At a recent lunch meeting of Central Perimeter area businesses, the topic was the problem of “single-occupant vehicles,” and how to introduce workers to MARTA or car pools. (Of course, nearly everyone in the packed ballroom arrived alone in their cars.) Today, a business leader tackles that challenge, introducing a new program for employers interested in alternative modes. Also, a State Farm executive explains why the insurance giant is building next to the Dunwoody MARTA station. And a businessman writes about how to to fund improvements beyond the Transportation Funding Act.

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Tamara Lamia puts her voting sticker after casting her ballot at the Israel Baptist Church in Kirkwood during the Georgia Public Service Commission’s special election at Ron Anderson Community Center in Cobb County on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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