Business leaders on the north end of the Perimeter are proud of the early seed money they put toward the construction of the I-285/Ga. 400 interchange, a $700 million project whose benefits will ripple through the community. In today’s lead column, one leader outlines how the interchange will help and outlines what improvements need to be on the agenda in the near future — including Bus Rapid Transit and the expansion of MARTA. In our second column, a local consultant writes about how he made the change from critic of rail transit to supporter.

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Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) (center left) speaks with Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) as they leave a Senate Republican luncheon and the Senate holds a “vote-a-rama” to pass President Donald Trump’s domestic policy bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Monday, June 30, 2025.  (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D. (center) is flanked by GOP whip Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. (left) and Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, as Thune speak to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. Earlier Tuesday, the Senate passed the budget reconciliation package of President Donald Trump's signature bill of big tax breaks and spending cuts. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

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