Decatur Metro wonders what the motivation is behind an opposition website to the “long term” transportation option of light-rail on Clairemont Road found in the Community Transportation Plan (page 23). The site says its authored by “a group of concerned citizens who believe that railed transportation on our historic and pastoral streets is not in the best interests of our neighborhood.” But their concerns seem quite scattered…trolleys are unsafe, trolleys drive inflexible routes, trolleys are costly, trolleys may hurt mature trees. I never knew the terror trolleys caused! Also don’t miss the sensational YouTube videos of trolleys smashing into cars!

Here’s a hint to those who are afraid of being hit by a trolley…don’t step/drive in front of it. It’s the same rule as with the MARTA buses that scream down Clairemont, refusing to stop at crosswalks.

This excessive use of scare tactics always makes me suspicious. What’s the real impetus of this?

Hattip: In Decatur – who deftly points out that trolleys ran in Decatur through the late 1940’s.