Despite MARTA's suburban defeat, however, its progress continued apace. After its establishment, MARTA purchased assets of the old Atlanta Transit System, a privately owned company that had operated bus routes in the city. With generous federal assistance and a 1 percent special sales tax collected in Fulton and DeKalb counties and the city of Atlanta, rail construction began in 1975.
Publish your University Ranking. Established in 1983, University of Advancing Technology is a for-profit private higher education institution located in the the urban setting of the large town of Tempe (population range of 50,000-249,999 inhabitants), Arizona.
In 1987, the Norfolk campus opened on East Little Creek Road under the name Electronic Institute of Technology. By 1989, the campuses in Hampton Roads offered such a variety of training that the schoolâs name was changed to Tidewater Tech. After years of growth, the Norfolk campus relocated to its current location on Military Highway in 1995, and in 2008, the schoolâs name was changed to Centura College.