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Old 09-11-2015, 08:03 AM
 
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Do you think MARTA will expand the NE gold line?
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Old 09-11-2015, 08:13 AM
 
Location: The Greatest city on Earth: City of Atlanta Proper
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It's not up for MARTA to decide. Gwinnett county begins just half a mile north of Doraville station, thus Gwinnett county residents must decide to fund MARTA which they currently do not do. Once that happens, then the Gold Line can be expanded north.
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Old 09-11-2015, 08:14 AM
 
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Yes, it will be after Gwinnett joins MARTA in the next several years, but yes
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Old 09-11-2015, 08:20 AM
 
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Yes
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Old 09-11-2015, 08:24 AM
 
Location: NW Atlanta
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Pending Gwinnett finally joining MARTA, yes.
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Old 09-11-2015, 09:54 AM
 
Location: Just outside of McDonough, Georgia
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If the county commission authorizes a referendum, Gwinnett voters approve payment of the sales tax (they already said yes to membership in 1965, just not the tax,) and MARTA manages to pull together the funding, then I could see the Gold Line expanding northeast.

This isn't in the OP, but as for extending the Gold Line south, negotiations with NS on a commuter rail setup would really have to hit rock bottom before MARTA decided to bring HRT to Clayton County. Even then, they could still settle on BRT and not run into legal trouble with the county.

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Old 09-11-2015, 10:39 AM
 
Location: NW Atlanta
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Even then, they could still settle on BRT and not run into legal trouble with the county.

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Instead you'll have a ton of very pissed off Clayton residents that were promised rail.
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Old 09-11-2015, 10:48 AM
 
Location: Georgia
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It's not up for MARTA to decide. Gwinnett county begins just half a mile north of Doraville station, thus Gwinnett county residents must decide to fund MARTA which they currently do not do. Once that happens, then the Gold Line can be expanded north.
Pretty much.

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Instead you'll have a ton of very pissed off Clayton residents that were promised rail.
Commuter rail is another type of rail. Less effective, yes, but cheaper.
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Old 09-11-2015, 10:49 AM
 
Location: NW Atlanta
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Commuter rail is another type of rail. Less effective, yes, but cheaper.
I was referring to skbl17's assertion that BRT could legally replace the rail proposal.
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Old 09-11-2015, 11:07 AM
 
Location: Kirkwood
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Instead you'll have a ton of very pissed off Clayton residents that were promised rail.
The wording in the contract says nothing about rail.
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