-1962 ten year increase in tax assessment in districts contiguous to the Yonge Subway line was 45% in the downtown area. The assessment increase for the rest of the city durin g the same period averaged 25% . On this basis, the subway has craned enough new tax dollars to pay its annual amortization costs. Another $2 billion in building is underway and in the planni ng stages in downtown Toronto. There is no doubt that the subway to downtown, and our new $35 million City Hall, are the catalysts speeding the redevelopment of Toronto's downtown. Each year between 2 and 3 milli on square fee t of new office space and 5,000 apartment suites, of which 3,000 are within walking distance of the Yonge Street Subway, are being added to Toronto's skyline. Up home, they call it boomtown Metro. That it is - with the highest per capita construction expenditures in N orth America. Just for comparison, here are some figures: Metro Toronto issued permits to allow $800 million in consiruction in 1967. This building volume compares with $45 1.6 million in permits last year in the Atlanta standard metropolitan statistical area. Toronto is now fourth spot in total building in North America behind Los Angeles, Chicago and New York, cities which all have more than double metro Toronto's population. Real estate sales in Metro totalled over $1 billion in 1967 - the highest per capita volume of transfers in North America. Sales through T he Toronto Real Estate Board's Multiple Listing Service wi ll hit a record $400 million this year compared to $367 million last year. The City of Toronto is divided into 24 Planning Districts. A detailed "Planning Di strict Appraisal" has been, is being or will be prepared for each Planning District. The character of each Planning District is thoroughly described in the planning reports . From these it may be discerned what type of neighborhoods benefit most from the subway. For example, in a five year period between 1959 and 1963, 48.5 % of all high rise apartment development in the City of Toronto occurred in four Planning Districts. The Yonge Street Subway runs right through the center of each of these Planning Districts. Similarly, 90 % of all office construction in the same period occurred in three Planning Districts. The Subway cuts right through these areas. In other words, two-thirds of all new development in a five year period was put in place within five minutes walk from the Yonge Street Subway. Hundreds of large residential lots, 175 feet wide and 200 feet in depth, were rezoned to accommodate high-density apartment buildings. The apartment land boom brought as much as $4,000 per suite to speculators. H eenan, next to lectern, talks rapid transit with M ARTA Chairman Richard H . Rich. Going rates offered to home owners were $ 1,000 to $2,000 per front foot. Many fa milies who bought modest houses at $ 15,000 to $25,000 each, sold them to developers for $50,000 to $75 ,000. Downtown land is selling at upwards to $200 per square foot or at the rate of $8.7 mill ion per acre. . There is no doubt that a subway has a tremendous impact on land use and consequently on land values. Now the 8-mile crosstown leg of the $200 million project has been completed to assume a major role in Metro's balanced tra nsportation system. But there is no lull in subway construction activity in Metropolitan To ronto . Work on two more extensions is taking the subway into suburban districts. Total cost of the extensions will be $77 million . Now completed, the Bloor-Danforth line is over fo urteen miles in length and Metropolitan T oronto is criss-crossed by a total of 21 miles of fast, modern subway lines . The city section of the Bloor-Danforth line is carrying 25,000 passengers hourly. It is expected to step up to from 35,000 to 37,000 passengers hourly now with the opening of the extensions. T he subway line is designed to carry 40,000 hourl y, triple the number of passengers transported on the fo rmer street car and bus service in the Bloor-Danforth area. T he proposal for a Bloor-Danforth subway line was made by the TCC in 1955. P lans were completed in 1958 . Construction started in 1962. Money was rolling along the tracks, even ahead of the trains. New bus iness and higher assessments are following the transit lines li ke bears after honey. The east-west subway is adjacent to properties which were valued at $250 million before the project was announced . These same properties have already doubled in value to $500 million. The subway's influence on rezoning along the line will generate $2 billion worth of office and apartment building in the next ten years. So you see, land values are directly related to public transportation. Real estate value is created by two fund amental things: people and accessibility. T he more accessible any land area is, the more valuable it becomes. As a result of their lack of accessibility, many of our cities are in danger of losing their economic and cultural vitality, and all of us are paying an increasingly higher price in terms of tension, time and money just to move about. Rapid transit is a continuing program. In Toronto we do not just build a subway line and forget about it. A decision has been made and detailed planning is in progress to add a 4½ mile, $87 million northern extension to the Yonge Street Subway, and acquire the right-of-way fo r a possible fu ture I ¼ mile extension to Finch Avenue at an estimated cost of $2 to $2½ million. A six-mile rapid transit line is also proposed in connection with the Spadina Expressway. I will note here that, as a general principle, is it clear that as the rapid transit system is extended further from downtown, the stations should be spaced at wider intervals, since this is the best way to achieve train speeds and traveling times from the outlying areas which are reasonably competitive with the private car. This is where the city rapid transit line should be integrated with or become a commuter train. As all the bus and auto ro utes leading to commuter parking stations are improved through road widening, thousands of acres of land are brought within development range. I would estimate that each mile of rapid transit brings suburban and ru ral land three years closer to developmen t. The amount and intensity of new development and the volume of retail sales at a given point on the raP.id transit line are directly proportionate to the passenger traffic to and from the closest subway station. I believe I can prove this theory without giving you all the figures on p assenger flows at each station in Toronto. There are p rese ntly 36 stations in operation on the Toronto Subway network. T he three busiest stations are Eglinton, St. Clair and Queen. Of a daily passenger traffic to all stations of 400,000 (April, 1966), the three stations handled 28 percent of all daily traffic into the stations . The three station areas also accounted fo r three-quarters of all new development in the City of Toronto over the past two years. In conclusion, I would like to say - as a guest in your coun try - I am deeply impressed with what I see. We truly appreciate the royal treatment we have enjoyed during our stay. Thank you for inviting us here to enjoy it. M E T ROPO LITAN ATLANTA RA P ID T RA NSIT AU T H O RITY 8 0 8 GLENN BLDG . • 120 MARIETT A ST ., N.W . ATLANTA. 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H 1::;,. 11 y L. STIIAHT . Getlt'f(I/ .1/111,r1pr>r EAIII. W. NELS O:-- . Chit'/ Et1gi11ccr KIN, : ELLIOlT, Director oj Public /11/ ormatiun H. N . J o11 :-.so:,;. Aclm i11 i.HHlli1·t· .-l ss i.~tant 1,, G et1a(l/ .11 ,uwga �WASHINGTON, D. C., PROTOTYPE GOES ON DISPLAY The prototype of the new Washington, D. C., "Metro" rapid transit car is now in the midst of a series of appearances for public inspection in the four counties and four cities which will be served by the 97-mile rapid rail transit system, scheduled to begin initial operation in 1972. The prototype has sculptured, contemporary design, featuring a polished metal exterior and tinted panoramic windows. Passengers will enter the vehicle through three, 50-inch wide double doors on each side. The interior of the car permits two-by-two seating for 82 passengers. The decor includes wall-to-wall, wool pile carpeting in gold and brown, with seating in black, saddle tan, and oyster white. When the Metro is completed, more than 800 cars will carry millions · of commuters per year in air-conditioned comfort at speeds up to 75 miles per hour. "The High Cost of Delay." MARTACTION At its regular meeting July 2, the MARTA Board of Directors approved a planning study fo r a line in the Perry Homes-Proctor Creek area. The study was estimated to cost $16,000 and would take eight to ten weeks to complete. A t the August 6 meeting, the Board agreed to retain the planning fi rm of Eric H all Associates to continue work to coordinate MARTA's plans with those of other public agencies and private development groups. The Board adopted a resolution calling for a public hearing on the proposed "Buckhead Alternate" route; the hearing was set fo r Thursday, August 15, 1968, at 7: 30 p.m. at the Garden Hills Elementary School. (See page 5.) RAPID TRANSIT BULK RATE PROGRESS PAID M E T R OPO LITA N ATLAN TA R A P I D T RA N S IT A U T H O RIT Y BOB GLENN BLDG . · 1 20 MAR I ETTA S T . . N . W . PHON E 52 4 -5 7 1 1 ( AREA CO D E 404 ) A U G. - SE P T .. 1 96 B , VO L . 3 - · AT L AN T A , GE O RG I A 3 0 3 0 3 NO . IS Mr. Da~ E. Sweat , Jr,, Direc tor of Gover :imcntal Lla ~so :1 , Ci ty of At. a , ta City Hall Atla:ita , Ga. ~ 10 30303 U.S. Postage Atlanta, Ga . Permit No. 705 �R.A.PID TR.A.NSIT

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METRO POLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTH O RITY " MA-C::,rr,A RT S _T_O_ _THE O_P_L_E_ _IT . .. " _ _ _v ·o _ _ _ _ _ _..Lv..L..ci. _ _ _ _ _ _REP _ _ _O __ __ _ _ _ _PE __ _ _SERVES _______ __ JUNE-JULY, L. 3, 1 96 B No . MARTA-ATS BUSES ARRIVE Ten of the most modern buses ever built, and the only buses of their kind anywhere, were delivered to eager Atlantans July 1, 1968. The arrival of these new buses was especially _s ignificant because it marked the first of many anticipated joint efforts between the Atlanta Transit Sys tem , who is leasing and operating the buses, and MARTA, which purchased the buses. The buses were officially welcomed in a brief ceremony by Richard H. Rich, MARTA Chairman; William P . Maynard , President of Atlanta Transit System ; and C. J. Jacobs, President of Local # 732, which represents the drivers. Mr. Maynard noted that " the buses would immediately be put into service, to se rve riders on routes throughout the city, and give everyone the opportunity to enjoy and inspect the new ve hicles in air-conditioned comfort." The buses, which were built by General Motors, were purchased by MART A under competitive bidding procedures, and will be leased to the Transit Sys tem over a period of ten years. Revenu e to MART A from the lease will pay both the principal and the interest. Mr. Rich outlined the reasons for the purchase. " It is esse nti al to the development of rapid transit for Metropolitan Atl anta that a balanced sys tem of transit be developed, including full y coordinated bus tra nsportation. " He noted th at under the terms of the lease ag reemen t, the Transit System will fu rnish MA RTA with inform ation as to patronage, routes and other information helpful to MARTA in its studi es of a bus feeder system . "Through this rapid transit project," Mr. Rich concluded, "MART A can contribute immediately to relieve some of the transit pressure, and can meanwhile gather much valuable information in regard to the coordination of such facilities in the future ." A prototype of the new vehicles, the first of its kind tested anywhere, has operated in Atl anta since las t fall and greatly exceeded expectations in terms of perform ance and public acceptance. Each bus is powered by a big, new 338 H .P ., V-8 engine that repl aces the stand ard 238 H.P ., V-6 formerly standard in city buses . The greater size of this new engine makes it equal to the task of operating faster and more efficiently in all types of traffic conditions, while powering the air-conditioning system to deliver thermostaticall y controlled comfort. These unique new 47-passenger buses also feature the latest in appearance and comfort styling. New, super-soft foam seats of speci al design, are two inches wider than stand ard with higher seat backs to afford passe ngers greater comfort and leg room . Interiors are tastefully color-h armonized in a fresh, modern decor. Riding comfort has been increased by a more adva nced suspension system and new super V-8 transmission that allows smooth shifts under full engine power and an overdrive feature which cuts-in at speeds over 40 m .p .h. Coupled with the new power pl ant, the vehicles are capable of highw ay speeds up to 65 m.p.h ., with an in crease in operating economy. · The buses which are now in service will be used on various routes throughout the entire system. MA RTA Chairman Richard H . Rich, in driver's seat, hands keys to A TS President W illiam P. M aynard. The ten MART A -owned, ATS-operated air-conditioned buses were placed into service immediately throughout the transit system. s �MARTAcTroN ___________________ At its May meeting, the MARTA Board of Directors agreed to purchase ten air-conditioned buses and lease them to the Atlanta Transit System. The money to buy the buses would be borrowed from a local bank , and the revenue from the lease would be sufficient to pay both principle and interest. ( See story on Page 1.) The Board also agreed to perform additional studies on a Model Cities line for approximately $30,000.00 and on a Buckhead Alternate for approx imately $9,500.00. \ The Board confirmed the appointment of Mr. Ed Gilcrease of Parsons Brinckerhoff-Tudor-Bechtel as MARTA representative to work with the Alan Voorhees firm in the Atlanta Area Transportation Study. ( 'ta I I A. At its June meeting, the Board was advised that the General Motors Corporation was the low bidder on the purchase of the ten air-conditioned buses, at $38,728.68 per bus, with delivery charges specified se parately at $300 .54 each. The Board, by resolution , accepted the General Motors Corporation bid . General Manager Henry L. Stuart recommended a number of additional planning programs as a result of the recent series of public hearings. Stuart reported that the ge neral sentiment expressed at the 12 public hearin gs conducted in late April and in May was favorable toward th e routes and station locations which had been proposed by the engineering consu ltan ts. Stuart stated th at a number of recommendations had been made for modifications, extensions, and additions to the proposed routes. He recommended th at MARTA "undertake a planning program similar in refinement to what is required under Section 701 of th e Housin g Act of 1954 to exa mine the possibilities of the following: I. A line to wa rds the Perry Homes area in Northwest Atlanta. 2. An extension of the West line to Fulton Indust ri al Boulevard. 3. An extension of the East Line past T-285. 4. A line towards South D eKalb County. This line needs only to be studied sufficiently at this time to identify potential corridors. There is no need as yet to perform patron age studi es." Stuart's proposal was adopted by th e Boa rd. Stuart also summari zed the public response at th e 12 public hearin gs. The followin g is a brief acco unt of Stuart's report. EAST POIN T , April 29. East Point and College Park speakers we re outspoken in th eir support of th e projec t and the way in which we a re developing our program. They were delighted that the first hearing was held in their areas. Onl y o ne person spoke in opposition , and he objected to the cost and to taking people out of Eas t Point. LENOX, April 30 . Leading ci ti zens s poke strongly for the project. The Buckhead Alternate excited no interest at the hearing, but since then we have lea rned of co nsiderable feeling in opposition to this alternate. When work on this subject progresses suffi ciently. we should go back for another formal hea rin g. DOWNTOWN, May 2. We received st ron g endorsement from all the business gro ups such as the At lanta Cha mber of Commerce, Cent ra l Atlanta Progress, Inc. , A tl ant a Jaycees, a nd from the Mayor's office. WEST END, May 6. West E nd business, civic and church groups gave us a strong endorsement. They did not place into the record their ea rli er req uest fo r a different station site. We are continuing to wo rk with them on th is matte r. CLAYTON COUNTY, May 9 (Forest Par/.:). We received I 00 per cent support from the C lay ton County Comm issioners and gratify ing suppo!1 from business a nd other leaders. One man a ppeared to protes t cost es timates which were not at issue at the hearin g, and to objec t to the continuance of the C layton County vacancy on th e MARTA Board. DECATUR, May 13. We received strong support from business and political leaders, but they made it very clear that more lines are needed to serve DeKalb County. Strong support was given to th e D ecatur Alternate, which would pl ace the station close r to the Courthouse Square. One speaker expressed concern abou t costs. DORAVILLE, May 15. This hearin g was also productive in that local speakers gave us advice about the schedule of development they expect. In one word, "quicker." They recognize th at Doravi lle/ Chamblee is a long way out, but a prolonged development schedule is not acceptab le. A stated reas on for the impatience of North D eKal b County residents is the crowded condition of the Northeast E xpressway. WEST SIDE, May 16. A very productive hearing in tha t communications were established with a substantial pa rt of the Negro community. We received a list of requ ests from the Atlanta Summit Leadership Conference, and we we re ab le to respond to them positively. CANDLER PARK, May 20. We used a different communications pr0gram to generate atte ndance, and learned th at the method used for the West Side he arin g was more effective. Statements made most often by speakers related to requests for assurances about no job discrimination. AME ZION CHURCH, Ma y 22. Several speake rs took exception to our arrangement for the West Lake Station . They place more importance on our use of vacant land th an we do, and th ey do not pl ace as mu ch importance on street access as we do . Most speakers addressed themselves to objections to our organization ; specifically, the absence of Negro employees o n th e staff a nd th e lim ited Negro represent ation on the Board. We explained this as best we cou ld . SANDY SPRINGS, May 27. Speakers presented an understandin g th at Sandy Springs is not a first priority, and they expressed quite clearly th at they expect to be pa rt of our project so me day. SOUTH DEKALB, May 29. There was so me expression of interest and need for a rap id tra nsit line into South DeKa lb Count y where non e is now shown. However, the proponents of this South . DeKalb Line a lso stated th at th ey do not travel into At la nt a very often . METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY 8 0 8 GLENN BLO G . 120 M A RIETT A ST . , N .W . ATLAN T A. GA . 303 03 · PH ONE 524-5711 0 " DIRECTED BY THE GEORGIA STATE LEGISLATURE TO DEVELOP A RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM FOR THE 5 -COUNTY METROPOLITAN AT LANT A Edited by AREA." 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II E:-. 11 , l.. :=-n 1A11T. G1' 111•ral l fo 1wf!1'r EAnL \\' . N•:1.so:--.. Clii1 •/ E11g1111·,·r l... 1:-.l. E 1.1. 101T. /Jir 1..·,·t<•r of Pulilit' ln{ M111,1tw11 H . :--:. Jo 11 -.;-.o...-. Ad111ir1i.s. tr11rii,• ·l <\i, t,rnt 111 C ,•11,•, 11/ 1[ ,111111:,·r �"MARTA CHART/\'. ROUSING SUCCESS! The ··MART A C HA RTA"" inspection tour of M ontreal and Toronco rapid tran.sit systems was an eye -opening e.~perience. according to those who made the trip June 12 and 13. Henry L. Swart. General Manager of !he Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. said, "I talked to many of those who went, and they invariably stated they were impresse d with the two systems, and acrced that something similar ;5 needed :o l\l etropolitan At!:i.nta. Eve ryone a g reed that the stat ions ill 1'fontrcal were beautifully designed and were well-coord inated with !he buildings on 1hc surface:· he co n1inucd. "The bus tour of the surface development around the rapid tnrnsit stations in Toronto was of gT<,at in terest to all of us," he slated. ·'\Ve were able to sec for ourselves the tremendous growth which has taken place within a fivc-minuto walk of the stations. and I believecveryoneofuswasvisuali:dngwhat might take place around s ta.tion_s i~ - Allan\~. Decatur. the Tri-Cities, Doraville and all other "" One of the most interesting reactions, l think. was the cx!cmporaneous organization of the "Exc,,va tion "69 Club" hy .several of the participants. Their mono ls .. Dig!" and they arc convinced that we need1ogctstartedasso,;,naspossibteaemallybuild ingarapidtransi t syslem. I agree with them one-hundred percent."" Stuart said The inspection trip, dubbed ··MARTA C H AR.TA."" w:i.~ organized by MARTA to allow local leaders the opportunity to ride modern rapid transit and to observe the impact rapid tra nsit has h"d on real cst:ue development and other phase£ of activity in the 1....-0 Canadian cicies. Those accepting 1he invitat ion made the trip at their own expense The group included a number of mayors. coumy commissioners. city aldermen and councilmen. members of the Georgia General Assembly. archi1ec1S, engineers. planners. real estat.: developers. and 01hers. Eight other persons who could not be accommod:itcd o n the charter flight flew by commercial air lines and made !he tours with the ""MARTA CHAR.TA" group. The Eastern Air Lines chann jet left Atlanta at 8:53 :1 .m. Wednesday. June 12, and arrived in Montreal shortly before noon. T he group toured the Montreal METRO during the afternoon. and new to Toron1o that evening by Air Canad;t commercial serv ic e. The visitors toured the Toronto system Thursday morning. June 13. as pan of the J nstitute for R;1pid Transit conference, which was in progress in Toronto. The group retu rned by charter jet that afternoon, arriving in Atlanta at 6cl."i p .m ,,j Mr. Rober/ Haimmlr, member rhe ,\fomreal Transportaiion Comminio11. ;:reels ""A·fARTA C/f,IUTA"" 111t·m/!a,· <11 Crcnw~ie SratiOI! Us1<•11i11g ar,· John C<1lf101111. EOA (11·i1!, hack /0 ,·«111era); Leland Ve<1/ Stmc ~ligl1way D,,part1111•11t of G.-or;:ia; am/ S1e/l 1/uie. A1ARTA ,\frGil! Sw1ion ;_,- 011e: of 1//c most co/or/11/ um/ /1<•«.-ily us<'d ;1mion., 011 A1ETRO system fo Toro/1/o, ""MARTA CIIAUTA"" members arri ~ed m 1hc .,·.,bway stotio11 hy /ms. 1he w<1y hwulreds of rl1011sw1ds of comnuu.-rs ,lo d<1y, ""d wu/ked dowu cft>a11 , we/1-/igl,ted A erial ,•icw sl,ows c/11stas of l,igh-rise dc,·e/opme111 l!rO""" titre,, Toro11/0 ,uhway s/<1tio11s S1<bway para/Ids Yo11;:.,S1 corridors ,.,.cJ, 10 trnin p/wform<. ,Hrs. Lithangia Robiuson. V<1lCo,,,,.,,.,,;,y C/,.l,; Scuator Leroy Joh11so11, a11</ Atla111<1 Alder11um Q. V. IVilliamsou ure ill //,,: forcr;ro1<11d. hacl,e~ Toronro mak,·s goml use of ""Bus ·,,• Ride'" ,en•ice. Buses circ11/are through re.,idem ial areas. pick U/J llundr.-ds of //101<somls of people each day, """ de/i>'er them to a 11enrby suhw<1y s1mio11 for comp/e1io11 of their trip ,/own- Gro1111 wailing /0 board train inc/,u/,: Gwim,e11 R ep. Norris Nush (iu gr,,,,,, ""ii): Commission Chair"'"" R<l)' Aforgau (second from righ1); """ ,HAR1A Gwi1wn1 Directm·, l(c,o Afr,\,fil/011(rig/,1). a,..;,,,,a, Fu//Or, Commissioner Walter Mi/Chell, MARTA Chairman Richard H Rich. and Srate Highw<1y Dep<1rlme111 P/a,.,oer Ldaml V-,a/ are ill cemer of group of members of ""MARTA CHARTA'" a,od 1/,e fnsritule for Rapid Tra11sit. ""A·IARTA C HARTA "" ••isirors inspect exrnnlll dn•e/opme/11 w Victoria Sq,wr-.- Statio11 . METRO o:ir is part of higi,-rise office building which comains1/ie /llonuea/Sux:k Exd1a11ge amt 01/,er business offices. Atw<Ucr Swtio11 ope11s 011/0 a 11111/1i-s1ory de,·dopm"m cot1tai,ring ,Hirac/e A/art.'" b11siHes.,·. ,'hoppin!,;. m"I ,,,11,•r1oi1m1<•m c,-nt,•r h11ilt aro11nd " cncloud mall . Tl,e ma" who dc,·elop"'I this ce,uc,· ,,,,,. e.t preJ"H'd imcrest "ill ,he 1,0,·,·ib;Jiri,-s of" ,·imi/ar proiC<"t di /11AR"rA"s propos,·d stmion iu V.-cm11r. A special train cond11cud MARTA people 011</ members of the /11s1itureforRt1p1d Transit on tourofemireeast-west line. f"ive A1fmuo Aldermen talk things o,·e:r "' J'oromo subway statiou . Left to righl ore Rober/ Denni.r, l/ug/1 Pierce, Charlie Le/twicl,. J<1ck S11mmers, ondlVilliamKnigl,t �RAPID TRANSIT METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY " MARTA REPORTS TO THE PEOPLE IT SERVES ,, MAY, 1968 VOL . 3, NO. 4 MARTA CONDUCTS ITS FIRST PUBLIC HEARING MARTA Director Mitchell C. Bishop presided at the public hearing in East Point . . . ... introduced the local officials and citizens, answered their questions . . . . .. and answered questions raised by members of the audience after registered speakers had completed their remarks. A bout 90 persons attended the first public hearing. The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority conducted its first public hearing in April, and the opinions expressed by those attending it were generally favorable. The hearings are to allow the general public rn hear in detail the proposals for rapid transit routes and station locations, and then to comment on them. Mitchell C. Bishop, College Park, member of the MARTA Board of Directors, presided at the first hearing, which was held in the Tri-Cities area at the East Point City Auditorium, on April 29th. In remarks formally opening the hearing, Mr. Bishop said, "The proposed routes and stations, though the result of exhaustive studies by MARTA's consulting engineers, have not yet been approved by the MARTA Board of Directors." "The purpose of these hearings is to get your point of view to see whether you agree with the engineers' recommendations or have alternative suggestions," Mr. Bishop said. " In short, we want to know what you think before these plans are finally adopted by the Authority." "The thoughts expressed in this series of public hearings will be given careful consideration before finalizing our pl ans," he said. "Locations of all routes and stations will be finalized before the ultimate decision on rapid transit is submitted to the voters in a referen dum. " After the proposed routes and station locations were outlined b y John Coil , Resident Manage r, Parsons BrinckerhoffTudor-Bechtel , engineering consultants to MARTA , Mr. Bishop opened the heari ng to members of the audience. The first statement from the audience was made by Mr. Marion Nolan, Mayor of College Park. He opened his remarks by saying, "Mr. Chairman, I don't know much about rapid transit, but I do know we need it, and we are going to have to do something about it before too long. Our highways and our transportation system are outdated . I know that we are going to have to get something that is fas ter, larger and more economical than what we have tod ay ." Nolan continued, "Now, I have never seen a rapid transit system. I couldn't tell you what kind of rapid transit we would need or how to operate it or how much it will cost, but I think that anything we do will be economical for the system we have now. Now, tonight, we only have a handful of people here . T his place should be plumb full , with people standing out on the gro unds around with loudspeakers so the people could hear what we have to say." "I have never spoken for rapid transit before, but this time I'm speaking for rap id transit. I think we need it. I will endorse it personally, and I think most of the people that (Continued on Page 2, Col. 1) �MARTA WINS HUD AWARD METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY 8 0 8 GL ENN BLDG . 1 20 MARIETTA S T .• N.W . A TL AN T A . G A. 30303 · PHONE 524-5711 0 " DIRECTED BY THE GEORGIA STATE LEGISLATURE TO DEVELOP A RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM FOR THE 5 -COUNTY METROPOLITAN ATLANTA AREA ." Edited by KING ELLIOTT BOARD OF DIRECTORS O FFI C ER S , R I CHARD H. R1c 1-1 , Chairman H ERBERT J. D I C K SO:-.:, Tr eas u rer I\O y A . B LOUNT , V ice Cha irman Eo Mu:-.o W. H uc 11 Es, Secre tary CITY OF AT L ANT A, ROBERT F. RI CH ARD L. D. l\ l l LTO:'\" ADA:'\TSO:-. H. R ICH RA WSO:-;" H AV ERT Y C LAY T ON COU:--I TY , Eoc,rn DLA LOCK D E K AL B C OUN TY, RoY A . BLou:-.T Dn. SANFono ATw ooo F U LTO N C O U"<T Y, J OH N C. l\ !IT CH E LL STA T O:-. C. BI S H OP GW I NNE TT COU:--I T Y , K. A . '.\ Ic'.\l1LL 10:-. CO B B COL:--ITY \Obs erve r) Ons :\. Bnt::-.rnY . Jn . i\ l AR T A S T AFF , L. STUART, Genernl Manag er W. J\i.:1.so;s, Chief Engin e er K1:-•c ELLIOTT. Dir ector of Pu blic Informa t ion H t::"/RY EAnL H . :"i. JoH:-. so:-.-, Admiriis rrative A s.( i.Hant to G en e ral .lf anage r Marta Conducts Hearing (Continued from Page I) realize that we need rapi d tra nsit will do the same," Mayor N olan stated. M rs. Ruth G . Gunter, M ayor Pro Tern of East Point, extended an offici al welcome from the City of East Point to the MART A off ici als, and ex pressed her appreciation that the fi rst public hearing was held in East Point. She went on to say, "As fa r as I am personall y concerned, I do see a great need fo r rapid tra nsit in this area. It's going to cost money, but I notice on our schedule that a $20,000 house, even at the highest point of re turn in the three mill tax raise which you're anti cip ating. will only be $18. 00 a year. Yo ur time, efforts, parking and everyth ing else will cost yo u peopl e a great deal more than $ 18.00 a year, ar:d I can see where this wo uld be benefi cial to everyone in our area," she concl uded. Severa l other public offic ials and private citizens spoke in support of MART A plans. Some asked questions about routes and station locations. or ex pressed their opinions about the proposed system. M r. Jody Brown of H apeville stated that the re was some dissati sfaction in that area be- The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority is one of the winners in the first nationwide Design Awards Competition sponsored by the U . S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The Award of Merit was presented by HUD Secretary Robert Weaver in Pittsburgh at the Third Annual International Conference on Urban Transportation on March 11. The award was accepted by Earl W. Nelson, MARTA Chief Engineer. MARTA was honored for its Rapid Transit System Plan Concept. The judges said, "The relation of the planned Atlanta System to existing and proposed educational institutions, commercial and cultural facilities , will create a high qu ality of urban design. " Secretary Weaver stated in presenting the award, "The Department of Housing and U rban Development takes pride in recognizing the accomplishments of MARTA. The pioneering work we have here today points the way to urban transportation patterns of the future. " Three honor awards were presented to : San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District; The City Planning Commission, Philadelphia ; and The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Boston, Mass. In addition to the award to MARTA, eight other merit awards were given : The Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle and City of Seattle; Washington State Highway Commission; The City of Seattle, Wash.; Southern Californi a Rapid Transit District, Los Angeles ; The Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority, New York City ; The City of Philadelphi a, Pa. ; The Port Authority of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh , Pa. (two awards). cause of the change in MARTA pl ans to provide direct service to the new proposed airport terminal , rather than to run the line through Hapeville as origi nally planned. Mr. Bishop responded by saying that the change was brought abo ut by the plans to build a new airport termin al, and was necessary to provide service to both air passe ngers and to the 40,000 employees who wi ll be workin g at the airport in the next decade or so. He assured Mr. Brown th at a well-planned feeder bus service would be provided throughout the H apeville area to transport residents to a nearby station. A total of 12 public hearings were sched uled for late Ap ril and the month of May. MART A is required by law to conduct public hearings on routes and stations, as well as other fac tors of the syste m in each jurisdiction represented in the Authority. After all the hearings have been completed the testimony wi ll be transcribed , and MARTA directors will evalu ate the comme nts and recommendations before a decision is made on ro utes and station locations. A summ ary of com ments and reco mmend ations made at other hearin gs will appear in the next issue of RAPID TRANSIT PROGRESS. " MARTA REPORTS TO THE PEOPLE IT SERVES .. " SECOND ANNUAL REPORT 1967 0 Prior to the public hearings, MART A officials briefed go vernmental leaders on th e routes and station locations to be discussed at the public hearings. MART A Chairman R ichard H. Rich pr esided at a meeting with A tlanta offi cials on Ma y 2. Attending were Mayor Ivan A llen, Jr.; Vice-Mayo r Sam Massei!, Jr .; A lde rm en E. G regory G riggs, William T . Knight, Q . V. Williamson, Hugh Pierce, Charles Leftwich, George Cotsakis, G. E verett Millican , Cecil Turn er, Jack Summers, and Douglas L. Fowlkes; Earl Landers, Administrative Assistant to the M ayor; and Collier G ladin , Director, Planning De partment . M E T RO PO LITA N AT L AN TA RAPID TRANS IT AUTHORITY �.REPORT TO THE CITIZENS From : Chairman of the Board A number of major steps were taken by MARTA during 1967 and many policy decisions were made. T he decision of the Georgia G eneral Assembly to participate fi nancially in MARTA is a most gratifying development. T his decision gives substance to a financial proposal which allows for a full 10% State participation in rapid transit. T he successful applications by MARTA for additional Federal funds encourage us to believe that substantial Federal fu nds will be available if local voters approve construction of the system . T he progress made in planning during 1967 encourages us to believe that we will be prepared to ask the residents of at least F ulton and D eKalb counties to vote on November 5, 1968, to finance construction of a basic rapid transit system. ~ D uring 1967 MARTA's approach became considerably broader than it had been in- 1966. It was apparent that MARTA could not plan or develop a rail rapid transit to stand alone, but that MARTA would have to plan a system which would be an effective and integral part of a balanced transportation system . Rail rapid transit, along with an effective bus service, a highly developed network of arterial and surface streets and an expanded expressway system, if properly coordinated, could effectively red uce traffic congestion and make transportation fas ter, more efficient and more comfortable. To achieve these goals MARTA is participating full y in the Atlanta Area Transportation Study, and I represent MARTA on the Atlanta Area Transportation Policy Committee. MARTA pledges its full support and cooperation to the effort to fi nd effective solutions to our transportation crisis. Recognizing the necessity for the best possible coordination among the professions involved in Rapid transit development, the MARTA board of directors created a five man Advisory Committee to assist the A uthority. T he Advisory Committee represents professional Engineers, Architects, Landscape Architects and Planners. T he Committee has reviewed MARTA's work to date and has offered m uch constructive advice· concerning our plans. MARTA staff and consultants have spent m any hours in coordinating rapid transit planning with other activities in organizations. Through such coordination and interchange of ideas, MARTA hopes to achieve the highest degree of excellence yet obtained in the creation of a rapid transit system. T he Directors of MARTA express their appreciation to the many business, civic and governmental leaders of this area who have supported rapid transit plan ning efforts duri ng 1967 and earlier years. It now appears that 1968 may well be the year of decision - the year when the voters decide whether or not rapid transit will be built in the Atlanta area. With the continued enthusiastic support of the leaders in Metropolitan Atlanta, a referendum in I 968 could be successful, and 1969 see the actual start of construction on rapid transit. e From: General Manager The year 1967 saw much solid progress made in the development of a rapid transit system fo r Metropolitan Atlanta. Significant accomplishments were achieved in the fields of engineering, planning and coordination with public and private groups. In the field of engineering, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority signed a contract with consultants to provide MARTA with preliminary engineering on the EastWest line from the intersection of 1-285 and Lynhurst Drive on the West, to the intersection of I-285 and Covington Highway on the East. T his contract extends the work of earlier contracts to provide preliminary engineering for the area between Doraville and Forest Park. The work now under contract encompasses a full system whcih will reach I-285 at fo ur places. This is a workable basic system for this region and needs only p ublic approval and final design work to be ready for construction. In March, a "Corridor Impact Study" was begun; its goal was to assess the probable impact of the proposed rapid transit system on the communities and neighborhoods in which it would be'i located. Toward the end of 1967, this work began to develop tentative conclusions and to suggest modifications. Through the work of the "Corridor Impact Study" and the -concomitant understanding of the effect of rapid transit, a system can be designed which will be completely sensitive to local needs and which will bring into real ity more of the potential benefits than any other system ever built. Another significant event of 1967 was the f.i rst direct fi nancial contribution by the State of Georgi a fo r rapid transit. The 1967 G eneral Assembly appropriated $500,000.00 for the two fiscal years beginning July I , 1967, as authorized by a Statewide constitutional amend ment in 1966. This appropriation is evidence of an awareness at the State level of the transportation problems in the Metropolitan Atlanta a rea, and of a determination to assist in the solution of these problems. T he activities of the Authority have been the subject of hu ndreds of presentations by MARTA directors and staff members to members of the general public and to elected officials and professionals at all levels of government. All the planning was brought up to date in "Rapid Transit fo r Metropolitan Atlanta," a special report which was introduced by the Atlanta Region Metropolitan Planning Commission at the end of the year. T he report was distributed widely, received enthusiastically, and was declared "out of print" after a few weeks. 1967 was a productive year, and the way to even greater achievement in 1968 is clearl y open to us. .----

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808 GLENN BLDG. i- ' ' Edited by KING ELLIOTT o • 120 M ARIETTA ST., N.W . • ATLANTA, GA. 30303 • PHONE 524-571 1 " DIRECTED BY THE GEORGIA STATE LEGISLATURE TO DEVELOP A RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM FOR THE 5-COUNTY METROPOLITAN ATLANTA AREA." BOARD O F DIRECTORS O FFICERS: DEKALB COUNTY: COBB COUNTY (Observer) RICHA RD H. RICH, Chairman ROY A. BLOUNT, Vice Chairman HERB ERT J. DICKSON , Treasurer EDMUND W. HUGHES, Secretary ROY A. BLOUNT DR. SANFORD ATWOOD OT IS A. BRUMBY, JR. FULTON COUNTY: HENRY L. ST UART CITY OF ATLANTA: JOHN C. STATON M ITCHELL C. BISHOP ROBERT F. ADAMSON RICHARD H. RICH L. D. MILTON RAWSON HAVERTY GWINNETT COUNTY: K. A. M cMILLON M ARTA STAFF: General Manager KING ELLIOTT Director of Public Information EARL W . NELSON, Chief Eng. H. N. JOH NSON A. A. METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY STATEMENTS OF CASH RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 3 1, 1967 AND CUMULATIVE TOTAL SINCE INCEPTION (JANUARY 3 , 1966) T otal CASH RECEIPT S : P articip ating local governments U. S. G overnment Interest on U . S. T reasury B ills CASH DISBURSEMEN TS FOR : Joint project with Atlanta R egion Metropolitan Planning Co mmission ( Note) Engineering services - Parsons B rinckerhoff-Tudor-Bechtel ( Note ) C onsul ting services Administrative and general expenses 1967 Since Inception $ 30 4 ,552 302,667 5,50 3 $ 595 ,447 0 2 ,667 5.9 32 $612,722 $ 904,046 t o t h e Board or D!re,nor1 or l'let r cpol1 t u 1 J.tlu1u Ra pid Tr •nat t 4 llthorlt:r: $ 65 ,939 $ 97,189 lie h a Te o::a at n ad th• a t at e a ente or c:eeb r ece 1pt1 and dt1b1.:.ru11ente or u,a M1tropol1Un &U e na Ra pid tre r.att A11.t!:.or l t 7 ( e 283 ,624 12,928 168,634 325 ,222 12,9 28 264,706 $531 ,125 $70 0 ,04 5 Oaor-1 !• 111;.:tc!pa l c o r po ta tlon ) to :- the ,.aar u1ded Dece:ober and cua ul a t !Ye to t a l e tcoa t ncapti on ( J a nuary ), 1966 ). )l , 1967 , Our e :;,;ai,.tnattcn v•a 1.ade ln ecc o rd a nce vtt h 1a11erelly a cce pted a udltl n e a i:id 1uc:b o t h er a1.1d! t ln1 pro,: .di:ree •• ve o:0111lderel!a nee111e ar,- in the In our o plnloc, the accoi:pu :i:,tn1 •tat.u:u,nt.1 present. !'&! r ly the c e irh r,c e1pt.a a nd d1 11buru1.11.e nt • o!' t he He t.ropolit • n J. t.l a nt. , Ra pid EXCESS OF RECEIPTS O VER D ISBU RSEMENTS Trenl1t. Au t hority t o r t he ye ar e nde d Deoe .11.'o1 r $204,001 t.ot.1 1 •inc, 1nccpt.1 on ( J anu a r y J , 1966 ) . REP RESENTED BY : C ash U . S. T re asury B ills $ 13 3,912 70,089 Atl a nt a , 0 ,.o ra• • , J a::u u·:, 19 , 1'168. T he accompanying note is an integral part of these statements. $204,001 $ 81 ,597 ) 1 , 196'1, 1 nd c uJ1.ul a t.1Yc METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY NOTE TO STATEMENT OF CASH RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 19 67 T he A uthority was formed on January 3, 1966, by an act of the Gener al Assembly of The State of Georgia to design and implem ent a r apid transit system for the Atlanta, G eorgia, m etropolitan area. Since its organization, the A uthority's principal activities have included the updating of the 1962 plan and program of rapid transit for the A tlanta m etropolitan region and contracting for preliminary engineering on the proposed tr ansit system. The contracts let and the related sources of fund s are as follows: A mount D isbursements to Date of Source of Funds Contract Total L ocal Federal a . A tlanta R egion M etropolitan P lanning $ 61, 189 $ 61,189 $ 61,18 9 (c) $ Commission 49,000 36,000 3 6,000 (c) Update 1962 plan Corridor Impact Study $110, 189 $ 97,189 $ 97,1 89 $ b . P arsons B rinckerhoff-Tudor-Bech tel $125,000 Pr eliminar y engineering for initial 500,000 system (70 2 loan project ) 100,000 Preliminary e ngineering and planning for major lines ( Sect ion 9 project) R etainer contract for extended su pport $725,000 $ 90,000 180,000 55 ,222 $ 325,222 $ $ 90,000 (32,070 ) 55 ,222 $ 23,1 52 212,070(d) $302,070 c. T he D epartment of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) of the United States Government is participating with the Atlanta R egion M etropolitan Planning Commission ( ARMPC ) by funding up to twothirds o f project costs. d . As of D ecember 31, 1967 , there was an addition al $90,000 payable to Parsons Brinckerhoff-TudorBechtel for work completed to that date. Payment was made on January 24, 1968 . The Auth ority has received $90 ,000 of a $ 125 000 advance commitment from the United States Government under Section 7_02 of the Housing Act of 1954. The advance is noo-interest bearing and repayable only upon the start of construct10n of the System . The $5~0,0~0 co?trac_t with Parsons Brinck~rhoff-Tudor-Bechtel for completing preliminary engineering and planning for ma1or Imes 1s. bemg funded under Section. 9 of the Urban Mass_ Transportation Act of 1964. Under the provisions of the grant signed under the Act, two-third s of the contract will be funded by the United States. �EXPENDITURE INCOME RESERVE TO COMPLETE UNFINISHED PROGRAMS 28.0 % U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSI NG & URBAN DEVELOPMENT \\ PLANN ING & ENGI NEERING 48.5% 41.1% ,7 HIGHLIGHTS -1967 March- contract signed for Corridor Impact Study. March 7- Charles M . Haar, Assistant Secretary for Metropolitan Development, U.S. Department of HUD, visited MARTA. March 17-Gov. Lester Maddox signed appropriations bill , which included an allocation of $ 500,000.00 for MARTA. A pril 4- MARTA received the "Meritorious Award" of the Association of County Commissioners of Georgia for its multiple-county service. April 24-Earl W. Nelson becomes MARTA chief engineer. May 22-MARTA exhibits past and present work at the confer ence on D esign in Urban Transportation in Washington , D . C. ; conference sponsored by HUD. August 4- Rapid Transit's first "hole in the ground" was dug at Trinity a nd Broad Street-first of 35 soil test holes . August-Chief Engineer N elson was appointed as MARTA's r epresentative on the T echnical Coordinating Committee of the Atlanta Area Transportation Study. September 12-MARTA participates in formation of Atlanta Area Transportation Policy Committee. May-Robert F. Adamson becomes MARTA director, succeeding Mills B. Lane, Jr. October 22-26-American Transit Association C onvention held in A tlanta. May 2 4-26-Institute for Rapid T ransit convenes in Atlanta. D ecemb er- Up-d ated rapid transit plan received from con sulting engineers. June 9-MARTA creates 5-man A dvisory Committee. June 9- Herbert J . Dickson named MARTA. ~ 1n Treasurer of D ecember-MARTA Director Sanford Atwood of DeKalb, L. D. Milton of Atlanta and Ken McMillon of Gwinnett, reappointed to new 4-year terms. MARTAdditions EXPERTS SEE NEW SYSTEM Three new additions have recently been made to the MART A Board and Staff. John C. Staton has been appointed by the Fulton County Commission as Fulton County member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid T ransit Authority. Staton, Staff Vice-President of the Coca-Cola Company, will fi ll the unexpired term of W. A. "D ick" Pulver, who recently assumed new duties with the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in California. Staton's term will expire December 31, 1970. Staton joined the Coca-Cola Company in I 925. He has served in executive posts in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Brazil. In 1948, he was elected Vice-President in Charge of Manufacturing, making h is headquarters in Atlanta. He was named Staff Vice-President and Assistant to the P resident in August, 1966. A 1924 graduate of Georgia Tech John C. Staton in Electrical Engineering and AllSouthern end on the football team, Staton also received a law degree from the Atlanta Law School and was admitted to the Bar in 1928. He has served as President of the Georgia Tech A lumni Association and other Georgia Tech grou ps; and has been a leader in Boy Scouting, Rotary Club and nume rous other organizations. Edmund W. Hughes has been appointed as Secretary to the Authority. Hughes is Managing Di rector o f the Greater Atlanta Traffic and Safety Council. He succeeds Glenn E. Bennett, Executive Director of the Atlanta Region Metropolitan Planning Commission, who has served as Secretary since MARTA was officially organized in J anuary, I 966. Hughes has been Managing Director of the GAT&SC since 1962. Prior to that. he was Ed itorial Associate with Th e Atlanta Journal and had been a reporter with the Journal since 1955. H e is currentl y P resident of the Association of Safety Council's Advisory G roup for Edmund Hughes Safety Organizations. He is a member of the Governor's Traffic Safety Study Committee. Sue Logan is the new Secretary to the P ublic In form ation Director, and assists in the editing of Rapid Transit Progress. Miss Logan attended Keystone J unior College in La Pl ume, Pennsylvania, after graduating from Northside H igh School. Before coming to M ARTA, she was Receptionist and Secretary to the Manager of the International Division o f an Atla nta-based textile chemical firm. Sue L ogan MARTA General M anager Henry L. Stuart was among a group of transit experts which inspected the new $85 million Lindenwold-P hiladelp hia Rapid T ransit Line being constructed by the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) . T he tour was conducted T uesday, April 23 in conjunction with 1968 Rail Transit G roup Conference of the American Transit Association in cooperation with the Institute of Rapid Transit in P hiladelphia Monday through Thursday. Some 400 visitors were to be transported by bus to visit the new facility along the 10.4 miles of new construction between Camden, N . J. and Lindenwold, N. J. MONTREAL-TORONTO TRIP PLANNED Some 87 prominent Atlanta businessmen and governmental officials will make a two-day tour of rapid transit facil ities in Toronto and Mont real in J une. M ARTA is organizing the trip to allow local leaders the opportunity to ride modern rapid transit systems and to observe the impact rapid transit has had and is having on real estate developments and other phases of acti vity in the two Canadian cities. Over 300 individuals were invited to make the trip those accepting are paying their own expenses. Cost of the trip to each is $ 180.00. The Eastern Air Lines charter flight will leave Atlanta at 8: 00 A.M ., Wednesday, June 12, and fly to Montreal. The group will tour Montreal the rest of the day and fly to Toronto that evening. After spending the night in Toronto, Train at station, Delaware R iver Port A uthority System. The morning trip included a ride on one of the new stainless steel transit trains now undergoing tests . In the afternoon, separate inspection trips for various advisory committees were arranged to the m aintenance and shop facilities, the control center at Camden, power substations, passenger stations and various track structures. Stuart commented after riding the system, "The 75 miles per hour automated rapid transit ride is no longer a theory; it is now a fact of life. The same is trne for the automatic train control concept, which will allow trains to run only 90 seconds apart. This system is doing now what is being planned for San Francisco, Atlanta, and a host of other cities." Large parking lots are being built at suburban stations to accommodate cars of the "park and ride" passengers. He continued, "The train accelerated from a standing start to 7 5 miles per hour in 55 seconds, and the ride is not as noisy or as rough as the average automobile ride. There is no doubt in my m ind that a modern. comfortable rapid transit system such as this can be bui lt in Atlanta; and when the people in Atlanta see it and try it, they will like it and ride it."' the group will tour rapid transit facilities along with a group of individuals who will be attending the Institute for Rapid Transit meeting in Toronto. The group will return to Atlanta Thursday evening. June 13. �MARTAction At its meeting March 5, the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority by resolution accepted preliminary engineering work on the North-South Line from Oglethorpe to the Airport. The work was performed by Parsons Brinckerhoff-Tudor-Bechtel under Section 702 of the Urban Mass Transit Act. The Board established the amount of $200 million as the appropriate local share for constructing the system. The balance of the cost would come from federal and state funds . John C. Staton, newly appointed member of the Board from Fulton County, was welcomed to the Authority. Edmund W . Hughes, Managing Director of the Greater Atlanta Traffic and Safety Council, was appointed Secretary to the Authorit y. (See separate sto ries on page 3.) At the meeting April 2, the MARTA Board reviewed the auditors' report for 1967, and adopted it unanimously. The 1967 Annual Report contains the auditors' report. Four contracts were presented for work to be done subject to approval by the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Deve lopment. The four contracts cover the following work: . I . To determine value of Atl ant a Transit System .... $20,000 . 2. To develop system-wide criteria and standards for engineered facilities ; compilation of design control data in connection with Transit Center; and other engineering work ................................ $99 ,000. 3. Technical studies for accounting and financial control systems, etc. ............................................ $25,000. 4. Resea rch on certain parcels of land deemed critical right-of-way (work to begin after routes a re definitely established) .......................................... $49 ,000 . General M anager Henry L. Stuart reported th at HUD had as ked th at the proposa l for a cost / benefit a nalysis be withdrawn as it is the type study which should be done by a university system inste ad of a transit system . Stuart recommended th at the money for the study ($30,000) be used instead to study a line in the Model Cities a rea . The Board approved the change, subject to ap proval of the federal application by HUD. The Board approved in principle a set of rules for the conduct of public hearings. Stuart reported th at competitive bids had been received for the printing and distribution of Rapid Tran sit Progress. D a rby Printing Company was the low bidder at $992. 50 per issue, based on printing 12,500 copies, addressing 12,000 copies, mai ling, and adding an average of 200 new ad dresses per month. This was the first MARTA contract to be Jet under competitive bids. The Board adopted a resolution expressing so rrow at the death of Mr. Rob ert L. Sommerville, President of the Atlanta Transit System, and expressing deepest sympathy to his family and business associates. CAN SUBWAYS SERVE AS FALLOUT SHELTERS? MARTA is discussing with Civil Defense officials the possibilities of incorporating facilities in the design of subways to allow them to serve as shelters for protection against radioactive fallout in the event of a nuclear war. Three high-ranking Civil Defense officials met with MARTA Chief Engineer Earl Nelson, April 5, to begin initial talks. The officials were Gen. W. R. Woodward, Director, and Col. W. E. Smith, Assistant Director, Atlanta Area Civil Defense ; and Dr. Robert N . Bruce, Jr., Tulane University, Technical Advisor to the Federal Office of Civil Defense. After reviewing MARTA subway plans, Dr. Bruce stated an opinion that, "With minor design changes, the basic subway structures could be converted to highly effective fallout shelters for little or no increase in cost. The major problem ," he said, " would be to provide service areas for the storage of shelter supplies." He added, "The cost to make the subways into blast shelters would be prohibitive. It would be more economical to provide for this protection in some of the downtown buildings." A set of the preliminary engineering plans and transit station drawings were sent to the Civil Defense office in Washington. The idea for using subways for fall-out shelters was suggested to MARTA by Georgia's Fourth District Congressman Ben Blackburn of Decatur. Congressman Blackburn stated that he would propose legislation enabling the federal government to provide up to 90 % of the costs to modify rapid transit systems for civil defense use. RAPID TRANSIT BRIEFS THE TORONTO TRANSIT COMMISSION opened, on May 11 , 1968, for regular service, two new subway sections, totalling six and a quarter miles. Added to the 14-mile East-West (Bloor St-Danforth Ave .) line, the additions are three new stations and 2. 77 miles eastward - and six new stations and 3.49 miles westward. Total cost of the two extensions, approximately $77 million, is being met by Metropolitan Toronto and the Toronto Transit Commission with assistance from the Province of Ontario. LOS ANGELES has completed preliminary engineering for the 89 mile proposed rapid transit system. Voters are expected to decide this November on financing the $2. 5 billion project. RAPID TRANSIT PROGRESS METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY 808 GLENN BLDG . 1 2 0 MARIETTA ST . . N . W . ATLANTA . GEORGIA 30303 PHONE 524-5711 ( AREA CODE 4 04 ) VOL . 3 . NO . 4 MAY , 1 96B Mr. Oa ~ E.• Sweat, Jr • • Dt r ector of Gov er1men t a l Lla i so , , Ci ty of Att a : ta C1 ty Ha. ~ l At la :-ita. G-a. ~ lD 30303 BULK RATE U.S. Postage PAID Atlanta, Go. Permit No. 705 ��A city must be a community where our lives are enriched. It must be a place where every man can satisfy his highest aspiration. It must be an instrument to advance the hopes of all its citizens. That is what we want our cities to be. And that is what we have set out to make them. Lyndon B. Johnson The modern city by the volume and rap idity of th e movements of its people and goods can in large part gro w or atrophy depending on the efficacy of its transportation systems. A transit system has to be more than vehicles and tracks. There are also social and political dimensions. A forward looking transportation system can inject new economic vitality into a failing and deteriorating isolated area. It can be the means of directing and encouraging new and untapped areas of metropolitan gro wth. In short, it can give the city a new image for urban design. Robert C. Weaver Secretary U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development The Federal Govern ment has a responsib il ity to make clear the positive potentials of well designed transit for meeting the needs of our urban people. There is a national need for a stronger concern with the urban design features in urban transportation development. For much of the future of the quality of urban life hinges upon transit development. Design components in publ ic transit play an extremely important role not only in shaping ou r citi es - but in making them more attractive and stimulating places in which to live and work. Charles M . Haar Assistant Secretary for Metropolitan Development U.S. Departm ent of Housing and Urban Development The life blood of the city is carried through the arteries of public mass transportation. Indeed, public transportation can be the most important single force in shaping the development of the Nation's metropolitan areas. We think it is exciting to be tackling such a huge and complex problem; for the goal we have in mind is a most important urban design goal - that of meeting the human needs of urban life. Leo J. Cusick Director, Urban Transportation Administration U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development program The 1968 Design Awards Program in Urban Transportation is initiated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to recognize superior design in public transportation. Awa rds will be made for winning entries in two categories: systems or major portions of systems, and components such as stations, vehicles, and trackage. Judging will consider how design is related to comprehensive pl anning and the contribution of the entry to the physical, economic, social, and aesthetic development of the metropolitan area, the central city and the neighborhood. An nounced at the HUD-sponsored Design in Urban Tra nsportation Conference on May 22, 1967, this program will stimulate awareness of the affirmative rol e of good design. It will encourage active exchange of new ideas and broader concepts in urban transit development. eligibility Public agencies which have received financia l assistance from HUD's urban mass transportation programs are el igible to submit one or more entries. The entry itself need not have received HU D assistance. Total systems or major segments thereof, and individual items (including rolling stock, stations, rights-of-way) may be entered. Eligible projects include those comp leted after World War II, or planned by January 1, 1968. form and method of entry Ma il entries to: '68 Design Awards Program in Urban Transportation Department of Housing and Urban Development 1626 K Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20410 Insert all material in a standard Ful-Vu Economy Binder containing ten 9" x 11" transparent Mica-film window sleeves for displaying up to 20 inserts, back to back. More than one binder may be used. The identification sheet shou ld be completed and inserted in the first transparent window of the entry binder. Category must be specified as: System Design (Completed project or plan) Item Design (Completed project or plan) The entry will consist of a descriptive statement, supplemented by such photographs and plans as are necessary to fully evaluate the project. Photographs must be 8" x 10", glossy finish , and reproducible. They may be in color or black and white. Photographs should completely convey the qualities of the design. Plans should be folded to 8½" x 11" size. They may be in any medium. Scales must be shown graphically. Descriptive data must be limited to five typed pages, 8½" x 11" , and be inserted in the entry binder. The statement should include all information relevant to the evaluation of the project. The following factors will be among those considered in judging entries. system design 1. System impact on immediate environment (right-of-way): Urban development patte rns (contribution to futu re community development, control of factors disruptive to neighborhood stability, preservation of historic sites and open space, urban design considerations). User needs (attention to scheduling, travel time, accessibility, orientation, comfort, safety). Comprehensive traffic flow (effect on congestion at coll ector stops, distributor stops, along right-of-way; ease of transfer among modes). Efficiency (social , environmental , economic costs and benefits in meeting transportation needs). 2. System impact on total environ ment: Urban development patterns (stren gthening of business districts, promot ion of group interaction, respon - siveness to changing area needs, urban design considerations). User needs (service for those without autos; access to hospitals, schools, employment centers, etc.). Comprehensive traffic flow (interfaces between transit, auto, etc.). Efficiency (social , environmental, economic costs and benefits in meeting transportation needs). item design 1. Rolling stock (buses, rail transit cars, etc.): Planning (inherent design features , attractive display of signs and information, lighting, noise, ability to see outside, innovation in color and design of equipment). Safety (incidence of property damage, �personal injury, fatal accident). Comfort and convenience (temperature and circulation, seat size and leg room, ease of boarding and alighting, provisions for handicapped). Economy and efficiency (present condition of equipment, freedom from breakdown, cost of operation and maintenance, flexibility- adjust- ment to peak and nonpeak periods). 2. Right-of-Way: Planning (inherent design features; signs; landscaping; compatability with adjacent development, including other rights-of-way). Safety: Economy and efficiency (cost of construction - use of materials, maintenance, durability). 3. Stations: a. Building: Planning (inherent design features, aesthetic and functional consistency with adjacent development, access to other transportation modes). Safety (police protection, areas hidden from view, adequate lighting). Comfort and convenience (cleanliness, stairs-escalator, capacity, seating, weather exposure, heating, facilities for handicapped, attractive display of route and scheduling information, covered and heated wa lkways). Efficiency (construction, ma intenance, durability). b. Site Area: Planning (inhere nt design featu res, landscaping, aesthetic and functional consiste ncy with adjacent land use, accessibility from roadways; separate access routes and facilities for feeder bus, park and ride, automobile drop-off, pedestrian access). Convenience (sheltered waiting area, protected walkways leading to station). Safety. Efficiency (construction, maintenance, durability). jury and judging Entries will be judged on the basis of aesthetic and functional design of the project with consideration given to both current and future impact. System Design will be evaluated in terms of impact on the immediate- envir-onment - and -total environment over a fifty year period. Item Design will be judged with particular refe rence to user and community benefits. The time frame for performance will be 10 years for bus, 30 years for rail transit car, 50 to 100 years for buildings and rights-of-way. A jury including distinguished persons in the fields of planning, architecture, engineering, sociology, and graphics will be appointed to evaluate entries and recommend awards to the Secretary. Ralph J. Warburton, A.I.A., Associate A.LP., Special Assistant to the Secretary for Urban Design, will serve as Professional Advisor. awards A limited number of Honor Awards will be given, and in addition several Merit Awa rds will be made. Award categories are System Design and Item Design. Suitable cert ificates will be presented by the Secretary to each entry receiving an award. The certificate will include the names and affiliations of all those participating in the project design. publicity The Department plans to prepare brochures and other printed materials describing the program and award winning projects. Therefore, all material submitted for award must be cleared for release upon submission by the entrant. No responsibility will be assumed for copyrights or photographic fees. All photographs and material submitted with entries will become the property of HUD, and will be actively used in program development efforts. time schedule Entries must be received no later than January 15, 1968. Judging will take place in February 1968. The date of the Awards Cere mony will be announced. for more information Additional information may be obtained by writing to: Mr. Robert H. McManus, Chairnran Committee on Design Awards in-Urban Transportation Department of Housing and Urban Development 1626 K Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20410 or phoning: 202 - 382 -5374 . MT MP-59 �check list The following list is provided as an aid in the proper preparation of submission. Full instructions on the preparation of the items noted will be found in your program announcement. O Remove all white sheets between (not within) transparent window sleeves. Identification: O Information is. complete. O Information is accurate as to credits, spelling and punctuation. O Insert in first window sleeve, .facing front cover. Descriptive Data: O Type. Insert in binder, beginning with second window sleeve. Photographs - 8" x 10" - Glossy: Do not glue, tape, or otherwise adhere photographs to any backing within window sleeves. D All photographs and plans are cleared for publication. D At least one photograph is reproducible. Horizontal photos D All such photos are to be placed in window sleeves so that the bottom of the photo is parallel with the right edge. (In relation to the inside back cover). D No transparencies are included. D Plans: D Folded to 8½" x 11" size. Mailing: O Allow sufficient time to reach the Department by January 15, 1968. /""'•,, U.S. DEPARTMENT O F HO USING !* I II*: AND URBAN DEVELOP M ENT \,,,,_,...... W a s h ingto n, D.C. 20410 �© 1968 Urban Transportation Design Awards Program (Please type) Category Date Completed _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ Entry Submitted By: Authorized Representative - - - - - - - - - ---- - - -- - -- -- - -- - -- - -Name of Agency - - - -- - -- - - - -- - - -- - - -- -- - - - - -- -- - Address Phone Number _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ __ Signature Please submit the following information as necessary: Arch itect Transit Consultant Name Name Address _ _ __ _ __ __ _ __ _ __ _ Address Signature _ _ __ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ __ Signature Transit Operator Engineer Name _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ Name Address _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Address Signature _ __ _ _ _ __ __ _ __ __ Signature Urban Designer Urban Planner Name _ _ __ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ Name _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Address Address Signature Signature Graphics Designer Additional Participants Name _ _ _ __ __ __ __ _ _ _ _ _ Name _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ Address Address Signature Signature �RAPID TRANSIT F1GOGR...... S~ METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY "MARTA REPORTS TO THE PEOPLE IT SERVES ... " SEPTEMBER 1967 VOL. 2 . NO. 9 FINANCIAL PLAN OFFERED PROPOSES "HAMBURGER-A-WEEK"COST TO LOCAL CITIZEN Rapid transit can be built at a maximum cost to the taxpayer of 3 mills in Fulton County and 1.6 mills in DeKalb County , according to economic consultants of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. The figures are contained in the final draft of a report by Hammer, Greene, Siler Associates prepared as part of the revision of the 1962 plan "for rapid transit for Metropolitan Atlanta. The 1967 revision of the plan is expected to be completed in the next few weeks. The report shows that the basic 30-mile system, which will cost about $332 million, can be built with local funds of $199 million, state funds of $3 3 million, and federal funds of $ 100 million. The Fulton County share would be $146,265,000 (73.5%) and the DeKalb County share $52,735,000 (26,5%). Clayton and Gwinnett Counties would not contribute to the capital construction costs until work is begun on the extensions to complete the 52-mile system when additional federal funds are expected to become available. The Clayton and Gwinnett fjnancial support would include a pro rata share of the costs of the basic system. "This report shows that the maximum cost of rapid transit in Fulton County to the owner of a $15 ,000 house would be $12.00; the same person in DeKalb County would pay about $6.40 maximum," MARTA General Manager said. "In Fulton County, this amounts to the price of a hamburger a week, or two or three cups of coffee a week ," he told the MART A Board of Directors at their regular meeting today. "And these amounts would be paid only for about 5 years; the rest of the time the costs would be even lower," he continued. "When Clayton and Gwinnett counties assume their share of the costs, their rate would be a maximum of 1.5 mills, or about $6.00 a year to the owner of a $15,000 house," Stuart explained. "The report of our financial consultants proposes what appears to be a practical and feasible approach to financing construction of the rapid transit system," he said. "Our final plans are taking shape and preliminary engineering is developing well. · If a successful referendum can be held in November 1968, we would begin construction in Spring of 1969. If this program develops in this manner," he stated, "we would have the first line operating about the end of 1973 and the basic 30-mile system in service in 1975. The entire 52-mile system could well be in operation before 1980, or in about the same length of time it is taking to complete the perimeter expressway. "We need to begin construction as early as possible," he concluded, "since every year's delay costs us $ 18 to $20 million thru inflation and increased construction costs. The basic 30-mile system would have 24 stations and would run from Brookhaven to College Park and from Decatur to Lynhurst Drive near i-285 on the west, with a northwest stub to Northside Drive. The electrically-driven, air-conditioned cars would operate at maximum speeds of 70 miles per hour, averag(Continued on Page 2, Col. 1) FEDERAL STATE STATE FULTON DeKALB FULTON FED ERAL $332 MILLION (30 Miles) $479 MILLION (52 Miles) �THIS MANY CARS PARKED HERE ... (Continued from Page 1) ing about 40 miles per hour including station stops. Trains would run as often as every 90 seconds during rush hours. The commuter will ride to Transit Center, just a block from Five Points, in about 13 minutes from Brookhaven, 9 minutes from Decatur, and about 13 minutes from College Park. CITY PLANNING AND RAPID TRANSIT ... COULD REMOVE MANY CARS FROM HERE - • American Transit Association Convention-October 22-26, 1967, Regency-Hyatt House, Atlanta. The AT A has as members only those operating transit systems (railroads, bus lines, rapid transit, etc.) MET ROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPI D TRANSIT AUTH ORITY 808 G LENN BLOG . · 1 2 0 MARI ETTA S T . , N . W AT L ANTA . GA . 30303 ·PHONE 524-57 11 " DIRECTED BY THE GEORG I A STATE LEG ISLATUR E TO DEVELOP A RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM F OR THE 5-COUNT Y METROPOLITAN ATLANTA AR E A," Edited by KING ELLIOTT BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS : RICHARD H. RICH. Chairman RoY A . BLOUNT. Vice Chairman HERBERT J. DICKSON, Treasurer GLENN E . BENNETT, Secre tary CITY OF ATLANTA: L . D. M ILTON ROBERT F. ADAMSON RAWSON HAVERTY RICHARD H. RICH CLAYTON COUNTY : EDGAR BLALOCK DEKALB COUNTY: ROY A. BLOUNT DR. SANFORD ATWOOD w. FULTON COUNTY: A. P ULVEII MITCHELL C. BISHOP GWINNETT COUNTY: K. A . McMILL8N COBB COUNTY (Observe!') OTIS A. BRUMBY, JR. MARTA STAFF: HENRY L. STUART, General Manager EARL W. NELSON, Chief Engineer KING ELLIOTT, Director of Public I n formation H. N . JOH NSON, S ecretary t o Gen eral Manao.er An important facto r in attracting commuters fro m their cars to rapid transit is the "Park-N-Ride Principle," according to a noted transportation expert. George L. DeMent , Chairman of the Ooard of the Chicago Transit Authority, recently discussed the importance of parking facilities in connection with rapid transit stations. Referring to the new Skokie Swift extension to the Chicago rapid transit system , he said, "The 522 Park-N-Ride spaces provided at the outer Dempster Street terminal has proved to be a major fac tor in the success of Skokie Swift. This Park-N-Ride is used to 100 per cent capacity every weekday. It is obvious to the Chicago Transit Authority that the patronage of the highly successful Skokie Swift operation would be increased automatically if additional parking spaces cou ld be provided at the Dempster Terminal. Similar examples could be cited for the Park-N-Ride lots along other Chicago lines." DeMent noted that " the Cleveland Transit System has given emphasis to Park-N-Ride. Seven 'Rapid' stations have been provided with 5,218 free parking spaces ... Additional parking spaces soon will be provided along the airport rapid transit ex tension now under construction." He quoted a survey which "indicated that parking spaces are being used at a rate of I .3 cars per day, and that each car carries an average of 1.2 passengers. He says further that "the Toronto Transit Commission will provide parking spaces for 3,000 cars at three stations along the Bloor Street subway extension now under construction , with (Continued on Page 3, Col. 1) The American Institute of Planners has a strong interest in the development of a rapid transit system for the Atlanta Metropolitan Area. The specific interest in MARTA and its proposed system is related to the "balance" and relationship of the transit network to the rest of the metropolitan area and to the total transportation system of the metropolitan area- as it exists and is planned. The planner is concerned with the relationships that will be an outgrowth of the system. What impact will MARTA lines have on public and private property? Which areas will be likely to develop because of a MARTA installation- a station, for instance? Will the system be sensitively related to neighborhoods and business areas, or industrial areas? How? Will the system put stations in places where other planning and development activities provide an opportunity to "multiply" the effect of the investment in transit by an investment in urban renewal, or a college, or a new business area, or a special school? Can better relationships be established between elements of the transit system and the environment? The planning profession is interested in the general and the comprehensive dimensions of the city and the metropolitan area. Therefore, the plann ing interest in the transit system will extend beyond the tracks and the stations, into a concern for nearby property-and, more important, property that is not so near. The planning concern for all of the Atlanta area is oriented _ __ _ _ _ _ __ 1 to maximizing the livability of our "place," and deals equally with the areas impacted and not impacted. In the areas being served (giving the word "impact" a positive tone) the planner is likely to seek to make the favorable impact more favorable , more utilitarian, more significant to the area in terms of its present and future role in the city, whether this role is related to change, redevelopment, more intensive developR ichard M. Forbes ment, new uses or no change. The planning attitude about any public or private investment is based on what the facility will mean to people in their environment. What will it mean to citizens as they travel to and from work, to recreation, to shopping? This is one level of concern. What it will mean to people at home , if they live near the transit line, is another concern. For example, will it cause an unpleasant industry to develop nearby? The planning concern reduces itself to a concern fo r our city, our place, our environment. The planner wishes to make Greater ' Atlanta the best possible place in which to live and work. He consequen tly sees transit as a marvelous opportunity to use a large public investment as one of the elements that will help to do that. However, transit will make a positive contribution only if it is very carefully related to each part of the area and to other projects and plans so that the system is balanced. This relationship to the whole is o( prime importance . Richard M. Forbes, Assistant Professor of R eal Estate and Urban A ffairs at Georgia State College, is a member of the MARTA Advisory Committee, representing the planning profession. He is a member of the American Institute of Planners, and other professional groups. (Continued [roin Page 2, Col. 2) additional spaces planned for the Yonge Street Subway Extension just authorized. The new I 0-mile extension in South Jersey will provide nearly 5,000 parking spaces at six locations with provision fo r fu ture expansion. Over 16,000 parki ng spaces at 23 stations will be provided along the 75-mile rapid transit system being built in San Francisco . Quoting DeMent , "There 'is no Io rfger a qt1estion of the need for such facilities. It is only a question of how much parking should be provided fo r any given rapid transit installation." The system being designed for the Atlanta area will include ·-· · adequate parking facilities at suburban stations. MARTA TALKS ... AND LISTENS The story of rapid transit plans for Metropolitan Atlanta is finding interested audiences throughout this area. Between the first of June and mid-September, the MARTA directors and staff talked to some 1700 members or more than 30 civic and other groups, illustrating the MARTA story with slides or motion picture films. In addition, many other discussions were held with city and county officials, planning departments, state legislators, and citizen groups such as Chambers ofCommerce 1 and Central Atlanta Progress. Afte r the fo rmal presentations, the meetings were generally opened for questions. In. the picture below, Henry L. Stuart, MARTA General Manager, is listening to a question being asked by a member of the Atlanta Civitan Club. A MARTA display depicting pr'ogress in the development of rapid transit was part of the fifth Annual Fall Sale at Jamestown Shopping Center in College Park recently. The event was sponsored by the College Park Jaycees in cooperation with merchants at the shopping center. The MARTA display shows the location of Transit Center in downtown Atlanta, and the various lines considered for rapid transit routes. The display back of College Park J aycee President Paul Green shows in the upper left corner a cutaway view of how Transit Center might be designed, with escalators connecting the two levels of trains with the sidewalks above. The lower left corner contains typical site development plans fo r the four levels of Transit Center while in the lower right corner is a map locating Transit Center in relation to downtown streets. The map in the upper right corner shows the areas in which the routes and stations will be located. Routes as planned in 1961, 1962, and 1966-7 are variously indicated. The display back of Joan Eschenbrenner, MARTA secre tary , fe atures a large aerial photo o f downtown Atlan ta and pictures of various major building developments now unde r way near rapid transit stations. The MARTA exh ibit aroused many enthusiastic comments from those who viewed it. �MARTAnswers MARTA ACTION QUESTION : Why is MARTA planning to use the old-type steelwheel and steel-rail system instead of something new, like monorail? ANSWER: In the first place, monorail is not new or modern. As shown in the picture below, monorail has been around a long time- 70 years or so. A short monorail line has been operating across a river in Germany since 1906. The major reason for not using monorail, however, is simply that no monorail system has ever been a commercially successful operation in moving numbers of commuters. In recent years, short, relatively simple monorail systems have b~en built in Paris and Tokyo, and others have been used in World's Fairs in Seattle and New York, and at Disneyland. These small operations, however, do not meet MART A's design requirements to transport commuters at 70 miles per hour in capacities approaching 30,000 passengers per hour. There are other problems relating to cost, engineering, construc~ton, and route location: Both the top-supported (suspended) and bottom-supported monorail systems are more expensive to construct system-wide than the conventional steel-wheel steel rail system . The topsupported monorail requires the supp~rt structure throughout the system, whereas MARTA's plans call for only 3½ miles of aerial structure. The top-supported monorail requires a much larger,, tunnel for subway where subway is essential. Trying to _eliminate the monorail subway brings us back to the problem MART A faced all along-where to put the routes through downtown Atlanta without using subway. There is no feasible surface route for either system. MEIGS COLLECTION , Yale University Library - MON ORA IL , 1887 VERSION - Jo e Vin cent Meigs (second row, six th from right) patented this early "monorail " in I 8 73. Th e running wh eels were tilted at 45 degree angles; horizontally -mounted steam-driven wheels running on an up- The Board of Directors at its September 5 meeting heard a report on a financial study by Hammer, Greene, Siler Associates, Inc. No act10n was taken on the report. No official action was taken by the Board sin ce a quorum was not present. The next meeting of the MARTA Board of Directors will be Tuesday, October 3, 1967, 3:30 p.m., Room 619, Glenn Building, 120 Marietta St. , N.W. The bottom-supported system would be somewhat more expensive for grade and aerial structure than the steel-wheel steel rail system, and considerably more expensive for subway because of the larger tunnel required. If expense were not the major factor it is, the question then arises, "what would monorail give you that the conventional system would not · provide?" The answer is "nothing." The monorail is slower, has higher operational costs, and does not provide as comfortable ride. During the past 70 years, engineering problems relating to monorail have not been satisfactorily resolved. These include switching, high speeds (70 to 80 MPH), sway, and other technical problems. These and other disadvantages may eventually be resolved, but no solution is in sight. By contrast, the dual rail system solved these and many other engineering and operational problems years ago. The dual-rail system will definitely provide what is needed in this area: 70 MPH speeds, safety, comfort, and convenience at less cost than any type monorail. Using a known and proven technology means MART A will be able to bring the system into operation at the earliest possible time. This is our goal. - Henry L. Stuart, MARTA General Manager per set of rails provided propulsion. Th e Philadelphia City Council visited th e I , I 14-foot long test track in East Ca mbridge, Mass., in I 887. Th e revolutionary Me igs railway did not gain acceptance, however; and the company failed a f ew years later. RA.PID TRA.NSIT PROGRESS METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY BOB GLENN BLDG. · 120 MARIETTA ST ., N.W . PHONE 52 4- 5711 (AREA CODE 40 4 ) ATLANTA , GEORGIA 30303 SEPTEMBER 1967 . VOL . 2, NO. 9 Hon. lvan Allen, Jr., City ot Atlanta City Ha 11 Atlanta, O-a. .30.30) ~l ayor �I RAPID TRANSIT METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY "MA-c::::, r-n A ..1,;;v.L..ci REPORTS TO THE PEOPLE IT SERVES ... " M A Y - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - VOL. 1 I I, 9 6 7 NO. 5 IRT CONVE ES IN ATLANTA, 'MAY 2 _ Some 300 of the nation's top transit leaders are expected to attend the 1967 Convention of the Institute for Rapid Transit to be held May 24-26 at the Atlanta Marriott Motor Hotel. An unusual in-depth program featuring national experts in urban transportation and special work shop sessions will center around the theme, "Growing Cities MOVE ... With Rapid Transit," according to George L. DeMent, IRT President and Chairman of the Board of the Chicago Transit Authority. The Annual Conference of the Institute for Rapid Transit, which represents this industry in the United States and Canada, is expected to be attended not only by experts in various phases of the rapid transit field, but also by city planners, traffic engineers, public works officials, government officials and many others concerned with urban transportation problems. Henry L. Stuart, General Manager of Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, stated, "We consider it a tribute to Atlanta and its growing importance in rapid transit to have such a group as the Institute for Rapid Transit to meet for its annual convention here in our city." He continued, "Atlanta is on its way to joining the rather select group of American cities which have rapid transit systems operating, and feel that the presence of so many persons concerned with transporting people will give increased impetus to our efforts. We welcome the Institute for Rapid Transit to this great metropolitan area," Stuart concluded, "and we are confident that all who attend the convention will find it both profitable and enjoyable. "The A nnu al Conference of th e Institute for Rapid Transit will provide a special insight into the vi tal field of developing modern and efficient mass transportation systems for our growing American cities," said DeMent. "We are fo n te in having a group of outstand' experts whose pres . t · ns will set the stage for special workshop sessions in · ersons at · the convention will participate," DeMent exp ame . "Major cities in the United States and Canada, with existing rapid transit systems, are concerned with plans for enlarging those systems. Many other cities, with prospects of great metropolitan growth, are now searching for guidance and expert help in planning new mass transportation systems for the future . "The 1967 Annual IRT Conference, patterned after our successful workshop conference last year at Boston College, will provide an excellent opportunity for an exchange of ideas by the experts, as well as developing further ideas in the mass transportation field ," DeMent said. After a welcoming address by Atlanta's mayor, Ivan Allen, Jr., Charles M . Haar, Assistant Secretary for Metropolitan Development of the United States Department of Hou sing and Urban Development, will keynote the IRT Conference at an opening luncheon May 24. William J . Ronan , Chairman of the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority (New York) , will make the first presentation for a workshop session on the afternoon of May 24. The subject of this initial workshop will be "Environmental Support." For the second workshop session, " System Characteristics," on the morning of May 25 , the major presentation will be made by Henry L. Stuart, General Manager of Metropolitan Atlanta R apid Transit Authority, and b y Leo J. Cusick, Director of th e Urban Transportation Administration of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. As a "challengi ng ed ucator," Noah Langdale, Jr., President of Georgia State College, will address the IRT Conference Luncheon on May 25. (Continued on Page 2) ~ /_ George L. DeMent Charles M. Haar Leo J. Cusick Walter S. Douglas IRT CONVENTION ISSUE �METRO AREA BOOMS! METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY 8 0 8 GLENN BLDG .· 120 MARIETTA ST . , N . W . ATLANTA. GA . 30303 • PHONE 524-5711 " DIRECTED BY THE GEORGIA STATE LEGISLATURE TO DEVELOP A RAPID T RANSIT SYSTEM FOR THE S-COUNTY MET ROPOLITAN ATLANTA AREA ," Edited by KING ELLIO'.IT BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS: H . RICH , Chairman Roy A. BLOUNT, Vice Chairman ROBERT F. ADAM SON, Treasurer GLE NN E . BENNE'.IT, Secretary RICHARD CITY OF ATLANTA : ROBERT F. ADAMSON L. D. MrLTON RI CHARD H . RICI-I RAWSON HAVERTY C LAYTON COUNTY: EDGAR BLALOCK DEKALB COUNTY: ROY A. BLOUNT DR. SA NFORD ATWOOD w . A. FULTON COUNTY : PULVER MITCHELL C. BISHOP GWINNETT COUNTY: K. A. MCM ILLON COBB COUNTY (Observer) OTIS A . BRUMBY, JR MARTA STAFF : HENRY L. STUART, General Manager KI NG ELLIOTT, Director of Pnblic Information H. N. JOH NSON, S ecretary to General Manager IRT (Con tinued from Page 1, Column 2) During the afternoon of May 25, the IRT Conference participants will visit the campus of Georgia Institute of Technology, where they will review and study a model transportation system being developed by Georgia Tech's Complex Systems Design class. On the morning of May 26, Walter S. Dougl~s, partner in the consulting engineering firm of Parsons, Bnnckerhoff, Quade & Douglas, will make the presentation for the final workshop session on "Management Organization." "For each of the workshop sessions, participants will be organized into small panels for discussion and consideration of special case studies," explained DeMent. "At the close of each workshop session, there will be a group critique," he said. The program for the 1967 IRT Conference was planned by the Program Committee of which the Chairman was Thompson A. Nooner, Executive Assistant to the President of General Railway Signal Company. The IRT Convention is the first of two major transit conver.tions scheduled for Atlanta this year. The American Transit Association will hold its Annual Convention at the Regency Hyatt House in Atlanta October 22-26. 1960 1961 The expanding economy of the five county metropolitan Atlanta area is making an increasing impact on the four counties surrounding Fulton County: Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb and Gwinnett. Brunswick A. Bagdon, Southeastern Regional Director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, reports that 4 7 percent of all non-residential construction during the first half of the 1960's came in the four counties outside Fulton. These same counties had 71 percent of the industrial growth of the Metro area. The central city had 75 percent of all office construction; 56 percent of the value of stores and other mercantile buildings was in ,the central city. Fulton County still has the bulk of the payroll employment, but the suburb an share increased from 11 percent in 1959 to 13 percent in 1965. Using the rate of employment growth as a yardstick, Atlanta's rate is almost three times the average of the eleven other Metro areas surveyed, 32 percent compared with the twelve-area average of 12 percent rate of employment increase. Atlanta is building toward another record breaking year in construction. Building permits issued during the first four months of 1967 total more than $66.5 million in value, an increase of more than $22 million for the 'same period last year. "It's obvious that the Metro area is going to continue to grow and develop," says MARTA General Manager Henry L. Stuart, "and as jobs and population increase, and as more people move into this area, the need for rapid transit grows more and more critical. And, if what has happened in Toronto is any indication, the presence of rapid transit will cause this growth to accelerate." The pictorial chart, from ATLANTA Magazine April 1966, across the bottom of these two pages shows evidence of the building boom in Atl an ta during th e 1960's. Atlanta's building boom got off th e ground in 1960 and kep t going wit!, 1. Atlanta Mercl, andise Mart; 2. Comm erce Building; 3. Georgia Pow er B uilding; 4. National Bank of G eorgia Building; 5. Atlanta A irport T erminal Building; 6. Peachtree Tow ers Apartments; 1. L enox T owers (South ); 8. Landmark Apartments; 9. First Federal Building; 10. Atlanta T owers; 11. Hartford Building; 12. Peachtree Center Building; 13. Georgia A rchives Building; 14. Atlanta Stadium ; 15. Peachtree North Apartments; 16. First Na tional Bank Building; 17. L enox T owers (Nortl,); 18. R egency H otel; 19. Life of Georgia Buildin g; 20. Gas Light To wer; 2 1. Th e Equitab le Building; 22. C & S Norri, Avenue Building; 23. Trust Company of G eorgia Building; 24. Tl, e Bronze Buildin g; 25. University Tow ers; 26. Tower Apartm ents; 27. I vey Building. 1962 1963 1964 "RAPID TRANSIT WILL KEEP ATLANTA MOVING ... RAPIDLY!" STUART REPORTS PROGRESS "Of the many developments and changes which have taken place in and around Atlanta in the past few years, including those in progress now and on the planning boards for the future-regional shopping centers, trade areas, skyscrapers, Atlanta's expanding airport, the expressway system (which perhaps one day will be complete, but will never be adequate) , the Stadium with its Braves, Falcons, and Chiefs, the new Auditorium-Convention complex, the Cultural Center - none will be more relevant to nor affect the daily lives of so many Atlantans as Rapid Transit," says MARTA Director Rawson Haverty. "Any growing metropolitan area reaches a point where it must develop an alternate to automobile-highway Rawson Ha verty transportation in and out of its central city, or movement bottlenecks and the central city deteriorates. The central city is the magnet and service center of the metropolitan area. If it declines, the satellite business, industrial, and residential areas are not properly served, the metropolitan area as a whole declines in importance, everyone suffers. "Rapid, efficient, pleasant, and safe movement of masses of people from their homes, outlying points of business, outlying industrial areas directly into the central, financial, business, shopping and cultural core is an essential requirement for a city's health and prosperity," he explains. "The March 10 issue of Th e Kiplinger Washington Letter is a prediction of the Seventies. If their projections are accurate, Atlanta can expect to increase in population from 1,211 ,000 in 1967 to 1,532,300 in 1973 (the year the North-South line of Rapid Transit will be ready) . We in Atlanta can be glad we are well advanced in our planning for Rapid Transit and that we have defi nite target dates for completion. We have stepped ahead of most other metropolitan areas in this program, and when the Seventies arrive Atlanta's citizens will, we hope, continue to be 'moving rapidly' while many other cities are plagued by traffic bottlenecks," Haverty concludes. - (Rawson Haverty is P-resident of Haverty Furniture Companies, past president of Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and Atlanta Retail Merchants Association, President of Forward Atlanta, and has held numerous other business and civic responsibilities.) 1965 1966 Considerable progress is being made under the several contracts which have been let by the METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY, according to H enry L. Stuart, MART A General Manager. In a quarterly report of contract studies for the period January 1 through March 31, 1967, Mr. Stuart says, "Our contractual obligations total $962,566, of which $616,709 (64 % ) represents the Federal portion, and $345,857 represents the local matching funds." Stuart explains that, "The majority of funds are being spent under three major contracts: the updating of the 1962 rapid transit report; the preliminary engineering on the north-south line, and the greater portion of the east-west line; and the technical H enry L. Stuart studies program . The updating program, referred to as the "701" contract ($183,566), encompasses revision of the financing of the proposed rapid transit system and is about 70 percent complete. Another segment of this same contract updates the other parts of the 1962 report and is about 70 percent complete. This segment includes the re-study of the routes and station locations, which are about 90 percent complete, and patronage, revenues, and operating cost predictions 75 percent complete. Work on this latest segment incorporates the latest highway statistics by the Highway Department. The "70J " contract should be completed by early summer. The preliminary engineering work is being conducted under the "702" contract ($125 ,000). This program originally encompassed only the north-south system from Oglethorpe to the Airport. It has been expanded to include all the preliminary engineering for the basic forty-four mile system , Doraville-Forest Park on tl1e north-south line, and on the east-west line from the Perimeter Road (I-285) west of Hightower Road to the Perimeter Road east of Avondale Estates. Preliminary engineering involves the development of information on utilities, existing buildings, highways, railroads and geology. The preliminary design of typical structures and stations and the functional layout of Transit Center and the shops and yards, and the analysis of equipment requirements. It also includes plans for alignment of tracks and stati on sites, and cost estimates for construction, and purchase of right of way. The work is being integrated with the work under the Technical Studies Program and should be completed by the end of 1968. Continued 1967 1968 1969 0 11 page 4 -4s,L---~~----L---__:'.:_:~::__---l----~~=----+----=-=--=-=-----+----__:__----t----------t--:::::::::::::::::--t---------,--------,---------r_40.!--- - - - - - ~ ~ - - - - : ;0._----+--------+----------1-------,------ -,___.~ m EQUITABLE 0 --i- -i = �STUART REPORTS (cont'd) MARTA NAMES CHIEF ENGINEER The third major program is the Technical Studies Program ($554,000) which includes portions of the work under the "702" program . It also includes the Corridor Impact Study which will assess the probable impact of the proposed rapid transit system on the total community. The Impact Study will survey MARTA's relationship to, and impact on, land use and related controls, public improvement planning; local, public and private development plans; urban renewal projects; and benefits to disadvantaged groups, and other public programs. A separate study under this program will exa mine the probable impact of rapid transit on the existing Atlanta Transit System and the privately operated bus system. A separate contract covers planning, consulting, or engineering services not covered by existing contracts ($100,000). In add ition to these existing programs, MART A's staff is in process of developing a new application for approximately two million dollars of Federal funds, using the $500,000 in State funds approved by the 1967 General Assembly as matching funds. When Federal funds are approved, this two and one-half million dollar program wil l cover the following: A Deputy Director of the Ohio State Department of Highways has been appointed Chief Engineer for Rapid Transit here. Henry L. Stuart, General Manager of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, announces that Earl W . Nelson of New Philadelphia, Ohio, assumed his new duties here April 24, 1967. Nelson was Division Deputy Director for the Ohio State Department of Highways, and was responsible for the design, construction, maintenance, and acquisition of right of way for the 1400 miles of State and United States routes in his division. His duties included preparation of all construction and maintenance projects, which total $70 million under construction as of October 1966; supervision of all engineering and right of way acquisition; control of purchases of material and equipment; and personnel responsibilities for 700 employees. As MARTA Chief Engineer, he reports directly to the General Manager, will participate in policy deEarl W. Nelson cisions of the Authority, and will ~dminister those policies having to do with design and engineering. He will review engineering work performed by MARTA consultants; and, when construction of the system begins, will supervise all construction projects. Nelson is a Registered Profess ional Civil Engineer in the State of Ohio. He is a graduate of the University of Kentucky with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering, and had done graduate work at the University of Cincinnati . He is a Fellow in the American Society of Civil Engineers and is a member of the Ohio Society of Profess ional Engineers. He was a Division Deputy Director of the Ohio Department of Hi ghways from 1963 until his resignation to accept the positi on with MARTA. Prior experience includes two years as City Engineer, Steubenville, Ohio; aAd 13 years as Design Engineer and Project Engineer with H azelet and Erda! , Consu lting Engineers, Cincinnati , Ohio. Nelson, a native of Peru , Jllinoi s, and hi s wife, Shirley, have three children: Candi 19, Mark 17, and Jeffer y 9. His family will join Nelson in Atl anta at th e end of the current school term. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) title searches of selected ri ght of way parcels ea rl y acqu isition of critical right of way parcels a plan for relocation of uprooted persons employment of Urban Plannin g (Architectural) continued work on Atlanta Transit System impact and coordination pl an 6) fir st steps in detailed design of Transit Center 7) fin anci al operations pla n and organization 8) preservation of histor ical si tes and st ructures. "As these four programs are completed we will have more and more of th e detailed information required to determine the best methods for fin ancing this system; and , to develop a specific plan to bring to th e voters for their approval, probably in November 1969 ," Stuart said. MARTA ACTION Th e Boa rd o f Di rec to rs of M ARTA a nn o un ced the appo intm en t of R obert F. Ad amson as a directo r represent ing the City of Atlant a . Ad amson was appo int ed by M ayo r Ivan All en, Jr., and th e Boa rd of Aldermen to fill the un expired te rm of Mills B. Lane, Jr" who res igned h is positio n as Me tropolit an At la nt a Rapid Transit d irector beca use of increased pressures of his many business interests . Ad amson has been Treasurer of MARTA si nce its o rgani za tion, and wi ll continue in this post as well as se rve as its directo r. The next meetin g of the Boa rd of Directo rs has been ch anged to Fr iday, June 9, 1967 a t 3 :3 0 P.M . in Room 619 of the Gl enn Buildin g, 120 Marietta Street, N.W. RAPID TRANSIT PROGRESS IQQ TH \ MO REH I 8h METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY 808 GLENN BLDG . · 120 MARIETTA ST ., N.W. PHONE 524-5711 (AREA CODE 404) MAY 19 6 7 . V O L. II, N O. · ATLANTA. GEORGIA 30303 5 Hon. Tva~ Allen, Jr., Wayar City of Atlanta City ff.all Atl ~ l nta, Ga. 30-Y03 �LUMBER & BUILDING MATERIALS Specializing in Fir & Redwood Lumber, Creosoted Poles, Crossarms & Cross Ties 1335 Marietta Blvd., N. W., Atlanta, Ga. PHONE 794-2471 ,/ �Aid Jo~Coy;;n ,i;it Seen by Volpe Atlanta in 'Excellent Position' For Federal Funds, He Says B By BIU, COLLINS he U.S. secretary of transportation s;ys Atlanta will be in eXCfilJlent position " to get two-thi rds of the money fo r a rapid 1t system from the ferleral govern ment. . John Volpe, former governor of Massachusetts ,and one of the front- runners for the vice presiaential nod at the 1968 Ri;pubUca n w esiden- ' tial convention . was in Atlanta ~. ;a i S aturday night .,. to address the llth a n n u a 1

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"THE OTHER $2.5 biUic · National Co n-" "".0 uld be used to help build 9( ference of State .. ~1rports an d expand 2 700 aii t e g i s I ative f1elds around the c~un try J oh ,{ Volpe Leaders. V The secretary , at a news conoltsaid. ' T ' secretary sa id the Nixo ference before hi s speech, exadm nJstration !hopes to restrid plained the Nixon administrat~e umber of incoming fl ight. tion 's $10 bi ll ion, 12-year public a_ e of the nation's busies transportJa tion bill and said Atf~;por_ts iand to better contro lanta " may get the jump on . fl!ghts at 22 other airports other cities" for funds under the me1ud111g Atlanta 's bill , if the measure is approved I_n his re marks ~ the 800 le isby Congress. Iat1 ve leaders attending 1h He sa id the bill would authorfour-day c o n f e re n c e V l ize him to make $3.1 biJJion talked abou t the need fo~ fe~e~~ available immedi ately upon its al-sta te-local government coopbeing signed into law . The federal money would be spent over five ye;.;;;a;;; .cs:..:..·- - .,.._ _ _ ___ Heafso said Atl anta would be "in an excellent positi on" to get a fede ral grant totaling twothirds of the cost of 1a rapid tra nsit system because of the plann ing it has done and also because it is one of ~~r ~ s." 1 VOLPE POINTED OUT, however, that under the proposed I bill no one state could get more thia n 121/2 per cent of the total ' appropriation. He also told newsmen the Vietnam war is not draining funds he has requested for his department and added, "The administration and the director of the Bureau of the Budget have approved the two transportation bills I ha ve requested." Volpe sa ys the two measures he would li ke to see enacted include the $10.1-billion publi c ttansportation bill and the airport-a,irways bill which wouid rovide $2.5 billion for air-tra ffi c control and $2.5 billion for construction of new airports and exlansion of existi ng fa 'lities. He said the ,administration is on c e r n e d about i11-flight rashes and ff!els the airportairways bill would help diminish e possibility of future colliions. With 2.5 i lion o the airrt-airw.1ys bi ll , Volpe exlained, the federal ,government uld work towards developent of II fully automated · s- em m. · ic control sys- eration in solving the nation's I problems. ' 'Much of the glamour, power and prestige that once surrounded state Capitols shifted to Washington in the past 25 years " he said. "And when the power went to Washington, ma ny of the talented young men went also. W~ hi ngton has been bhe mecca fo young A m e r i c a n s who w _ted to dedicate their li ves to fu 11lment of the American dr m," he added. 1 VOLPE SAID there has been ! a trend rowards reversing the I growing dependence on the fed;~!;sigovernment in the past few "T s new trend fi rst became stron ly evident under President ohnson," he added. ·'But President Nixon has gone a step furthe r. He has proposed a program of revenue sharing between the states and Washington. And, although it i a modest beginning, it will be -_!:pped up," Volp said.

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