Comments on: Will MARTA Cutback Service?

By: DEM

DEM — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:59:19 +0000

No, they sue MARTA and get a court order preventing MARTA from spending the cap ex money on operations. I suppose if MARTA wants to just openly flout a state statute it can try the same with a court order, but jail is, in fact, the ending point of that kind of exercise. The fact that the state does not directly fund MARTA has nothing to do with the legal issue.

By: TOK

TOK — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:22:20 +0000

To follow up on my could MARTA just go ahead and spend the freakin’ money as they need to and dare the state gov’t to try to enforce their stupid 50% law question: since the state gives zippo funding to MARTA, I'm genuinely curious what sort of leverage they have here. Haul MARTA management off to jail?

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:04:40 +0000

Both you and Flaka need to vent your frustrations on House Speaker Richardson and Lt Gov Cagle. You can also find fault with Gov Perdue for not showing leadership on this subject.

By: rptrcub

rptrcub — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:55:28 +0000

My car is running on hope and duct tape. I drive to the rail station (only 2 mi) but I can walk to it if necessary; there’s also the No. 18 bus within a mile. Without the system, I’m screwed.

By: Flaka

Flaka — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:50:39 +0000

TOK, my personal circumstance validate your first comment perfectly – and I’m very sure I’m not unique (even if I like to think I am)

I commute to work on MARTA Monday through Friday, and am lucky in that it put me in a position to sell my car – if MARTA wasn’t an option on a Friday I’d need to reenter the world of car ownership…. The greatest cost involved in a car is the outlay to purchase and insurance it; once I lay out those costs, it makes little difference whether I drive the car 30 miles a week for my Friday commute, or 150 miles a week for my five day a week commute. Hence, if I couldn’t use MARTA on a Friday, I’d quit using the service entirely!