§ 32-9-12. Pilot Program for Funding Streetcar Projects
The department will form a pilot program that will provide a state level flow through point for any available federal funding or other forms of financial and development sources and assistance for local, regional, and public-private streetcar projects. Any funding through bonds for such pilot and grant program shall be administered by the State Road […]
§ 32-9-1. Financial Support and Project Grants for Research, Programs, and Purchases
As used in this Code section, the term: “Mass transportation” means all modes of transportation serving the general public which are appropriate, in the judgment of the department, to transport people, commodities, or freight by highways, rail, air, water, or other conveyance, exclusive of wires and pipelines. “Mass transportation facilities” means everything necessary for the […]
§ 32-9-2. Operation by Department of Facilities or Systems; Financial Assistance to Systems; Prohibition Relating to Certain Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Services
As used in this Code section, the term: “Capital project” has the same meaning as in 49 U.S.C.A. Section 5302(a)(1). “Construction” means the supervising, inspecting, actual building, and all expenses incidental to the acquisition, actual building, or reconstruction of facilities and equipment for use in mass transportation, including designing, engineering, locating, surveying, mapping, and acquisition […]
§ 32-9-4. Designation of Special or Exclusive Use Travel Lanes; Use of Such Lanes
The department is authorized to designate travel lanes in each direction of travel on any road in the state highway system for the exclusive or preferential use of: Buses; Motorcycles; Passenger vehicles occupied by two persons or more; Vehicles bearing alternative fueled vehicle license plates issued under paragraph (5) of subsection (a) of Code Section […]
§ 32-9-4.1. Flexauto Lanes
As used in this Code section, the term “FlexAuto lane” means an area designated as a special lane of travel created by converting emergency lane and hard shoulder areas on the left or right side of an interstate highway or other road into a rush hour traffic lane for use by automobiles during certain hours. […]
§ 32-9-5. Ride-Sharing Programs
Subject to general appropriations for such purposes, the department, pursuant to its rules and regulations, is authorized, alone or in cooperation with counties, municipalities, authorities, state agencies, or private or public entities, to participate in the establishment and operation of ride-sharing programs. A ride-sharing program is an undertaking designed to encourage safe and adequate transportation […]
§ 32-9-6. Financial Assistance for Rail Service
The department is designated as the state agency to offer financial assistance, in the form of a rail service continuation payment, to enable rail service, for which the Interstate Commerce Commission has determined a certificate of abandonment should be issued, to be continued. The department is authorized to receive and administer federal financial assistance and […]
§ 32-9-7. Financial Assistance for Airport Development
So that the State of Georgia may effectively and responsibly implement its state airport system plan, after September 30, 1977, all applications to an agency of the United States for funds to improve or develop an airport not regularly served by an air carrier operating under a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by […]
§ 32-9-8. Licensing Airports
As used in this Code section, the term: “Aircraft” means any machine, whether heavier or lighter than air, used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air. “Airport” means any area of land, water, or mechanical structure which is used for the landing and takeoff of aircraft and is open to the general […]
§ 32-9-9. Creation of Transit Authority by Special Legislation; Authority’s Attributes and Powers
This Code section shall be known and may be cited as the “Transit Authority Act.” It is declared to be the policy of the state to foster and to assure the development of mass rapid transit systems within the metropolitan areas of this state. As used in this Code section, the term “metropolitan area” means […]