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I’m greatly in favor of a radical improvement of Marta. In it’s current implementation, it’s woefully limited in scope. Instead of a ‘northern arc’, outer perimeter, we should drive Marta clear up to Alpharetta from North Springs, as well as driving Marta up I75 and I85 at least to Cherokee and the two Malls in Gwinnett. Then we should make a ‘northern arc’ Marta line to connect these. That’s just the beginning of what should be done. More lines inside the city would help. Driving it out to Douglasville and Conyers would be amazing as well. So much could be accomplished with more efforts like the North Springs station.
Basically, a light rail system around town would be fantastic, and would be a boon to commuters, businesses, and everything in between. Atlanta is the largest city I can think of that has such a pathetic subway. It’s time for it to start growing up.
Largest city in the US without any sort of public transportation system: Arlington, Texas. Not that Fort Worth has anything to boast about. The bus system is woefully inadequate and the light rail doesn’t do much but get you to Dallas and back….sometimes…but not always and rarely exactly when you want to go and really not much faster than driving most of the time.
Personally, even if it added 50% to a ‘regular’ trip I took, I’d probably take a light rail/marta/whatever, just so I wouldn’t have to drive. I don’t mind driving, but it’s much nicer when I don’t have to.
–Jason