It looks like Amtrak may be a goner. This is too bad, because I love trains and train travel. But if we can’t support it, we can’t have it. It shouldn’t be allowed to go on forever. I just hope we can figure out a way to someday have viable rail travel within the U.S.Being [...]

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I made a map with a rough sketch of every “planned” rail transportation for Metro Atlanta that I could find. I know there are a couple others, but I didn’t have time to research them.Here’s the map

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This (pop up link) is such a great idea: reuse the abandoned rail lines throughout the city of Atlanta for a mass transit trolley to reintegrate the sections that were cut off by the construction of I-20 and 75/85.The lines would connect, in a loop, South DeKalb, Emory Area, Downtown, Grant Park, the West End [...]

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Typical Marta:Today was the public comments hearing as MARTA struggles to find a course to steer itself away from total financial devastation. The line was out the door, with dozens of people waiting outside for their chance to speak. Only two (2) of the eight (8) board members bothered to show up. Ugh.

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Heartless Free Economy Freak I know it sounds cruel, especially around the holidays, but MARTA’s recent decision to cut service before cutting jobs really irks me. Let’s think about this. The Authority decided to preserve jobs and cut service—so that means there will be a lot of people doing LESS work and the only cost [...]

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