The Future of Atlanta Transit: Educate Yourself on The Transportation Project List You Keep Hearing About

If you live in Georgia and have exposed yourself to any media in the past few months, you’ve probably been bored or confused by incessant talk about “the transportation bill, ” or “the transportation tax,” or “SPLOST” or “the transportation project list.” Well we here at Curbed are pretty big nerds when it comes to transportation infrastructure (and Atlanta’s / the entire state’s desperate need for upgrades in this area). In an effort to give you maximum perspective, we’ve provided the handy map above and a survey of Atlanta media’s takes on this week’s transpo-drama , the fight over… >>

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