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The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) is the principal rapid transit system in the Atlanta metropolitan area Formed in 1971 as strictly a bus system MARTA operates a network of bus routes linked to a rapid transit system consisting of 48 miles (77 km) of rail track with 38 train stations MARTA operates almost exclusively in Fulton and DeKalb counties with bus service to two destinations in Cobb county and the Cumberland Transfer Center next to the Cumberland Mall and a single rail station in Clayton County at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport MARTA also operates a separate paratransit service for disabled customers as of 2009 the average total daily ridership for the system (bus and rail) was 482,500 passengers. In 1829 gold was discovered in the North Georgia mountains leading to the Georgia Gold Rush and establishment of a federal mint in Dahlonega which continued in operation until 1861 the resulting influx of white settlers put pressure on the government to take land from the Cherokee Nation in 1830 President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act sending many eastern Native American nations to reservations in present-day Oklahoma including all of Georgia's tribes Despite the Supreme Court's ruling in Worcester v Georgia (1832) that U.S states were not permitted to redraw Indian boundaries President Jackson and the state of Georgia ignored the ruling in 1838 his successor Martin Van Buren dispatched federal troops to gather the tribes and deport them west of the Mississippi This forced relocation known as the Trail of Tears led to the death of over 4,000 Cherokees, Brookhaven pop 40,456 Main article: History of the Boston Braves. Marietta Street 1864 In the Atlanta area World of Coke Georgia Aquarium Zoo Atlanta and Stone Mountain are important tourist attractions Stone Mountain is Georgia's "most popular attraction"; receiving over four million tourists per year the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta was the largest aquarium in the world in 2010 according to Guinness World Records. Organization and procedure of the General Assembly 1700 Percent 1755 Percent 1775 Percent Atlanta was the host city for the Centennial 1996 Summer Olympics Atlanta has also hosted Super Bowl XXVIII in 1994 and Super Bowl XXXIV as well as the NCAA Final Four Men's Basketball Championship most recently in 2013 the city hosts college football's annual Chick-fil-A Bowl (Formerly known as the Peach Bowl) Atlanta hosted the NCAA Final Four Men's Basketball Championship in April 2002 April 2007 and April 2013; and will do so in April 2020. Participating National Olympic Committees, The first full-scale working railway steam locomotive was built in the United Kingdom in 1804 by Richard Trevithick a British engineer born in Cornwall This used high-pressure steam to drive the engine by one power stroke the transmission system employed a large flywheel to even out the action of the piston rod on 21 February 1804 the world's first steam-powered railway journey took place when Trevithick's unnamed steam locomotive hauled a train along the tramway of the Penydarren ironworks near Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales Trevithick later demonstrated a locomotive operating upon a piece of circular rail track in Bloomsbury London the Catch Me Who Can but never got beyond the experimental stage with railway locomotives not least because his engines were too heavy for the cast-iron plateway track then in use. British Leeward Islands and Barbados 7.1 British role In 2004 a stalemate in federal support of Amtrak forced cutbacks in services and routes as well as resumption of deferred maintenance in fiscal 2004 and 2005 Congress appropriated about $1.2 billion for Amtrak $300 million more than President George W Bush had requested However the company's board requested $1.8 billion through fiscal 2006 the majority of which (about $1.3 billion) would be used to bring infrastructure rolling stock and motive power back to a state of good repair in Congressional testimony the DOT Inspector General confirmed that Amtrak would need at least $1.4 billion to $1.5 billion in fiscal 2006 and $2 billion in fiscal 2007 just to maintain the status quo in 2006 Amtrak received just under $1.4 billion with the condition that Amtrak would reduce (but not eliminate) food and sleeper service losses Thus dining service was simplified and now requires two fewer on-board service workers Only Auto Train and Empire Builder services continue regular made-on-board meal service in 2010 the Senate approved a bill to provide $1.96 billion to Amtrak but cut the approval for high-speed rail to a $1 billion appropriation.

Jimmy Carter from Plains Georgia was President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 Martin Luther King Jr was born in Atlanta in 1929 He was a civil rights movement leader fighting for rights for African Americans and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. Morehouse College Fine and performing arts, Thu 2nd Kennesaw pop 29,783, Atlanta Motor Speedway Turnouts also known as points and switches are the means of directing a train onto a diverging section of track Laid similar to normal track a point typically consists of a frog (common crossing) check rails and two switch rails the switch rails may be moved left or right under the control of the signalling system to determine which path the train will follow. Vietnamese 0.44% Economy 7.2 Housing Year Total Attendance Game Average Stadium Capacity by % Major League Rank by # Major League Rank by %, Jezebel Electric locomotives draw power from a stationary source via an overhead wire or third rail Some also or instead use a battery in locomotives that are powered by high voltage alternating current a transformer in the locomotive converts the high voltage low current power to low voltage high current used in the traction motors that power the wheels Modern locomotives may use three-phase AC induction motors or direct current motors Under certain conditions electric locomotives are the most powerful traction.[citation needed] They are also the cheapest to run and provide less noise and no local air pollution.[citation needed] However they require high capital investments both for the overhead lines and the supporting infrastructure as well as the generating station that is needed to produce electricity Accordingly electric traction is used on urban systems lines with high traffic and for high-speed rail. ! . Windsor Parkway Major products in the mineral industry include a variety of clays stones sands and the clay palygorskite known as attapulgite. 71/22 88/31 4.2 Local government ? ? ? ? ? 2005: a new generation 50 168.