Also, 94 percent

of welfare recipients do not own cars.

The task force

looked for clusters of TANF recipients and clusters of available jobs,

and came up with recommended solutions.

In Fayette's

case, said ARC's Carolyn White, manager of the project, "We really

couldn't do clusters ... there really weren't any real clusters of low-income

residents, and no concentration of patterns" in Fayette, she said.

TANF recipients

here are few and far between, she said, adding that the best solution

for those few people would be car-pooling or some kind of shuttle service.

But Fayette

Pavilion was identified as "an unserved employment concentration,"

meaning that at any given time there might be around 75 jobs available

there, she said.

The task force

recommended extending Clayton's new transit system, which doesn't start

revenue service until Oct. 1, to the Pavilion down Ga. Highway 85 from

Riverdale. Lines connecting that system with MARTA in Fulton also are

recommended.

Clayton County

Transit, or C-Tran, funded through the Georgia Regional Transportation

Authority, kicks off with 12 buses and two routes, with plans to grow

to 30 buses and five routes within a year, said Richard Bray, director

of the system.

The ARC task

force's recommendation is news to him, he said.

Whether that

recommendation ever becomes reality, said White, is up to local business

and government leaders.

"Those

interested would have to come together and figure out how to do it,"

she said. Up to 50 percent of the cost could be provided through federal

grants, she added.

Richard Bray,

head of Clayton's planned transit system,

The task force's

recommendations are available in detail by phoning the ARC or visiting

www.atlantaregional.com/jatp .