Transportation Investment Act

Presented on November 8, 2011 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. in the LeCraw Auditorium, College of Management.World Town Planning Day 2011.Bucky Johnson was elected Mayor of Norcross, GA. in 2008 and re-elected in 2010. Mayor Johnson serves as Chairman of the Atlanta Regional Round Table on Transportation.Colleen Kiernan is the Georgia Chapter Director of the Sierra Club.Tom Weyandt is a Senior Policy Advisor for Transportation to Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed.Runtime: 80:12 minutesThe 2011 annual World Town Planning Day Symposium at Georgia Tech, entitled CENTS & SENSIBILITY: Atlanta's Transportation Vision, focused on how the final list of proposed transportation projects, to be funded by the Transportation Investment Act (TIA) if passed, can support planning goals for the environment, economic development, and regional equity. The Student Planning Association (SPA) invited Mayor Bucky Johnson of the City of Norcross, Colleen Kiernan of the Sierra Club, and Tom Weyandt of the Atlanta Mayor’s Office to demonstrate how the list of projects will individually and collectively impact the region