FAQ

What organizations are part of Georgia Transit Connector?

Georgia Transit Connector represents a collaborative effort by the City of Atlanta, the business community and MARTA to bring to fruition critical infrastructure that will connect the metro area and the greater region.  One criterion for the TIGER funds is partnership and innovation, which is exhibited by the joint effort of Atlanta’s political, business and transit community.

What exactly is a streetcar?

A streetcar can be broadly defined as any vehicle running on rails in city streets. For our purposes, a streetcar is a modern, electrically-powered vehicle operating on rails in a street lane with other vehicles.

What are the TIGER Discretionary Grants?

TIGER stands for Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery and is federal funding for local projects that will help jumpstart the economy. This capital stimulus money is earmarked specifically for surface transportation initiatives, like the Atlanta Streetcar, and is a unique opportunity to be awarded significant federal funds for the project.

Who supports the Atlanta Streetcar?

Georgia Transit Connector’s TIGER application included more than 30 letters of support from Atlanta’s most influential businesspeople as well as metro area economic development, environmental and transportation organizations.  We also received letters of support from Congressman John Lewis, Senator Saxby Chambliss and Senator Johnny Isaakson.