Morning Metro: Kavarna’s Gas Past, Old Fourth Ward Featured, and MARTA Wants to Expose Itself
Decatur Metro | December 5, 2011
- Historic photos of Kavarna building circa 1961 [Dateline: Decatur]
- Andisheh discovers that a Southwest Atlanta creek turns a mysterious shade of grey [Fresh Loaf]
- New York Times’ slideshow showcases revitalization of Old Fourth Ward [NYT]
- New Philips Arena restaurant gets patrons close to the action [What Now Atlanta?]
- Hawk spotted along bank of South Peachtree Creek [MANA]
- MARTA CEO wants audit to expose the “good, bad and ugly” [Saporta Report]
photo courtesy of Rw photobug via Flickr
Latest from Decaturish
Love love love the old pictures of Decatur! Keep’em coming.
Yes. Keep ‘em coming for sure. Super shots.
Looks like that East Lake Hardware sold Motorola products. Must have been great to be able to find cell phone parts and accessories right there in your own neighborhood!
Ha! A shout-out to the new skate park in the Old Fourth Ward.
4th Ward playground (and splash pad in summer) is THE BEST PLAYGROUND around. It’s not far from Decatur, is perfect for families with kids of multi-ages. My 3 kids – spread by 7 years will all play there willingly. You can spend hours there – the playground, the path along the waterfalls, etc, etc. And there are open, clean restrooms and water fountains! You can get to it off easily from DEC on Ponce or DeKalb Ave…
Same old subject with MARTA … Would be nice to answer the “are we overstaffed” question. When I see 10-12 railcars on one engine running every 15-20, I question where is the over-staffing. Certainly not with heavy rail drivers. With additional engines and drivers the trains can be shortened to 4-5 cars and run every 4-5 minutes. That’s the way to increase ridership. Train arrives, doors open, doors close, and off we go. Works just like the underground transit system at the Atlanta airport and like metros in NYC, Washington, DC & Chicago. Wasting time waiting on the train only discourages people from using the system. And the poor sole who has to change lines at 5-Points! In the busy lives of today, who has an extra hour to waste waiting for transportation when that same person can get in a car and go?
MARTA runs a maximum of 6 car trains, so the ones you see with more may be in the process of being transferred from one place to another with no passengers. The platforms were designed for a maximum of 8 car trains. And, there are no “engines” on MARTA; all cars are self-propelled, operated from the first car in the line.
Thank you for the clarification on my point. Perhaps the long trains I’ve seen are the max 8 cars. And the fact that all cars can also move the train means there’s on;y a need for qualified drivers to shorten the trains and run them more frequently.