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DEL.ICIO.USLINK delegation members in Denver pass resolution for new transportation funding
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Taking a more activist role than usual, the metro Atlanta LINK delegation in Denver unanimously passed an informal resolution at its closing session Friday afternoon to try to get the region moving on new transportation funding.
Sam Olens, chairman of the Atlanta Regional Commission and the Cobb County Commission, sent me an email shortly after the attendees voted to pass the resolution “to undertake a bold effort to support passage of the transportation funding legislation that failed by three votes in the last session.”
Olens said the LINK delegation, which included about 110 metro Atlanta leaders, will ask the Get Georgia Moving coalition of about 50 organizations to launch an online petition of support.
It also will ask the coalition to prepare a questionnaire for qualified candidates for the General Assembly so people can know how they stand on future transportation funding.
The LINK delegation also appointed a small task force to study additional measures to build support statewide for the transportation initiative.
Olens said the members of that task force have yet to be selected, but that there is “no shortage of volunteers.”
This is the 12th year that leaders from metro Atlanta have been visiting other cities through LINK (Leadership, Involvement, Networking, Knowledge). The first city the LINK group visited was Denver, and that was in 1997.
In talking to people attending this year’s LINK trip, the group was impressed with the amount of progress Denver has made in the past 12 years to build its transit system. By comparison, people said metro Atlanta has done little to stay competitive.
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