| Transportation inGeorgia | |
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| Overview | |
| Transit type | Rapid transit,commuter rail,buses,private automobile,Taxicab,bicycle,pedestrian,ferries |
| Operation | |
| Operator(s) | GDOT |
Thetransportation system of Georgia is a cooperation of complex systems of infrastructure comprising over 1,200 miles (1,900 km) ofInterstates and more than120 airports and airbases serving a regional population of 59,425 people.
MARTA is composed of both heavy rail rapid transit and a bus transit system that operates primarily within the boundaries ofClayton,DeKalb, andFulton counties. In addition toAtlanta itself, the transit agency serves the following incorporated places within these core counties:Alpharetta,Avondale Estates,Chamblee,Clarkston,College Park,Decatur,Doraville,Dunwoody,East Point,Fairburn,Forest Park,Hapeville,Jonesboro,Lithonia,Lovejoy,Morrow,Palmetto,Pine Hill,Riverdale,Roswell,Sandy Springs,Stone Mountain, andUnion City. Outside of the immediate service area, MARTA also operates one bus route to Cobb County's Cumberland Boulevard Transfer Center.[1]
In 2015, MARTA resumed bus service to Clayton County after a referendum in which the county agreed to a 1% sales tax increase to fund MARTA's return to most of the county (Airport Station is located in Clayton County but is not easily accessible for non-airport patrons), which had been without public transit service since the closure ofC-TRAN in 2010. Introducing some form of high-capacity transit service (MARTA heavy rail,commuter rail,light rail, orbus rapid transit) into Clayton County is currently being studied by MARTA.[2]
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Amtrak maintains tworail lines through Georgia,[3] with theCrescent:Birmingham, Alabama toGreenville, South Carolina traveling through Atlanta,Gainesville, andToccoa, and another line with theSilver Service: traveling fromCharleston, South Carolina toJacksonville, Florida, traveling through the two cities ofSavannah andJesup. Up to the late 1960s, Atlanta had been a passenger train hub, with trains (in addition to the present-dayCrescent route) to Chicago and Florida atTerminal Station andUnion Station.
Major freight railroads in Georgia includeCSX andNorfolk Southern Railway. Passenger service in Georgia is available on two Amtrak routes: theCrescent, which travels from New York toWashington, D.C., throughNorth Georgia and Atlanta toNew Orleans and the other,Silver Meteor/Silver Star, travels from New York to the Georgia coast and from there toFlorida.[4]
TheRiver Street Streetcar is aheritage streetcar line in Savannah. It began regular operation on February 11, 2009, and shuttles between seven stops along River Street, next to theSavannah River.[5]
TheBeltLine is a former railway corridor around the core ofAtlanta, which is under development in stages as amulti-use trail. Using existingrail trackeasements, it aims to improve not only transportation, but to addgreen space and promoteredevelopment.[citation needed] There are longer-term visions forstreetcar or light rail lines along all or part of the corridor.[citation needed]
Georgia lacks a united bus system and is instead, served by various separate systems that serve various areas of the state.
| System | Area | Description |
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| MARTA | Metropolitan Atlanta | MARTA's (Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority) bus system serves a wider area than the rail system, serving areas in Fulton, Clayton, and DeKalb counties such as the cities ofRoswell andAlpharetta in North Fulton, along with South DeKalb andJonesboro andMorrow in Clayton. As of 2010, MARTA has 554 diesel andcompressed natural gas buses that cover over 91 bus routes which operated 25.9 million annual vehicle miles (41.7 million kilometers).[6] Effective November 20, 2006, MARTA now has one bus route providing limited service inCobb County (Route 12 has been extended to Cobb County's Cumberland Boulevard Transfer Center).[1][7] All of the MARTA bus lines feed into or intersect MARTA rail lines as well. MARTA shuttle service is available toSix Flags Over Georgia (also in Cobb County) during the park's summer season. |
| CobbLinc | Cobb County | CobbLinc, formerly known asCobb Community Transit |
| GCT | Gwinnett County | Gwinnett County Transit |
| APT | Augusta | Augusta Public Transit |
| MTA | Macon-Bibb County | Macon Transit Authority. Also serves commuters toRobins Air Force Base in Houston County. |
| WRT | Houston County | Warner Robins Transit, serves two routes inCenterville,Warner Robins, and unincorporated Houston County. |
| RTD | Rome | Rome Transit Department provides public transportation within the city ofRome inFloyd County. |
| CAT | Savannah | Chatham Area Transit is the provider ofpublic transportation in the Savannah, Georgia metropolitan area. The county-owned service was founded in 1986 after the collapse of previous transit providers. Buses operate 7 days a week and 90% of county residents are within reasonable walking distance of a route. |
| ACCT | Athens | Athens-Clarke County Transit, formerly branded asThe Bus, serves Athens (whileUniversity of Georgia Campus Transit serves the UGA campus specifically). |
The state of Georgia has 1,244 miles (2,002 km) ofInterstate Highways within its borders. Georgia's majorInterstate Highways areInterstate 16 (I-16),I-20,I-75,I-85, andI-95. Other important interstate highways areI-24 andI-59.I-285 isAtlanta, Georgia's perimeter route andI-575 connects counties inNorth Georgia to I-75.[8] TheGeorgia Department of Transportation maintains only 16% of the roads in the state. The other 84% are the responsibility of the counties and cities; 75% of those roads arecounty roads.[9]
All of Georgia's Interstate highways are as follows:
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The state of Georgia has an extensive system ofU.S. Highways.
All of Georgia's U.S. Highways are as follows:
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The state of Georgia has an extensive system ofstate routes.
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TheSidney Lanier Bridge is acable-stayed bridge that spans theBrunswick River inBrunswick, carrying four lanes ofUS 17/SR 25. The current bridge was built as a replacement to the originallift bridge which was twice struck by ships. It is currently the longest-spanning bridge in Georgia and is 480 feet (150 m) tall. It is also the76th-largest cable-stayed bridge in the world. It was named for poetSidney Lanier. Each year (usually in February), there is the "Bridge Run" sponsored by Southeast Georgia Health System when the south side of the bridge isclosed to traffic and people register to run (or walk) the bridge.
TheChetoogeta Mountain Tunnel refers to two differentrailroad tunnels traveling throughChetoogeta Mountain in thenorthwestern part of the state. The first tunnel was completed on May 7, 1850, as part of the construction of theWestern and Atlantic Railroad (W & A), the firststate road in Georgia.[clarification needed] It was the first major railroad tunnel in theSouthern United States and is 1,447 feet (441 m)[10] in length. It was renovated in 1998-2000 and is now open to the public as a privately ownedhistoric site.[11] The second tunnel was built from 1926 to 1928 and is 1,557 feet (0.2949 mi; 475 m)[12] long. It is still in use byCSX Transportation, underlease from the Georgia Department of Transportation.[10] It, like the entire W & Asubdivision, is a major route betweenAtlanta andChattanooga.
The nearby town ofTunnel Hill, Georgia (originally Tunnelsville) was founded and named for the first tunnel, and was thesupply base for its construction materials and worker housing.[11]
Georgia has a system ofState Bicycle Routes.[13]
The city of Atlanta limits the number of CPNCs (Certificate of Public Necessity and Convenience) to 1,600 and is the maximum number of licensedtaxis allowed within the city.[14]
ThePort of Savannah is a major seaport located at Savannah. Its extensive facilities for oceangoing vessels line both sides of theSavannah River approximately 18 miles (29 km) from theAtlantic Ocean. Operated by theGeorgia Ports Authority (GPA), the Port of Savannah competes primarily with thePort of Charleston inCharleston,South Carolina to the northeast, and thePort of Jacksonville inJacksonville,Florida to the south. The GPA operates one other Atlantic seaport in Georgia, thePort of Brunswick, located atBrunswick, Georgia, as well as two interior ports linked to theGulf of Mexico,Port Bainbridge and Port Columbus.
Between 2000 and 2005 alone, the Port of Savannah was the fastest-growing seaport in the United States, with a compoundedannual growth rate of 16.5% (the national average is 9.7%).
TheGeorgia Rail Passenger Program is a plan for seven railway commuter routes to serve the Atlanta suburbs and nearby cities.
The Athens route will connect nine ofGeorgia's colleges and universities, includingGeorgia Institute of Technology,Georgia State University,Emory University,Georgia Gwinnett College, and theUniversity of Georgia. Furthermore, the commuter rail will link theCenters for Disease Control, the newPaul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences, as well as the emerging BioScience Corridor alongGeorgia State Route 316.
The route is estimated to divert 1.8 million drivers from the highways by 2025.[19] As many as 8,000 individuals or more could conceivably use the system every day, and it could remove 5,300 cars daily from already overtaxed roadways during peak travel times. Also, previous studies have indicated that commuter rail is 25 times safer than driving.
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