The Atlanta Regional Commission is so far the closest that the area has come to a metropolitan government it approves only those projects deemed to have a positive effect beyond the immediate area in which they are to be constructed the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority is somewhat of a cross between ARC and MARTA working to improve mobility air quality and land use practices in the region GRTA also operates Xpress buses from 11 counties and could operate commuter rail service in the future Currently plans for commuter rail and eventual intercity rail (including the long-proposed but still unfunded Atlanta Multimodal Passenger Terminal) are the responsibility of the Georgia Rail Passenger Authority which receives almost no funding, Each region has its own distinctive characteristics for instance the Ridge and Valley which lies in the northwest corner of the state includes limestone sandstone shale and other sedimentary rocks which have yielded construction-grade limestone barite ocher and small amounts of coal, Other sports In 1996 right-handed pitcher John Smoltz received his only Cy Young Award. ; . Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said that 17% of 2014 homicides in the county were gang-related in Atlanta guns were involved in 82% of homicide cases in July 2016 in an attempt to combat an increase in homicide the city began Operation Whiplash with additional police officers and other resources assigned to 33 "challenging and crime-ridden" neighborhoods in the city.
. Racing facilities include Atlanta Motor Speedway a 1.5 mile (2.4 km) NASCAR race track in Hampton and Road Atlanta in Braselton in 2005 Atlanta competed with other major U.S cities for the NASCAR Hall of Fame in March 2006 Atlanta lost to Charlotte North Carolina. .
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