MARTA expansion is suddenly in the air — on the south side, where Clayton County commissioners vote today on launching a referendum for a penny sales tax, and on the north side, where the transit agency is exploring a line north along Ga. 400. My column today focuses on the pushback at recent public feedback meeting in Dunwoody. In our second column, a MARTA executive outlines the process of extending service on any Fulton-DeKalb route.

» Join the conversation

About the Author

Featured

A migrant farmworker harvests Vidalia onions at a farm in Collins, in 2011. A coalition of farmworkers, including one based in Georgia, filed suit last month in federal court arguing that cuts to H-2A wages will trigger a cut in the pay and standard of living of U.S. agricultural workers. (Bita Honarvar/AJC)

Credit: Bita Honarvar