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Weekend street closures and event parking/travel tips posted on Friday, April 5, 2013 - 11:34pm ATLANTA -- With hundreds of thousands of people planning to attend events in the City over the next four days, transportation officials have released a list of street closures, as well as parking... read more...
Parking Bill of Rights law may get more teeth posted on Thursday, November 15, 2012 - 12:58am ATLANTA -- After Atlanta City Council adopted 11Alive's Parking Bill of Rights and made it law, questions about how to enforce that law began to surface. Wednesday, the Council's Transportation... read more...
Parking Bill of Rights unanimously approved by City Council posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 - 7:58pm ATLANTA -- More than 900 of you have signed a petition telling us that parking in the City of Atlanta needs to be improved. We've listened and taken your concerns to city leaders, who are ... read more...
Parking lot scam costs drivers more than $100 posted on Monday, September 3, 2012 - 10:43am ATLANTA -- Drivers throughout the City of Atlanta should be on the lookout for a parking scam resulting in booted vehicles and hefty price tags. Tracy Kenyon experienced the scam firsthand when she... read more...
Parking enforcement officers parking illegally? posted on Friday, August 24, 2012 - 8:38pm ATLANTA -- 11Alive viewer Phil Smith works near PARKatlanta's regional headquarters Downtown. He emailed me to say he regularly sees vehicles belonging to PARKatlanta employees illegally parked... read more...
Parking problems in private lots posted on Thursday, August 16, 2012 - 8:51pm ATLANTA -- 11Alive is taking a stand to improve parking in the city of Atlanta. For many months, we've been hearing complaints from drivers who are frustrated and confused about parking in the city.... read more...
What would the Transportation Tax mean for MARTA? posted on Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - 11:57am Of the estimated 8-Billion dollars earmarked for proposed transportation projects, about one-quarter of that, or 2-billion is slated for MARTA. The largest single expenditure is $700-million for the... read more...
DDS Commissioner questioned about understaffing amid five-hour waits posted on Thursday, July 12, 2012 - 8:04am ATLANTA -- A week ago Tuesday, new federal guidelines were implemented, which changed the procedures for obtaining or renewing a Georgia Drivers license. RELATED \| Create your own custom... read more...
UPDATE \| Driver's license changes lead to extra long lines posted on Thursday, July 12, 2012 - 7:27am SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. -- At 7:29 last Thursday morning, one minute before the doors even opened, nearly 200 people were already in line waiting to enter the Sandy Springs Department of Driver Services.... read more...