The ATL: new regional transit system (Atlanta, Powder Springs: Home Depot, compensation, prices)

[bu2]

Originally Posted by fourthwarden

Not really. MARTA has much more of a cultural presence than you give it credit for.

But its not a positive one!

[fourthwarden]

Originally Posted by bu2

But its not a positive one!

I mean, it kinda is. A lot of people feel that the MARTA branding is a part of Atlanta's culture, and in a positive way.

[fourthwarden]

Originally Posted by primaltech

It really was a sneaky bait-and-switch type deal. That dedicated permanent funding for transit was the carrot reward that got the whole conversation and the ball rolling on creating the regional transit system w/ more Republican/state control and oversight. Then that part got conveniently cut at the last minute.

I was trying to be cautiously optimistic, and there is some good stuff surrounding that bill, but the more I look at it, the more I worry you're correct.


It's tasked with planning, but doesn't have funding to do so. It's tasked with getting agencies under similar branding, but doesn't have funding to do so. It's districts are supposed to represent the needs of the metro, but appears to crack & pack based on political control. It has no dedicated state funding for projects.


Yet it's supposed to control the regional transit plan that dictates what projects can and can not be funded and built.

[architect77]

Well, the state now has a vested interest in the transportation system:

All of those HQ relos that insisted on being on a MARTA line.

They'll could leave if they're not satisfied with the transit system.

Partly responsible for this new unified, funded plan is the local economy which exceeded everyone's expectations.

Georgia's budget, always equal to NC's, was $2.5 billion higher this year.


You know they're rolling in the dough.


Now if we could get some roads repaved with Atlanta's wadd of cash. Nothing is being improved that I can see.


Peachtree the only main road resurfaced, and that thin asphalt veneer on Ponce from a few years ago, already is deteriorating.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by architect77

All of those HQ relos that insisted on being on a MARTA line.

They'll could leave if they're not satisfied with the transit system.

Either that, or they could pony up a few shekels of their own for the system that enriches them wildly.

[googgo]

Originally Posted by arjay57

Either that, or they could pony up a few shekels of their own for the system that enriches them wildly.

They can't add any money to anything if the county (Cobb/Gwinnett) hasn't let their citizens vote for mass transit

[Gulch]

Originally Posted by googgo

They can't add any money to anything if the county (Cobb/Gwinnett) hasn't let their citizens vote for mass transit

Arjay wants the business community to fund the cost of expansion instead of the "Little Man" (without realizing the latter will still indirectly pay for it because businesses aren't charities and won't absorb that billion-dollar cost).

[cqholt]

ATL logo cost taxpayers $500K

The ATL paid Jackson-Spalding $590,000 to develop the logo and a plan for its use.

Sorry primal

The new logo won’t necessarily replace existing MARTA branding – it may be an additional logo.

https://www.myajc.com/blog/commuting...PJ0nMPdXcbjAO/

[gold15]

Originally Posted by cqholt

ATL logo cost taxpayers $500K

I'm in the wrong line of business. For friends' and family's events and businesses, I do stuff like this in PPT and MS Word in 30 minutes. How do you even justify it?

[Street Advocate]

Originally Posted by gold15

How do you even justify it?

Ignorance and/or incompetence of elected officials