The Georgia Department of Transportation has been selected as the 2020 NOCoE (National Operations Center of Excellence) TSMO Awards Overall Winner, winning out over 45 other entries from around the U.S. The award recognizes GDOT’s advancement in the expanding discipline of transportation systems management and operations, specifically its development of a traffic data management and reporting system built around automated traffic signal performance measures that saves the state hundreds of hours in staff time and $250,000 per year. Transit remains a buzzword in Georgia, and luckily we have one of the best teams around – they keep our boats (and roads and rails) RISING…
State Farm Arena a box office draw
Downtown Atlanta’s State Farm Arena is quite the box office draw. How big? From October to to March, State Farm brought in $76.2 million across 60 events, making it the third-highest grossing venue in the entire nation, behind only New York’s Madison Square Garden and the Sphere in Las Vegas, and fifth globally. Nearly 600,000 visitors took in performances from superstars ranging from Blake Shelton to Usher, plus Hawks games and events like WWE Raw. State Farm’s status as one of the premier performance venues in the world is RISING…