A Fulton County Superior Court judge has ruled in favor of the City of Atlanta in a legal challenge to the city’s comprehensive pension reform. “This legal victory will allow the most comprehensive and effective pension reform in the United States of America to go forward,” said Mayor Kasim Reed. The Atlanta City Council and Reed signed off on the pension reform plan back in 2011, which invited employee participation and has saved the city more than $36 million since November 2011 and will save more than $160 million over the next thirty years. A group of city employees – including union workers from the fire and police department – filed the lawsuit asking for an increase in their benefits since they were required to pay five percent more into their pension plan.
MARTA is installing three bike maintenance and repair kiosks at local stations, starting with Five Points station. According to Creative Loafing, MARTA partnered with ioby, which helps fundraising campaigns, to help pull secure cash for the project. The kiosks will give cyclists the option to fix flat tires, loose handlebars, broken chains and other problems. The location of the other two kiosks will be announced soon.
Those big blue shuttle buses familiar to travelers flying into LA, New York or Washington DC are coming to Atlanta. Shared-ride operator SuperShuttle will launch service on Nov. 17, according to a report in the AJC. SuperShuttle fares are $16.50 for a shared-ride van from Downtown, $18.50 from Midtown and $20.50 from Buckhead to the airport.
