Comments on: Mass Transit – It’s Not Just For ITPers Anymore

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:42:04 +0000

NYT editorial explaining things:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/21/opinion/21thu1.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha211

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:04:34 +0000

-If John Fulton and I invested annually for 40 years into enterprise X, which Joe Cobb and Sally Gwinnett now want to access – despite having bowed out from the beginning, do John and I need to pay Joe and Sally to take benefit from our investment? Should they instead pay a premium as latecomers?-

I think this is a veryyyyyyyyyy valid question.

on another note though, I’d love to be able to get to KSU & Galleria on train vs driving.
I wish they would expand marta rail service in several ways-
ring around 285
expand rail to stone mountain,
expand up 400 to cumming (i know forsyth will take years to even consider it though)
follow i20, and follow it 15 miles out of 285 on either side
follow -75/85 at least 15 miles out of 285 following each highway
have a station a la grand central, as we had where the “gulch” is now many decades ago to service light rail from atlanta to athens / augusta/ chattanooga/macon/savannah/birmingham/columbus
and be able to hop from that to marta

I’d love for marta officials to steal as many ideas from DC’s rail as possible

By: Bobby

Bobby — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:50:36 +0000

Suppose for a moment that the TIA would fund 100% alternative transportation, is the TIA favorable to Fulton and DeKalb even then (OTP counties start to kick in a penny, and we double match by adding a second penny)? How much do you want to subsidize the linkage of non-MARTA counties? Under what conditions would you …?

If John Fulton and I invested annually for 40 years into enterprise X, which Joe Cobb and Sally Gwinnett now want to access – despite having bowed out from the beginning, do John and I need to pay Joe and Sally to take benefit from our investment? Should they instead pay a premium as latecomers?

By: Chira

Chira — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 06:52:37 +0000

Steve, I noticed the cuts in High Speed Rail, New Starts, and Amtrak funds in the new Republican budget deal too. I don’t believe a single Democrat voted for it. Hopefully, the Senate will not pass the same. I’m really disappointed in the U.S. Congress, especially. I don’t know about Georgia state legislators, but last week I received a phone call from Broun in which I was asked to submit a question for his “public forum” and he blathered on and on and on and never even approached an answer to my question concerning raising taxes for the super-rich. I guess that’s “off the table” now.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 02:16:47 +0000

High Speed Rail funds cut entirely. New Starts funds, that provide support for new transit routes, cut 90%. Amtrak capital improvement funds cut entirely. Amtrak operating fund cut over $ 100 million.