When Georgia lawmakers left the Capitol without adopting a transportation funding plan, they also reopened a bitter rift involving Atlanta's transit system that has sent local authorities scrambling for ways to keep the 500,000 riders moving. Transportation officials voted overwhelmingly to shift $25 million in federal stimulus funding to cover some of MARTA's losses. The effort is short-term, and, some opponents say, short-sighted. But the plan's proponents say it's the only proposal on the table to keep the system above water.
(Associated Press)
(Associated Press)
