GDOT Takes Small Step Forward on Downtown Passenger Terminal
Decatur Metro | July 14, 2010
The AJC reported this morning that the Georgia Department of Transportation is finally seeking a developer to create the long-discussed downtown passenger terminal in downtown Atlanta.
How do we plan to pay for this massive Gulch Development Project (GDP!)?
It is hoped income from real estate developments built above or around the ambitious project would help pay the terminal’s costs. The developer, working with transportation agencies, would determine how much public money is required, recommend the type of development and decide in what phases to complete it, said Crystal Paulk-Buchanan, DOT spokeswoman. The state is hoping that federal grants will supplement the project.
The central hub would operate as the meeting point of all public transportation modes: from rail to buses to taxis to horse-drive trolleys. (OK, not the last one.)
Oh and I can guarantee you, this station won’t look anything like Atlanta’s old Terminal Station pictured in the upper right hand corner of this post.
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I really think it would be fantastic if it did indeed look like Ye Olde Terminal Station.
It would look great if they did make it like the old one. unfortunately atlanta will make it a bland stucco building with stucco covered mini strip malls on either side.
Why don’t they plop the new Falcons stadium on top?