Vote on Cobb Co. bus rapid transit system could be delayed (Atlanta: 2015, tax)

[Airforceguy]

Cobb County Commission Chairman Tim Lee – long a proponent of creating a bus rapid transit system in Cobb - says his plan to bring Bus Rapid Transit up for a vote in 2016 might not happen.
Lee says he won't move forward on his proposal to create the system without support from commissioners, the Marietta Daily Journal is reporting.
County commissioners have had mixed feelings on the bus system, the paper said.

Vote on Cobb Co. bus rapid transit system could be delayed - Atlanta Business Chronicle

[Gulch]

I'd be fine with this if they were instead pushing for MARTA rail service, but this is Cobb County after all.

[cqholt]

For a county of 700K, Cobb County's transit coverage is terrible. The buses, outside of 1 doesn't run on Sundays. They should implement something like LA's silver line running along the HOT lanes.

[Gulch]

Originally Posted by cqholt

For a county of 700K, Cobb County's transit coverage is terrible. The buses, outside of 1 doesn't run on Sundays. They should implement something like LA's silver line running along the HOT lanes.

That was the original plan for the NW Corridor project (BRT/toll lanes with stations). It was cut back due to cost.

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by Gulch

That was the original plan for the NW Corridor project (BRT/toll lanes with stations). It was cut back due to cost.

Eventually GA is only to have to nut up and pay the cost of implementing something in that corridor. The Cobb Pkwy plan is nothing more than the half ass attempt to BRT along memorial Dr.

[DawgPark]

Originally Posted by cqholt

Eventually GA is only to have to nut up and pay the cost of implementing something in that corridor. The Cobb Pkwy plan is nothing more than the half ass attempt to BRT along memorial Dr.

Correct. Lee is probably the biggest transit proponent in Cobb leadership and BRT was/is his idea to get things going in that direction.

Ott, on the other hand, has a weird dichotomy in that he represents both East Cobb and Cumberland . . . 2 Cobb districts that are about as diametrically opposed as CoA and Cumming. When push comes to shove, Ott always sides w/ the East Cobb contingent that despises all growth, transit, development, etc. in every form.

The anti-growth, anti-transit CAVE's in East Cobb and North West Cobb are opposed to virtually everything. Heck, they've been fighting like cats/dogs the last 2 months to shoot down a senior living facility in East Cobb. And they did! And it was Repub. Johnny Isakson's planned senior development, no less.

[Gulch]

Originally Posted by DawgPark

Correct. Lee is probably the biggest transit proponent in Cobb leadership and BRT was/is his idea to get things going in that direction.

Ott, on the other hand, has a weird dichotomy in that he represents both East Cobb and Cumberland . . . 2 Cobb districts that are about as diametrically opposed as CoA and Cumming. When push comes to shove, Ott always sides w/ the East Cobb contingent that despises all growth, transit, development, etc. in every form.

The anti-growth, anti-transit CAVE's in East Cobb and North West Cobb are opposed to virtually everything. Heck, they've been fighting like cats/dogs the last 2 months to shoot down a senior living facility in East Cobb. And they did! And it was Repub. Johnny Isakson's planned senior development, no less.

FWIW, that location for the senior development (the Tritt property off GA 120) is horrible given the proposed density. Isakson Living should've planned it closer to a commercial corridor, preferably the Johnson Ferry Road area.

[UrbanConquistador]

Originally Posted by DawgPark

Correct. Lee is probably the biggest transit proponent in Cobb leadership and BRT was/is his idea to get things going in that direction.

Ott, on the other hand, has a weird dichotomy in that he represents both East Cobb and Cumberland . . . 2 Cobb districts that are about as diametrically opposed as CoA and Cumming. When push comes to shove, Ott always sides w/ the East Cobb contingent that despises all growth, transit, development, etc. in every form.

The anti-growth, anti-transit CAVE's in East Cobb and North West Cobb are opposed to virtually everything. Heck, they've been fighting like cats/dogs the last 2 months to shoot down a senior living facility in East Cobb. And they did! And it was Repub. Johnny Isakson's planned senior development, no less.

I sure hope Cobb can figure something out and be successful in implementing much needed, grade separated mass transit. I took a GRTA bus out that way after work on Friday, and we literally crawled in the HOV lane the entire way there. The trip took almost 2 hours.

I can only imagine how worse it's going to be on game days or just in general, with the added development going in near the stadium site. Not a fan of Lee, but he seems to be one of the few people in Cobb that actually understand the importance of mass transit and is doing something about it. I wish him luck in that regard.

Have you Cobb residents noticed any change in the general populous' attitude toward mass transit? Also, I'm afraid I'm not always so hip to what the kids are saying these days. Could you please explain what a CAVE is? Is that something like a NIMBY? lol

[Gulch]

Originally Posted by Frankster87

Have you Cobb residents noticed any change in the general populous' attitude toward mass transit? Also, I'm afraid I'm not always so hip to what the kids are saying these days. Could you please explain what a CAVE is? Is that something like a NIMBY? lol

During the time I lived in Cobb (1991-2006 and 2011-14), from what I saw most of the opposition to rail transit came from not wanting to be taxed for it. Very little of it involved "keeping out minorities" and that viewpoint tended to come from long-time residents who moved to Cobb in the 1960s-70s.

[DawgPark]

Originally Posted by Gulch

During the time I lived in Cobb (1991-2006 and 2011-14), from what I saw most of the opposition to rail transit came from not wanting to be taxed for it. Very little of it involved "keeping out minorities" and that viewpoint tended to come from long-time residents who moved to Cobb in the 1960s-70s.

100% agree. The East Cobb folks, especially, are the most tax averse people I ever met. I always thought I was a staunch fiscal conservative until I met some of those folks.

It's a "I won't use it, so I don't want to pay for it" argument, usually from the retired/senior citizen crowd.