"The Braves, Cobb County, and the debate over expanding mass transit" (Atlanta: buying, university)

[Gulch]

Originally Posted by chiatldal

Who doesn't want it, are places like East Cobb where transit plan are not even being target in the first place.

Not only is there rejection is fuel by phobia of crime that actually makes no sense, but the plans don't even included there areas in the first place. They essentially holding hostage to other parts of the county that wants it and need it.

As a former East Cobb resident, most of the opposition is due to them not wanting to pay for it more than race/crime phobia. Sadly, there is still a bunch of the latter.

[whodean]

Baby steps. Start with an intra county system

[skbl17]

Originally Posted by whodean

Baby steps. Start with an intra county system

I don't know how a Cobb County-only rail system would work. Also, Cobb already has its own intra-county bus operator, and it - like all of metro Atlanta's bus systems - is terrible.

- skbl17

[arjay57]

Others may think it would be to their benefit to have Cobb spend zillions on building a mass transit system, but why can't Cobb make its own decisions? Everybody else does.

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by whodean

Baby steps. Start with an intra county system

The feds would never give them money to start a rail or BRT network that did not connect to the regions existing transit system.

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by arjay57

Others may think it would be to their benefit to have Cobb spend zillions on building a mass transit system, but why can't Cobb make its own decisions? Everybody else does.

Look at CCT, a self funded system. It does not serve majority of the county, has 10 local routes, and has horrible frequencies.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by cqholt

Look at CCT, a self funded system. It does not serve majority of the county, has 10 local routes, and has horrible frequencies.

But isn't it up to Cobb to decide what they want to do?

Most people in Cobb (like most people everywhere) commute by auto and that works well for them. It's flexible, convenient and it provides door to door, last mile coverage.

Why should they be required to implement an expensive mass transit system?

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by arjay57

But isn't it up to Cobb to decide what they want to do?

Most people in Cobb (like most people everywhere) commute by auto and that works well for them. It's flexible, convenient and it provides door to door, last mile coverage.

Why should they be required to implement an expensive mass transit system?

Most people don't have a choice because the local government made the choice to design the county for 1 mode of transportation only. There are thousands of transit dependent, working class families that suffer because of the lack of coverage, time it takes to ride the bus, or the cost of owning a car. This is exactly the reason Atlanta ranks last in upward mobility.

[Gulch]

Originally Posted by cqholt

Most people don't have a choice because the local government made the choice to design the county for 1 mode of transportation only. There are thousands of transit dependent, working class families that suffer because of the lack of coverage, time it takes to ride the bus, or the cost of owning a car. This is exactly the reason Atlanta ranks last in upward mobility.

[rselah25]

The year is 2017, I'm sittin at home in April minding my own business here in Fulton county, an area served by marta rail. Then I turn on the TV. No one is at the Braves game. The root cause is total gridlock.