Comments on: Before moving on transit, we need to know where we’re going

By: JohnAtl

JohnAtl — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:35:17 +0000

jm – Beverly Scott is NOT an idiot, and we are very lucky to have her here. Just so you know, her peers have made her the head of Americans for Public Transit, the Industry umbrella group for all North American transit agencies.

By: banks

banks — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:25:51 +0000

500,000 people do ride marta. the same as the city pop. but you forgot fulton has 1,000,000 people and dekalb has 800,000. dont forget about cobb bus stops at the art center

By: jm

jm — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:04:15 +0000

beverly scott is an idiot. they have more money than they know what to do with, just awful management…

By: kyle

kyle — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:43:16 +0000

And of course, highways are roads are not subsidized by anything either. Right. AS IF anything to do with cars is fully paid for by the user! Federal and State taxes support the road system too. No, gas taxes don’t completely cover road expenses. I don’t care what side of the political spectrum you fall on, but transportation should be about choice, and right now, the only way to live a good life in metro Atlanta (one where you can visit all areas of the city) is if you own a car and drive all the time. Forget left and right, isn’t America about freedom to choose? For anyone who thinks public transit is socialism, please watch this video: http://www.streetfilms.org/williamlind/

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:43:58 +0000

MARTA is only in trouble like it is because there is no support. MARTA has already proven that it can make good financial and received a clean bill for deals it made. How do you expect an agency to grow with no money? Everyone wants faster service but don’t want to pay for it. There is a reason MARTA “sucks” as some people say it’s because there is no state funding. How do you expect to generate ridership with 600 buses in an area that should have more like 1100? That is why buses run every 30 and 40 minutes during rush hour on most routes. That is entirely too slow for an area like this. I’m not saying they should be every 5 minutes but 12 to 15 is definitely acceptable.

The people complain that the train goes no where but then you vote against having rail in your area. This isn’t just for those in Cobb, Clayton, and Gwinett this is for people in town. Look at Emory with no rail service or the NE part of Dekalb or even the SE part. It makes no sense to complain about the lack of MARTA services but then you don’t want to see it expand or help pay for it. MARTA isn’t going anywhere poin, blank, period. It is the trasit option for the city of Atlanta. How many cities do you see just getting rid of their main transit option?

MARTA rail and buses should have been in the counties where there is no transit or where they have started their own. Those agencies would be nothing without the city of Atlanta and connecting to MARTA. CCT and GCT have their buses that run most frequent connecting to MARTA. CCT #s 10 and 30 and GCT #10 all run 15 minutes during rush hours. Why not just have MARTA trains out there? You don’t have to deal with traffic and atleast you know that it will be a set time rather than with traffic and “I might get there I might not” because you don’t know how traffic is going to be.

No ATL isn’t the most dense but transit works here if people support it. There are plenty of areas (Emory, Atlantic Station, Cumberland) where transit especially rail would work and other areas where if a station is on a main therofare that people can park and ride and of course there are going to be local buses that feed into the rail just like the current MARTA system not to mention developers and employers wanting to be near rail and efficient bus service.

People just have to pay. Cobb, Clayton, and Gwinett have to pay and to be honest the entire metro area AND the state of Georgia. So many people have the argument that “I won’t use the service so I should have to pay.” I’m sure there are thousands of streets I’ll never drive down but my taxes pay for them. Heck look at it like this we all pay federal taxes right? Look at how many transit projects other areas are getting done with ATLANTA tax dollars? In NYC the new T train line, in D.C. and Miami the expansion of their rail systems, new rail systems in Phoenix and Charlotte. That’s how we stay on top as the capital of the south by supporting services. We are falling all because of ignorance, racial prejeduce, and stereotypes about transit.

By: Jubal

Jubal — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:46:05 +0000

I am tired of the folks demanding that we give them more money so that they can keep wasting it, Getting money from the state means oversight and control from the state. Funding without control is not going anywhere.
MARTA is in financial trouble although its reliance on sales tax for funding is no surprise ( I hope).
Metro Atlanta needs a comprehensive plan to address traffic that includes roads and transit.
Are you ok with working with all the people in the metro, or only with your solution?

By: David Axelfraud

David Axelfraud — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:19:00 +0000

Blah blah blah, how come you leftys always complain about right wingers giving money yet you leftys never give any money of your own?

Example: U2 performs concerts for world hunger and poverty. YET, it is documented that U2 never gives their own money to charity. Bono has been in a lot of trouble for tax evasion.

Liberalism is all about how other people can do this and that. Do as I say not as I do.

By: David Axelfraud

David Axelfraud — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:17:04 +0000

Blah blah blah, cool, so you and your lefty buddies can pay for the whole thing.

By: David Axelfraud

David Axelfraud — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:09:26 +0000

Kyle, for all of the A T L’S problems, just be very thankful that your city is not Chicago. I have lived here for 3 years now and this place is an absolute mess. The school board commish was found shot in the head and laying face down in a river this morning. It is said that he was going to come out and support the GOP candidate, Kirk.

Follow the trail of corruption and it all leads to Obama Hussein.

By: Blah blah blah

Blah blah blah — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:53:21 +0000

You know what I mean?