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6 Culture In May and June 2017 following several service disruptions within Pennsylvania Station and the East River Tunnels the train service announced an expedited schedule for maintenance and repairs of infrastructure which involves the complete shutdown of multiple tracks at a time Amtrak has faced criticism from commuters as well as politicians for these incidents prompting responses from figures such as New Jersey governor Chris Christie and New York governor Andrew Cuomo the repairs are expected to take place in Summer 2017 affecting the Long Island Rail Road and New Jersey Transit trains during all hours who have planned additional or modified services. Hispanic or Latino of any race 747,400 10.4% 268,851 6.5% 278,549 103.6%, Alternate plate.svg Indonesia: RCTI SCTV TPI ANTeve Indosiar, Spain (294) Although their first major confrontation occurred when the Mets swept the Braves in the 1969 NLCS en route to their first World Series championship the first playoff series won by an expansion team (also the first playoff appearance by an expansion team) the rivalry did not become especially heated until the 1994 season when division realignment put both the Mets and the Braves in the NL East division During this time the Braves became one of the most dominant teams in professional baseball earning 14 straight division titles through 2005 including five world series berths and one world series championship during the 1995 season the rivalry remained heated through the early 2000s. 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, Tunisia (51) Atlanta Georgia business directory! . 32 Ernie Johnson P In 1990 Greater Atlanta had the largest Japanese population in the Southeast United States the Consulate General of Japan in Atlanta estimated that during that year 7,500 to 10,000 Japanese lived in Greater Atlanta Of the metropolitan areas in the Southeast United States as of 1990 Greater Atlanta had the most extensive education network for Japanese nationals! 4.3 Secession D The 1996 Summer Olympics relied heavily on commercial sponsorship the Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Company was the exclusive provider of soft drinks at Olympics venues and built an attraction known as Coca-Cola Olympic City for the Games.

. 70/21 90/32 Hispanic Americans are the fastest growing ethnic group at 10.4% of the metro's population in 2010 versus only 6.5% in 2000 the metro's Hispanic population increased an astounding 109.6% or 298,459 people in ten years Major Hispanic groups include 354,351 Mexicans 43,337 Puerto Ricans and 17,648 Cubans All of those groups' populations increased by over 90% in the ten-year period Of the metro's 299,000-person increase in the Hispanic population from 2000 to 2010 98,000 came in Gwinnett County 57,000 in Cobb 55,000 in Fulton (all but 3,000 outside the city of Atlanta) 20,000 in Hall and 15,000 in DeKalb County. As passenger service declined various proposals were brought forward to rescue it the 1961 Doyle Report proposed that the private railroads pool their services into a single body Similar proposals were made in 1965 and 1968 but failed to attract support the federal government passed the High Speed Ground Transportation Act of 1965 to fund pilot programs in the Northeast Corridor but this did nothing to address passenger deficits in late 1969 multiple proposals emerged in the United States Congress including equipment subsidies route subsidies and lastly a "quasi-public corporation" to take over the operation of intercity passenger trains Matters were brought to a head on March 5 1970 when the Penn Central the largest railroad in the Northeast United States and teetering on bankruptcy filed to discontinue 34 of its passenger trains. 10.3 Print Baseball 2.2 Geology and terrain Source:. S Main article: Middle Colonies Norway: NRK. Atlanta's transportation infrastructure comprises a complex network that includes a heavy rail rapid transit system a light rail streetcar loop a multi-county bus system Amtrak service via the Crescent multiple freight train lines an Interstate Highway System several airports including the world's busiest and over 45 miles (72 kilometres) of bike paths. ? Piedmont Park 9 Johns Creek Fulton 84,310 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.