Bus rapid transit line proposed to link Midtown, former Turner Field (Atlanta: university, cost)

[Airforceguy]

MARTA is leading a plan for a nearly $50 million project to create a 9.4-mile bus rapid transit line connecting Midtown’s Arts Center station to Summerhill, the 72-acre redevelopment of Turner Field anchored by Georgia State University.

https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/...k-midtown.html

[samiwas1]

Originally Posted by Airforceguy

https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/...k-midtown.html

Are they routing the line through Buckhead? How is it 9.4 miles from Midtown to Turner Field? Or is that the distance for each direction adde together?

[CCATL]

Originally Posted by Airforceguy

https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/...k-midtown.html

Sounds great. I don't have a subscription so can't read the article, but is this in addition to or in place of the proposed streetcar that would continue to Zoo Atlanta? I wish they would bring the bus rapid transit just a quick 3/4mile further to connect the zoo to the rest of the city on one easy bus trip.

[bu2]

My first question is: Why?

If you are going to link Turner Field to MARTA, it wouldn't be to Arts Center.

[fourthwarden]

Does anyone have access to a non-subscription article?

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by bu2

My first question is: Why?

If you are going to link Turner Field to MARTA, it wouldn't be to Arts Center.

My interpretation of the proposal is to create a high quality transit line along the eastern edge of Downtown and Midtown, between Arts Center and Turner Field redevelopment; via Capital Ave, Piedmont Ave, Washington/Courtland/Juniper. The closest MARTA transit station connection would be Georgia State Station.

[fourthwarden]

Okay, I have gotten a look at the full article through tech magic.

9.4-mile rus rapid transit line connecting Arts Center station to Summerhill. It would be the state's first BRT "loop". It would run along Juniper and Courtland Streets & Piedmont Ave.

May feature up to 6 vehicles, 30 stations, 16-minute one-way travel times, and 16 hour service. Would likely use dedicated lanes for a "significant portion" of the route.

Would connect up to 94,000 jobs, and average 8,500 daily riders, more than double MARTA's current busiest bus line.

Estimated to cost $48.6 Million, at $5 Million per miles. MARTA has applied for a TIGER grant to help fund it.

[bu2]

Originally Posted by fourthwarden

Okay, I have gotten a look at the full article through tech magic.

9.4-mile rus rapid transit line connecting Arts Center station to Summerhill. It would be the state's first BRT "loop". It would run along Juniper and Courtland Streets & Piedmont Ave.

May feature up to 6 vehicles, 30 stations, 16-minute one-way travel times, and 16 hour service. Would likely use dedicated lanes for a "significant portion" of the route.

Would connect up to 94,000 jobs, and average 8,500 daily riders, more than double MARTA's current busiest bus line.

Estimated to cost $48.6 Million, at $5 Million per miles. MARTA has applied for a TIGER grant to help fund it.

I thought TIGER grants were gone.

[atlHawks]

That article is a fraud. It uses a light rail picture while it says BRT. I want light rail or it’s a no from me.

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by atlHawks

That article is a fraud. It uses a light rail picture while it says BRT. I want light rail or it’s a no from me.

Full-BRT is just as good and is part of a layered transit approach to an integrated system. If it's 1/2 assed, just don't do it.