Atlanta traffic stinks. I live just eight miles from work, but it often takes an hour or more to get home. So, let’s start the car, start the stopwatch and see how tonight’s commute shapes up.
There’s an acronym you’re about to see a lot — “T-SPLOST.” Like “y’all” and “bless your heart,” T-SPLOST is an expression that’s inserted itself into our vernacular down here. It stands for “Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax.” It’s a 1 percent sales tax that over 10 years will generate more than $8 billion for regional transportation projects. It’s safe to say everyone in Atlanta hates our traffic. It’s just as safe to say that’s where the agreement ends.
Atlanta (photo by Matt Lemmon via flickr)
Governor Nathan Deal agrees. “We have to do something to address the transportation and transit needs of our state.”