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Atlanta City Council. The Atlanta City Council (formerly the Atlanta Board of Aldermen until 1974) is the main municipal legislative body for the city of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It consists of 16 members: the council president, twelve members elected from districts within the city, and three members representing at-large posts.
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority was created as the first public mass transit agency in metropolitan Atlanta. Its formation in 1965 was a result of the campaigning efforts of governmental planning agencies and Atlanta businessmen. The system broke ground on its rail system in 1975.
The Atlanta transit strike of 1950 was a lengthy transit strike that lasted from May 18, 1950, to December 16, 1950, in Atlanta, Georgia. [1] [2] A month after author Margaret Mitchell was struck and killed by a taxi during a year when trolleys had killed five, there was a call in the city to increase safety on city streets. The city council ...
At a meeting of the Atlanta City Council's Transportation Committee, a spokesperson for the Atlanta Department of Transportation said the department supports the move as ridership grows.
Timeline of mass transit in Atlanta: 1871 Richard Peters and George Adair run the first streetcars on the Atlanta Street Railway Company 1872 West End & Atlanta Street Railroad Company formed 1878 Adair sells out to Peters 1879 Gate City Street Railroad Company formed 1882 Metropolitan Street Railroad Company formed 1883 Fulton County Street Railroad Company formed 1886 Joel Hurt forms the ...
That year, the depot's architect, Edward A. Vincent, also delivered Atlanta's first official map to the city council. Fulton County was established in 1853 from the western section of DeKalb , and in 1854, a combination Fulton County Court House and Atlanta City Hall was built– which would be razed 30 years later to make way for today's State ...
The City Council Transportation Committee eventually advanced the mayor’s nomination of Ira Acree, pastor of Greater St. John Bible Church, but not before members pressed him about the many ...
A new city charter was approved by Governor Smith on February 28, 1874, which reduced the number of wards back to five and created a bi-cameral council of two councilmen from each ward and a second body of three at-large aldermen was established. Each year one of the aldermen would be up for election and during his last year in office would ...