It’s no secret Atlanta doesn’t have a regional transit system. But with the city pegged as one of the top contenders for Amazon’s second headquarters, metro Atlanta’s lack of transit might cost the city the deal.
“The ability to get workers to work is a major consideration,” said Robert Puentes, president of the Eno Center for Transportation, a nonprofit think tank in Washington, D.C. “And in cities, states and metros across the country, the emergence and the reliability in public transit is a key consideration.”
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