CoA gears up for MARTA / Beltline Expansion with Another EA (Marietta: 2014, transfer)

[jsvh]

Originally Posted by cqholt

Using the southern alternative is a great idea, as MLK is too close to existing MARTA HRT line and there are thousands of potential riders at AUC.

Agreed. That was part of why the southern route got my "vote" in the meeting. When asked, they also said it was more likely to get more dedicated RoW on that route. Plus it would cover more of Castleberry Hill and AUC.

[jsvh]

Originally Posted by fourthwarden

Good news on that grant. I guess that'll be part of the overall city zoning rewrite?

I think this is separate from zoning. More transportation planning.

[MattCW]

What would be the routing of the southern route?

[jsvh]

Originally Posted by MattCW

What would be the routing of the southern route?

Existing Streetcar @ COP -> Walker -> Student Movement Blvd -> Westview -> West Beltline

[fieldm]

I see the vote for MARTA in Nov signs now

[alco89]

Originally Posted by jsvh

Agreed. That was part of why the southern route got my "vote" in the meeting. When asked, they also said it was more likely to get more dedicated RoW on that route. Plus it would cover more of Castleberry Hill and AUC.

So the MLK alternative:

-would duplicate existing MARTA rail service
-wouldn't have as much right-of-way
-wouldn't reach as many new riders by leaving out Castleberry Hill and the core of the AUC

Why was it ever an alternative? Thank goodness for the citizens in attendance at the meeting.

[MattCW]

Thank you. I agree with the route in general, but having that quick left-right turn there where the route joins the northern route has me a little concerned given how Lowery Blvd backs up. I wonder if a better alignment might be crossing Lowery continuing to Fair st, then coming down Agnes Jones Pl to Westview (that little diagonal two blocks west of Lowery), and rejoining the route there.

[Gulch]

Originally Posted by alco89

So the MLK alternative:

-would duplicate existing MARTA rail service
-wouldn't have as much right-of-way
-wouldn't reach as many new riders by leaving out Castleberry Hill and the core of the AUC

Why was it ever an alternative? Thank goodness for the citizens in attendance at the meeting.

Politics.

[primaltech]

The design of the lines on this streetcar system makes no sense, to me.

Let's say I'm boarding the streetcar at Piedmont Ave @ North Ave, and I just want to go to Centennial Park, and come back. How do I do that without having to go all the way over to Bankhead? Do I have to get off at Luckie St and transfer to a different streetcar running on the same line?

[fourthwarden]

Originally Posted by primaltech

The design of the lines on this streetcar system makes no sense, to me.

Let's say I'm boarding the streetcar at Piedmont Ave @ North Ave, and I just want to go to Centennial Park, and come back. How do I do that without having to go all the way over to Bankhead? Do I have to get off at Luckie St and transfer to a different streetcar running on the same line?

You would need to transfer where Luckie and North intersect (from a Crosstown Midtown train to a BeltLine Outter Loop train), or transfer to the Route 1 bus, or maybe transfer to a Centennial Park Circulator depending on the route, or walk from where you get off the streetcar.

What makes that hard to understand (not trying to be dismissive or anything. I'm actually curious)?