Current Coverage:

Rail Industry Plans for Growth in 2012

Atlanta-to-Savannah Train Pushed By Transit Supporters

Conservative Leader Makes Case For Streetcars And Rail Transit In Metro Atlanta, posted in Maria’s Metro, June 6, 2011

Commuter rail was 2010 focus, but there’s more to come, by Mike Stucka, Macon Telegraph, Dec. 27, 2010

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Georgians for Passenger Rail recently participated in The Georgia Intermodal Leadership Summit in Macon, GA. More than 200 people attended the event, which featured a keynote address by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood.

Here is a selection of media coverage on the Oct. 22 event:

U.S. Transportation Secretary back in Georgia, by Josephine Bennett, Georgia Public Broadcasting, Oct. 22, 2010

Obama’s DOT Chief calls for leadership in Georgia, by Jay Black, WSB Radio, Oct. 23, 2010

State should ‘get its act together’ on transportation, says official, by Mike Stucka, The Macon Telegraph, Oct. 23, 2010

Federal transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says Georgia lags on high-speed rail, by Bernard O’Donnell, 13WMAZ, Macon.

Competition may derail high-speed rail hopes,  by Adam Crisp, The Chattanooga Times Free Press, Oct. 23, 2010

DOT chief calls for leadership in Georgia, by The Associated Press, The Tifton Gazette, Oct. 24, 2010.