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.
Sydney, Australia is home to the University of Technologyâs 394-foot (120-meter) tall UTS Tower, which was opened in 1979. Unfortunately, the structure is something of an eyesore and has been proclaimed âSydneyâs ugliest buildingâ thanks to its dark concrete and brutalist architectural style.