New ARC Formula

Congestion may trump other road priorities
By ARIEL HART
The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionPublished on: 02/04/06

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1. Indeed, under a rudimentary ARC guesstimate run of the formula, the controversial commuter rail to Lovejoy fell off the construction list, said John Orr at the ARC.

2. The formula is a mathematical approach to ranking which transportation projects are needed first. While it has whizzed through approvals at the state Department of Transportation and the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority, a committee at the ARC, which would apply it, put on the brakes.

3. Applying the new formula may dump hundreds of unworthy transportation projects and political pork

4. The formulas have powerful backing. Gov. Sonny Perdue lauded the task force