Last year’s federal infrastructure law will mean hundreds of millions of dollars to upgrade public transportation in metro Atlanta.
But the plan also expands opportunities for projects that improve transit equity.
DeKalb County Commissioner Ted Terry told WABE’s “All Things Considered” this week he’d like to see a transit referendum placed on the ballot this fall for the county’s voters.
“Even if it’s a quarter-penny,” Terry says, local investment would make DeKalb eligible for more federal dollars.
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