Growing Georgia Community Finds New Residents Pose Challenge For Transit

Gainesville, Georgia, isn’t within the reach of MARTA, so the city operates a weekday bus service of its own.

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Across the country, people are headed for the exurbs. Those are the areas at the fringe of metropolitan areas.

According to the Brookings Institute, growth in the exurbs has quadrupled since 2012.

But one community in Georgia is finding all of those new residents can come with new challenges — particularly for funding transit.