MARTA unveils its dream project list for November Referendum (Atlanta: short term, history)

[cqholt]

I have updated the Google Map with the Recommended Program Scenario projects from MARTA Planning
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer...525126956&z=12

[1NationUnderTOD]

Originally Posted by cqholt

I have updated the Google Map with the Recommended Program Scenario projects from MARTA Planning
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1o2...Po&usp=sharing

Isn't Capitol Ave/Summerhill BRT going up Piedmont to Arts Center station?

[alco89]

Originally Posted by 1NationUnderTOD

Isn't Capitol Ave/Summerhill BRT going up Piedmont to Arts Center station?

That's what we thought until the maps came out. Check out the map jvsh provided or the ajc article.

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by 1NationUnderTOD

Isn't Capitol Ave/Summerhill BRT going up Piedmont to Arts Center station?

Originally Posted by alco89

That's what we thought until the maps came out. Check out the map jvsh provided or the ajc article.

The linked map was created using the MARTA Planning presentation.

[1lifealex]

Originally Posted by 1NationUnderTOD

Isn't Capitol Ave/Summerhill BRT going up Piedmont to Arts Center station?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mya...?source=images

[alco89]

Perhaps the rest of it in Midtown would come at a later date. We'll see. I'd almost rather it not happen with the streetscape improvements coming to Juniper and Piedmont.

[Pemgin]

Is it not a waste of money to build a BRT line down Campbellton only to then rip that out and build a LRT line along the same route? Why not just do the LRT if that's the end result?

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by Pemgin

Is it not a waste of money to build a BRT line down Campbellton only to then rip that out and build a LRT line along the same route? Why not just do the LRT if that's the end result?

Mayor Bottoms

[arjay57]

Buses, buses and more buses. Just a Friday afternoon reminder.

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by arjay57

Buses, buses and more buses. Just a Friday afternoon reminder.

We need to look to Seattle and mimic their bus system and infrastructure, but flooding the streets with buses is not the complete answer.

Since 2007, the fastest-growing city in the country has added nearly a quarter million jobs (thanks in considerable part to Amazon), and has grown in population by more than 15 percent since 2010.

Remarkably, though, Seattle has not gained more cars in its most congested areas. The number of commuters driving private vehicles downtown has declined by 10 percent since 2010, even as new residents and workers have spiked. By and large, new arrivals are instead choosing to ride the bus.

Translation: People wouldn’t take the bus if it didn’t travel through Seattle’s core employment centers this rapidly and frequently. By keeping high-capacity modes moving swiftly, transit-only lanes keep riders happy.

Even GA Tech Professor mentions that giving buses a dedicated lane will work.

That might be the first lesson for any transportation planner looking to reverse-engineer Seattle-style success: Make room for buses. Among the transit experts I spoke to, that was the top recommendation for other cities. Dedicated right-of-way, after all, is perhaps the top distinguishing factor between buses and the “first class” mode of public transit in most cities—heavy rail systems such as trains and subways, which don’t mix with traffic. Their right-of-way is for safety, but it also allows trains to offer fast and frequent service. “That’s become inherent to the way we use subway systems, while buses have taken on this stigma of being smelly, slow, and unreliable,” said Kari Watkins, a professor of transportation engineering at Georgia Tech who earned her Ph.D. at the University of Washington. “But there’s nothing inherent to a bus that makes it that way.” Breaking the bus/rail paradigm is central to what Seattle has achieved.

https://www.citylab.com/transportati...he-bus/559697/