DOT Returns Revised Transportation Wish List to Atlanta Region (Sandy Springs: light-rail, estimated)

[AnsleyPark]

Atlanta-Griffin commuter line revived?

Atlanta-to-Griffin rail line getting second look - Atlanta Business Chronicle

[aries4118]

Originally Posted by AnsleyPark

Atlanta-Griffin commuter line revived?

Atlanta-to-Griffin rail line getting second look - Atlanta Business Chronicle

Amen!

[MathmanMathman]

Originally Posted by AnsleyPark

Atlanta-Griffin commuter line revived?

Atlanta-to-Griffin rail line getting second look - Atlanta Business Chronicle

But at a cost

Originally Posted by ABC

Bell’s amendment recommends a series of cuts to the list to offset the $350 million that would go to the rail line. The largest would involve reducing the funds that would go toward a planned light rail line from Midtown Atlanta to the Cumberland Mall area by $85.7 million and cutting the proposed Clifton Corridor rail line by $70 million.

I don't want to jeopardize lines to Cobb and Emory. Two of the most useful routes I can think of and even those proposals are inadequate. So I'd say no to Atlanta-Griffin. Besides, they've talked and talked about commuter rail and nothing comes of it.

[mike7586]

Originally Posted by MathmanMathman

But at a cost



I don't want to jeopardize lines to Cobb and Emory. Two of the most useful routes I can think of and even those proposals are inadequate. So I'd say no to Atlanta-Griffin. Besides, they've talked and talked about commuter rail and nothing comes of it.

There's plenty of road projects that could be cut to make the Griffin line work. Not sure why they need to cut money off other transit projects?

[MathmanMathman]

Originally Posted by mike7586

There's plenty of road projects that could be cut to make the Griffin line work. Not sure why they need to cut money off other transit projects?

Because roads are more important.

[toll_booth]

Originally Posted by AnsleyPark

Atlanta-Griffin commuter line revived?

Atlanta-to-Griffin rail line getting second look - Atlanta Business Chronicle

Excellent, great to hear.

Originally Posted by mike7586

There's plenty of road projects that could be cut to make the Griffin line work. Not sure why they need to cut money off other transit projects?

Exactly.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by MathmanMathman

Because roads are more important.

If we want to keep the road money intact, why not shift some of the Beltline money to the Griffin line? The Beltline already has its own funding mechanism in place.

[MathmanMathman]

Originally Posted by arjay57

If we want to keep the road money intact, why not shift some of the Beltline money to the Griffin line? The Beltline already has its own funding mechanism in place.

If that's true, why is the Beltline trying to get in on TSPLOST?

And if there can be a windfall of extra transit money, extend the Cobb line instead.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by MathmanMathman

If that's true, why is the Beltline trying to get in on TSPLOST?

No doubt they're like everyone else and want to get money wherever they can. I'm just saying the Betline already has a TAD in place which is supposed to generate quite a bit in funding, so maybe they can yield to one of these other rail projects.

[mike7586]

Originally Posted by MathmanMathman

Because roads are more important.

It's not about that... it's the fact that several of the road projects on the list have other means of funding (the gas tax/GDOT) and some could even be built as toll roads (Sugarloaf Parkway extension, for example). They could take some money off of road projects which can be supplemented with other existing funds... they do not need to be almost 100% funded.