Chairman Smith on Rail in AJC Article

More rail crucial for metro Atlanta, say officials AJC 9/27/07 Article: Fayette County Commission Chairman Jack Smith said the need for traffic relief is greater on the metro northside... But Smith said he sees a need to extend existing MARTA lines in several directions into the suburbs...he particularly leans toward building MARTA rail along I-85 to south Fulton's Union City, "if not Newnan." Suburban acceptance of transit is growing, he said. "There is a willingness to understand that congestion has gotten bad enough..." More