{"635260":{"#nid":"635260","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Importance of Investing in Rural Transit in Georgia","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAssociate Professor, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/econ.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/shatakshee-dhongde\u0022\u003EShatakshee Dhongde\u003C\/a\u003E, and Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/people\/Faculty\/741\/overview\u0022\u003ELaurie Garrow\u003C\/a\u003E will provide estimates of economic costs and bene\ufb01ts of existing transit services and will highlight the gaps in transit service, which need to be addressed for the state to better serve Georgia\u0026rsquo;s rural population.\u0026nbsp;Interested participants can register \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/smarter-together-webinar-series-tickets-102566039786\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis webinar is a part of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/smartcities.ipat.gatech.edu\/smarter-together\u0022\u003E#SMARTer Together\u003C\/a\u003E webinar series that aims to challenge us beyond the\u0026nbsp;immediate crisis and onto a newer state where we have another chance to build strong community-research partnerships for good. By focusing on complex, societal problems that communities all over GA and the rest of the world face, we aim to provide innovative research and create partnerships to empower all. We adhere to GT\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/about\/strategic-plan\u0022\u003EStrategic Plan and Mission\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;on \u0026ldquo;developing leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition.\u0026rdquo;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nLet\u0026#39;s all be #SMARTer Together.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":" Shatakshee Dhongde and Laurie Garrow will provide estimates of economic costs and benefits of existing transit services."}],"uid":"35230","created_gmt":"2020-05-11 15:56:15","changed_gmt":"2020-05-13 15:30:26","author":"schristmas3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2020-05-14T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2020-05-14T14:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2020-05-14T14:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2020-05-14 17:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2020-05-14 18:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2020-05-14 18:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"635261":{"id":"635261","type":"image","title":"#SMARTer Together","body":null,"created":"1589212950","gmt_created":"2020-05-11 16:02:30","changed":"1589212950","gmt_changed":"2020-05-11 16:02:30","alt":"","file":{"fid":"241726","name":"Smarter_Together_Header_Update.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Smarter_Together_Header_Update.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Smarter_Together_Header_Update.png","mime":"image\/png","size":907989,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Smarter_Together_Header_Update.png?itok=81LvlN0Y"}}},"media_ids":["635261"],"groups":[{"id":"1282","name":"School of Economics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"99591","name":"Dhongde"},{"id":"1506","name":"faculty"},{"id":"634","name":"webinar"},{"id":"14525","name":"Rural"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EShatakshee Dhongde\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAssociate Professor\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eshatakshee.dhongde@econ.gatech.edu\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}