{"353981":{"#nid":"353981","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Reed predicts regional transit effort in 2015","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAtlanta Mayor Kasim Reed predicts another run at a regional transit effort sometime next year, saying leaders shouldn\u2019t be discouraged by the 2012 failed T-SPLOST referendum.\u0026nbsp;Reed said Atlanta is thriving with an influx of millennials and baby boomers, adding that businesses are following the migration into the heart of the city.\u0026nbsp;He anticipates this growth will lead to what he called mega-regions. He says,\u0026nbsp;\u201cWhen we look at the country, we\u2019ll be looking at which regions dominate, and how those regions perform, and that\u2019s going to be driven by cities.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28044","created_gmt":"2014-12-10 09:32:23","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:27:23","author":"Jessie Brandon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/news\/reed-predicts-regional-transit-effort-in-2015\/njLYX\/","dateline":{"date":"2014-12-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-12-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"},{"id":"1260","name":"CQGRD - Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"808","name":"CQGRD"},{"id":"111911","name":"mayor kassim reed"},{"id":"111891","name":"mega-regions"},{"id":"111901","name":"Reed"},{"id":"3188","name":"regional"},{"id":"488","name":"transit"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}