Comments on: Georgia Wins $4.1 Million Grant to Plan for Atlanta-Charlotte Rail http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/10/26/georgia-wins-4-1-million-grant-to-plan-for-atlanta-charlotte-rail/ Decatur Georgia News, Events, Atlanta News Wed, 17 Sep 2014 04:55:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: Darin http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/10/26/georgia-wins-4-1-million-grant-to-plan-for-atlanta-charlotte-rail/#comment-68510 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:16:04 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-68510 To be fair, alleviating traffic congestion isn’t a goal of the streetcar. It’s meant to enhance mobility, spur pedestrian-oriented development and reconnect the eastern and western sections of downtown. It will refashion the streetscape for people instead of cars and make the historic Sweet Auburn area a more pleasant place to walk around and operate a business in. The city, metro and state will all benefit from having a more pedestrian-oriented downtown to attract visitors and businesses — and from undoing the damage to a historic area that has been under-performing for decades due to the fragmentation caused by the interstate.

Though I love the BeItline as a park project, I doubt the ability of the Beltline as a transit project in itself t to be useful for alleviating traffic since the route doesn’t connect well with major jobs centers or MARTA train stations. Some day, if other transit routes connect well to the Beltline in multiple spots, I can see it being more useful in that regard.

]]> By: Decatur Heights Dad http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/10/26/georgia-wins-4-1-million-grant-to-plan-for-atlanta-charlotte-rail/#comment-68457 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 02:43:12 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-68457 Until the influence of Stewart Brothers grading can be put back into modest proportions, all forms of transit not done via roads will be in jeopardy. The $4.1 million for the study is like pocket change for SB Grading. They are a MAJOR road block (pun intended) to any form of mass transit in GA.

]]> By: Ridgelandistan http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/10/26/georgia-wins-4-1-million-grant-to-plan-for-atlanta-charlotte-rail/#comment-68440 Tue, 26 Oct 2010 23:42:25 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-68440 What kind of plan are we going to get for 4 million dollars? An Autocad showing rail spiked over the HOV lane and median grass?

]]> By: Steve http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/10/26/georgia-wins-4-1-million-grant-to-plan-for-atlanta-charlotte-rail/#comment-68434 Tue, 26 Oct 2010 23:26:07 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-68434 Actually, Southern Railway, which has the line through Gainesville, did not join Amtrak until 1979 and ran their own trains from the inception of Amtrak in 1971. Since there was already service by that route to Atlanta, it would not have made sense for Amtrak to use the SCL line through Athens, which, BTW, would not have served Charlotte, Spartanburg or Greenville.

]]> By: lumpintheroad http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/10/26/georgia-wins-4-1-million-grant-to-plan-for-atlanta-charlotte-rail/#comment-68419 Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:46:29 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-68419 Oh come on. You know you want to tell us which one. ;)

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