Comments on: T-SPLOST: The Final Discussion (Yeah, Right!)

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:27:02 +0000

They’d have to get the law changed and I’m sue that would cause a big lawsuit. Read Thomas Wheatley’s piece in Creative Loafing, especially about the Legislature’s attitude. I provided a link at the end of the comments.

By: DEM

DEM — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:19:30 +0000

I understand that the law does not say it is permanent. I am saying that the proponents fully intend for it to be so and are not disclosing that.

By: MiLO

MiLO — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:49:53 +0000

I remain undecided. But I found this http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KZfsyZ9VeD8#! amusing and worthy of some consideration.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:39:43 +0000

Thomas Wheatley at Creative Loafing:
http://clatl.com/gyrobase/stuck/Content?oid=5913831&showFullText=true
Lengthy and detailed chronology and analysis

By: At Home in Decatur

At Home in Decatur — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:33:40 +0000

Completely agree that Decatur is an excellent location to commute to Downtown and anywhere in the mid- to east side of ITP. I’ve commuted by MARTA and loved every second of it, especially walking to the station and being able to read or knit while traveling. But also have commuted to various ITP locations and found it easy and handy for pre-work and post-work errands. Husband commutes OTP and finds it easy because against traffic. The only area that is a bear to get to from Decatur is the Mt. Paran area. I feel for folks who carpool to the private schools in that area.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:03:13 +0000

It’s not permanent. It expires in 10 years by law and any continuation, along with a new list of projects, would have to be voted on then. That’s also in the law.

By: DEM

DEM — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:54:18 +0000

I would also prefer that they forthrightly admit the tax would be permanent, stop referring to its as a “one-penny” increase, and instead call it a “14 percent increase in sales taxes.” If all that happened, this plan would have no chance of passing.

By: TeeRuss

TeeRuss — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:29:17 +0000

On the MARTA ridership figures, you could flip that around and say that there are no real congestion issues along the existing MARTA corridors. The congestion problems are along the top end perimeter, 400, 75, 85, 20 – non MARTA corridors. We can quibble about the downtown connector traffic, but I doubt people are getting on the connector to get from midtown to buckhead or downtown.

It takes me 15 minutes to get from Decatur to Centennial Park at rush hour – how long would that take if MARTA wasn’t carrying a thousand people per hour parallel to me on the tracks?

Again – traffic is not a problem for most of us in Decatur. Traffic is largely a suburban and exurban problem.