Clayton County Group Pushes For Transit Vote (Atlanta, Macon: 2014, living in)

[StAubin]

[quote=cqholt;25738554]They were supporting it from the general fund. We are talking about Clayton County passing the MARTA sales tax and the biggest transit agency in the SE running buses to Clayton County.
Does GRTA run buses to Clayton County? If not then why don't they run buses from Clayton County to College Park Station?[/quote]


They do. They have a park & Ride on tara blvd in Jonesboro. However it is only good if you live close ot it or have a car to drive to it. Clayton is in serious need for local busses. I don't see the harm in letting the citizens vote on it.

For that matter, I would like to see a non-binding vote in Cobb just to gauge intrest.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by cqholt

They were supporting it from the general fund. We are talking about Clayton County passing the MARTA sales tax and the biggest transit agency in the SE running buses to Clayton County.

Okay. Will the $49 million be enough to run buses in Clayton?

[1lifealex]

Originally Posted by arjay57

Okay. Will the $49 million be enough to run buses in Clayton?

It only cost 10 million to run C Tran so I would think 49 million is more than enough.

[UrbanConquistador]

I am so tired of the notion that MARTA has to be built to accomodate the poor or those that cannot afford to drive. And we wonder why people view public transportation as low class in this city?

To be a truly world class system, MARTA needs to be appealing to those that choose to ride transit over driving their car.

Don't get me wrong, adding a third paying county into the MARTA system sounds very appealing....I'm just not convinced that Clayton county would be wise for Marta in the long run.

[StAubin]

Originally Posted by Frankster87

I am so tired of the notion that MARTA has to be built to accomodate the poor or those that cannot afford to drive. And we wonder why people view public transportation as low class in this city?

To be a truly world class system, MARTA needs to be appealing to those that choose to ride transit over driving their car.

Don't get me wrong, adding a third paying county into the MARTA system sounds very appealing....I'm just not convinced that Clayton county would be wise for Marta in the long run.

It's not just whats best for marta, it's also whats best for clayton county.

[Lady's Man]

Originally Posted by Frankster87

I am so tired of the notion that MARTA has to be built to accomodate the poor or those that cannot afford to drive. And we wonder why people view public transportation as low class in this city?

To be a truly world class system, MARTA needs to be appealing to those that choose to ride transit over driving their car.

Don't get me wrong, adding a third paying county into the MARTA system sounds very appealing....I'm just not convinced that Clayton county would be wise for Marta in the long run.

Public perception of MARTA probably wouldn't be improved, but that really shouldn't impede its growth into the more desirable areas. Most transit systems function in both desirable and non desirable areas and do just fine.

[AcidSnake]

Thankfully, your opinion is in the minority as far as the 3 inner core metro Atlanta counties are concerned. The results of the T-SPLOST vote showed vastly smaller losing margins for those 3 places compared to the other counties they wee forced to be hitched to.

Because of that observation, I would wager that there are plenty of people outside of Georgia who would jump at the chance to come to Atlanta and create businesses if Georgia's state government finally decides to get its act together and take the leash off of Dekalb, Fulton, and Clayton county's true power.

There are so many young people full of potential out there in the world, that once they see that these 3 counties who are serious about transit are properly supported by dense commercial and residential developments, then that will be the tipping point for Atlanta's comeback. Believe it.

I'm hoping that Mayor Reed is in consultation with all of the leadership in all of the three aforementioned counties to create a more compact and realistic transportation plan to put forth before the state legislature. But it will take some decisive and prompt action from House Speaker Ralston and Senate Majority Leader Rogers to make it happen.

And once that happens, the other two metro counties will look like a bunch of intransigent throwbacks for not even trying to entertain a comprehensive 21st century transportation plan.

Mark my words, this will happen.

Originally Posted by Frankster87

I am so tired of the notion that MARTA has to be built to accomodate the poor or those that cannot afford to drive. And we wonder why people view public transportation as low class in this city?

To be a truly world class system, MARTA needs to be appealing to those that choose to ride transit over driving their car.

Don't get me wrong, adding a third paying county into the MARTA system sounds very appealing....I'm just not convinced that Clayton county would be wise for Marta in the long run.

[UrbanConquistador]

Originally Posted by AcidSnake

Thankfully, your opinion is in the minority ..... it will take some decisive and prompt action from House Speaker Ralston and Senate Majority Leader Rogers to make it happen.

And once that happens, the other two metro counties will look like a bunch of intransigent throwbacks for not even trying to entertain a comprehensive 21st century transportation plan.

Mark my words, this will happen.

First of all, there's nothing I want more than for Atlanta to make it's great comeback, and it would be great to see it happen in the 3 core counties....but if you honestly believe that a politician from Blue Ridge and a politician from Woodstock are going to get behind any remotely progressive plan to advance Fulton, Dekalb and especially Clayton....well then all I have to say is that my opinion is not the only one in the minority...

[arjay57]

You must not know David Ralston.

[UrbanConquistador]

Originally Posted by arjay57

You must not know David Ralston.

I'll admit I do not know David Ralston very well, so please enlighten me. On the other hand, I grew up in Woodstock and am very familiar with 'ol Chip Rogers...unfortunately.