Georgia lawmakers resurrect multi-modal passenger terminal project (Atlanta, Marietta: real estate, employment)

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by primaltech

Agreed that a MARTA CRT stop in the Howell Mill/ Westside village area would be perfect, but I don't consider that Midtown. That's 2 miles west of the Midtown business district's western border, not at all "through its heart". Yes they call it "West Midtown" but that's just for marketing.

That station would serve GA Tech, and a lot of increasingly dense areas around there.

If I'm coming in to the city by train from Cumberland or Vinings, it would be my last stop before the Downtown MMPT hub.

Unless built in a parking lot of a Mean St business, that corridor is built up. Any land acquisition would be $$$
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.7782...!3m1!1e3?hl=en

[jsvh]

Talks of massive downtown Atlanta passenger terminal spring back to life

Really hope the they are able to work MMPT design elements into the gulch. I think it is fine if there are other regional train stations, even ones that serve Amtrak or commuter rail hubs. But you need downtown station for regional rail in some capacity. A key advantage rail offers over air travel is that you end your trip in the middle of the city instead of on the edge. There are not really any other practical locations in the core for a station besides this.

[aries4118]

Originally Posted by cqholt

The original Union Station was built on the proposed site of this project, so I am proposing we call it Union Station to honor our railroad heritage and move the Zero Mile post inside the lobby.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlant...Station_(1930)

Hell-to-the-naw.

The station/terminal needs to have one name. And that name needs to have Five Points in it.

It's important to have a new beginning while incorporating historical significance.

[aries4118]

Originally Posted by jsvh

Talks of massive downtown Atlanta passenger terminal spring back to life

Really hope the they are able to work MMPT design elements into the gulch. I think it is fine if there are other regional train stations, even ones that serve Amtrak or commuter rail hubs. But you need downtown station for regional rail in some capacity. A key advantage rail offers over air travel is that you end your trip in the middle of the city instead of on the edge. There are not really any other practical locations in the core for a station besides this.

I agree--on all points.

[fourthwarden]

Originally Posted by jsvh

Talks of massive downtown Atlanta passenger terminal spring back to life

Really hope the they are able to work MMPT design elements into the gulch. I think it is fine if there are other regional train stations, even ones that serve Amtrak or commuter rail hubs. But you need downtown station for regional rail in some capacity. A key advantage rail offers over air travel is that you end your trip in the middle of the city instead of on the edge. There are not really any other practical locations in the core for a station besides this.

Yeahp. A central hub is a necessity. We can have plenty of other regionally significant stations in the metro, but the core station is the one absolutely necessary station.

Here's a bit of 'out there' conspiracy thinking. Reed and the Hawks have been working with Beach this whole time. The city is moving, using 'sports funding', and making it look like the gulch is threatened to force the state's hand to act. Beach is the salesman. In reality, the city is fully planning on getting the state a solid deal to make the MMPT happen, and the Hawks, who know first hand how useful transit is to an entertainment venue, is ready to put up funding for it after 'negotiating'.

It's a long shot, but hey, crazier things have happened.

[demonta4]

We should call all of South Downtown "Terminus". Sort of like how Philly's Downtown is Center City, it could be something historical and unique to Atlanta.

[HH82]

Originally Posted by demonta4

We should call all of South Downtown "Terminus". Sort of like how Philly's Downtown is Center City, it could be something historical and unique to Atlanta.

I like that.

[jsvh]

Originally Posted by fourthwarden

Here's a bit of 'out there' conspiracy thinking. Reed and the Hawks have been working with Beach this whole time. The city is moving, using 'sports funding', and making it look like the gulch is threatened to force the state's hand to act. Beach is the salesman. In reality, the city is fully planning on getting the state a solid deal to make the MMPT happen, and the Hawks, who know first hand how useful transit is to an entertainment venue, is ready to put up funding for it after 'negotiating'.

It's a long shot, but hey, crazier things have happened.

I am OK with this sort of conspiracy. Maybe that is why we haven't seen details of the gulch plans yet? Because they already had the MMPT in them!

And I don't care what you call it. Heck, sell the naming rights. Just make it happen.

[fourthwarden]

Originally Posted by jsvh

I am OK with this sort of conspiracy. Maybe that is why we haven't seen details of the gulch plans yet? Because they already had the MMPT in them!

And I don't care what you call it. Heck, sell the naming rights. Just make it happen.

Looks like the Curbed folks are sharing in the conspiracy. From the article:

Is it a coincidence that multimodal talks have been revived just weeks after news emerged, via Mayor Kasim Reed, that the Atlanta Hawks are interested in assembling land to build a billion-dollar entertainment district next to Philips Arena? Hmm.

[Iconographer]

Originally Posted by HH82

I like that.

So do I.