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The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA / ˈ m ɑːr t ə /) is the principal public transport operator in the Atlanta metropolitan area.Formed in 1971 as strictly a bus system, MARTA operates a network of bus routes linked to a rapid transit system consisting of 48 miles (77 km) of rail track with 38 subway stations.
The Bus Regulatory Reform Act of 1982 (Pub. L. 97–261, 96 Stat. 1102) was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on September 20, 1982. The law contained provisions considered " deregulatory " of the bus industry, representing the largest legislation of regulatory reform since 1935.
The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) is a statutory organ of the state government of Georgia; elected among five commission districts, the board consists of a Chairman, a Vice-chairman, and three Commissioners. PSC regulates telecommunications, transportation, electric and natural gas services in the U.S. state of Georgia. [1]
Bus systems in two Georgia cities will receive nearly $20 million in federal funds to replace older buses with electric models. Augusta Transit will get almost $12.1 million for quieter, safer ...
Nine Georgia school districts received funds in the latest round of federal grants to purchase electric and alternative-fueled buses: Atkinson County: $210,000 Baldwin County: $2 million
President Jimmy Carter – aided by economic adviser Alfred E. Kahn [24] – devoted substantial effort to transportation deregulation, and worked with Congressional and civil society leaders to pass the Airline Deregulation Act on October 24, 1978 – the first federal government regulatory regime, since the 1930s, to be completely dismantled.
Georgia's Republican lieutenant governor has unveiled a plan to roll back regulations in a similar style to what Tesla CEO Elon Musk is doing at the federal level in Washington, D.C.
Motor carrier deregulation was a part of a sweeping reduction in price controls, entry controls, and collective vendor price setting in United States transportation, begun in 1970-71 with initiatives in the Richard Nixon Administration, carried out through the Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter Administrations, and continued into the 1980s, collectively seen as a part of deregulation in the United ...