The Transit Planning Board is a joint commission

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 of the Atlanta Regional Commission

Atlanta Regional Commission

The Atlanta Regional Commission is the regional planning and intergovernmental coordination agency for the metro Atlanta, Georgia region, as defined as a 10-county area including Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry and Rockdale counties, including the city of...

 (ARC), Georgia Regional Transportation Authority

Georgia Regional Transportation Authority

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 (GRTA), and Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority

Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority

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 (MARTA).

The TPB partnership

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 was founded in 2006, holding its first meeting

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 on February 16, adopting bylaw

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s on April 20, and adopting a work plan on August 17. It states that it "is a partnership leading the establishment and maintenance of a seamless, integrated transit network for the Atlanta region

Metro Atlanta

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.

Specifically, TPB will:

• Develop a regional transit plan including a comprehensive financial plan;
• Work to improve regional service coordination, including integrating fares, marketing and customer information;
• Measure system performance; and,
• Advocate for increased federal funding for regional transit."

Agency representatives

• GDOT Chair, Gena Abraham
• GRTA Chair, Walter Deriso
• MARTA Acting Chair, Michael Walls
• MARTA General Manager, Beverly Scott

Local elected officials

• Atlanta Mayor, Shirley Franklin
  Shirley Franklin
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• Cherokee County Chair, Buzz Ahrens
• Clayton County Chair, Eldrin Bell, TPB vice-chairman
• Cobb County Chair, Sam Olens
• DeKalb County CEO, Vernon Jones
  Vernon Jones
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• Douglas County Chair, Tom Worthan
• Fayette County Chair, Jack Smith
• Fulton County Chair, John Eaves
• Gwinnett County Chair, Charles Bannister
• Henry County Chair, Jason Harper
• Rockdale County Chair, Roy Middlebrooks
• Spalding County Chair, Eddie Freeman

Appointees of the governor of Georgia

• Douglas Tollett
• Lara O’Connor Hodgson
• Pam Sessions

It does not have any representatives

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 from Cobb Community Transit

Cobb Community Transit

Cobb Community Transit or CCT is the bus public transit system in Cobb County, Georgia, one of metro Atlanta's three most populous suburban counties...

 (CCT), Gwinnett County Transit

Gwinnett County Transit

Gwinnett County Transit or GCT is the bus public transit system in Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA, one of metro Atlanta's three most populous suburban counties...

 (GCT), or C-TRAN, the local suburb

Suburb

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an bus

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 systems.

Concept 3

Concept 3 is the third and final draft of a plan to build an extensive network of commuter rail, light rail

Light rail

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, and bus rapid transit

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by 2030, totaling about 500 miles or 800 kilometers. It was finalized in July 2008 and adopted in August 2008.