"Our joint

energies today helped us turn a new page on Atlanta's regional transportation

story," said Sonny Deriso, GRTA chairman. "Now more than ever,

we are shoulder to shoulder on an agenda of new transportation choices

for the Atlanta region."

Outcomes of

the meeting included agreement to pursue:

Annual joint

retreats of ARC, GRTA and Georgia Department of Transportation boards.

Development

of a Memorandum of Agreement between ARC and GRTA to clarify and underscore

individual and joint roles.

Regular meetings

of agency chairmen and executive directors (at least twice annually).

Exploration

of ways to build cross representation on the agencies' respective committees.

An invitation

to the governor of Georgia to attend the next joint retreat.

A joint public

awareness campaign on critical regional transportation issues and clarification

of agency roles in solution-building.

Over the next

several weeks, staffs of the two organizations will compile all of the

recommendations from the working session into a draft action plan for

consideration by both boards.