Comments on: MARTA Shortens Morning Rush Hour Trains on East/West Line

By: Scooter

Scooter — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 17:23:57 +0000

Driving as far as Candler Park cuts down on wait time, since you can catch the short train if you miss the Indian Creek at 5Pts. Sort of defeats the purpose of using mass transit, but still avoids having to drive/park downtown.

By: Bill Woolf

Bill Woolf — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 20:27:50 +0000

We cannot go around killing off people who express themselves as well as you do, grammatically speaking. Who knows–Marta might offer you a job in their communications department. It might not be too much work to improve on sentences like Mr. Woods gave us: “If anyone there are any questions please let me know.”

By: too cool

too cool — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 20:22:37 +0000

T Russ, you seem to always have a say here in the republic of…. Go to North Georgia. When you disagree with them , they will be happy to call you names and maybe block you from the local Walmart.

By: too cool

too cool — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 20:17:17 +0000

Right. MARTA is a cesspool and we shouldn’t fund it. Geez, I wonder how other large cities have managed to help fund their systems, create good ones and overall make things better? Well, that’s too hard, so screw it. As a native, MARTA has been marginalized from its beginnings. In Georgia, the only time public tax money is seen as a good thing is when the politicians see a way to make money for wealthy friends. The folks I work with in Gwinnett tell me all the time, “work in Decatur if you want public transit.” This is their reply to my amazement at the lack of connection to northern Gwinnett with transit from Atlanta. They are also usually denting the doors of my mini with their honking SUVs. Folks, I actually think that there are private/public relationships that can work for the business world and the public good.

By: Cali

Cali — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 20:04:10 +0000

I’m with you. I get from door to desk faster and more reliably driving on DeKalb Ave than by taking MARTA, but I stuck with them for the usable time factor. But eventually I just couldn’t justify it any longer. Parking and gas cost me about half as much as a monthly MARTA pass.

Sad our investments in public transportation are a tiny fraction of what we invest in automobile infrastructure. And any improvement projects have completion dates decades into the future.