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Deal appoints Mayor Bodker to transit task force

Gov. Nathan Deal has named Johns Creek Mayor Mike Bodker to the newly created Transit Governance Task Force, which will develop metro-wide mass transit legislation for the 2012 General Assembly.

"The metro Atlanta region has a multitude of transit agencies that work independently of each other," Deal said. "The study committee found that commuters, transit stakeholders and the general public would benefit from oversight, streamlining and coordination of the individual transit systems in the metro Atlanta region. This represents the next step in the process, where we move toward drafting legislation that can make a real difference."

As the task force drafts the legislation, the group will rely on the findings of the Transit Governance Study Commission, which concluded its work this summer. The study commission analyzed mass transit agencies in multiple cities and counties throughout metro-Atlanta, and recommended ways to improve coordination and inter-connectivity.

"I am looking forward to continuing the good work of the Transit Governance Study Commission and the Regional Transit Committee," Bodker said. "It will be an honor to assist in crafting legislation to improve our mobility and help propel metropolitan Atlanta through the continued growth to the region that awaits us."

In addition to Bodker, Deal appointed Sen. Butch Miller (R-Gainesville), Sen. Ron Ramsey (D-Decatur), Rep. Ed Lindsey (R-Atlanta), Rep. Billy Mitchell (D-Stone Mountain), Rep. Mike Jacobs (R-DeKalb), who chairs the MARTA Oversight Board, the mayors of the City of Atlanta, the City of Riverdale, and the county commission chairs of Gwinnett, Douglas and Rockdale counties. State House Majority Caucus Chairwoman Donna Sheldon (R-Dacula) and Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Jeff Mullis (R-Chickamauga) will serve as task force co-chairs.