{"362591":{"#nid":"362591","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Atlanta streetcar takes first trip","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPacked with passengers and freighted with local and national expectations, Atlanta\u2019s streetcar made its inaugural trip Tuesday as scores of political and community leaders cheered. The trip along Auburn Avenue to Woodruff Park downtown took less than five minutes. But its duration belied the sizable aspirations the trip represented. Atlanta officials are betting the $98 million project will reinvigorate tourism and encourage business investment along the route.\u0026nbsp;Nationally, President Barack Obama\u2019s transportation legacy hinges in part on his ability to move the nation toward rail. Atlanta\u2019s streetcar is one of the first completed projects in that effort.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28044","created_gmt":"2015-01-09 09:36:32","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:27:26","author":"Jessie Brandon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.myajc.com\/news\/news\/local-govt-politics\/atlanta-streetcar-takes-first-trip\/njcwL\/","dateline":{"date":"2014-12-30T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-12-30T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"9928","name":"AJC"},{"id":"489","name":"atlanta"},{"id":"463","name":"obama"},{"id":"168968","name":"streetcar"},{"id":"168","name":"Transportation"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}