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True but why is that?
I think a lot has to do with Dallas being so flat.
I think Atlanta roads follow the easiest pattern to build due to its rocky terrain.
It could aslo be that Atlanta spends so much money on transit or other infrastructure related stuff like sewers?
True but why is that?
I think a lot has to do with Dallas being so flat.
I think Atlanta roads follow the easiest pattern to build due to its rocky terrain.
It could aslo be that Atlanta spends so much money on transit or other infrastructure related stuff like sewers?
The hilly terrain, mostly in the northern suburbs, still doesn't justify a lack of freeway expansion in metro Atlanta as the region got larger.
Texas is a much richer state so they can afford to invest in more infrastructure, period. Dallas may not have HRT but they've invested more in their LRT system in recent years.
Atlanta and Dallas are about equally car-centric. Both are overwhelmingly oriented towards the car. Both would be terrible choices for a car-free life.
The hilly terrain, mostly in the northern suburbs, still doesn't justify a lack of freeway expansion in metro Atlanta as the region got larger.
Texas is a much richer state so they can afford to invest in more infrastructure, period. Dallas may not have HRT but they've invested more in their LRT system in recent years.
But as I said before,freeways and public transit are not all that involves infrastructure.
Dallas invested more because its a NEW system.Was Atlanta any more "richer" in the 70's when it built MARTA?
Atlanta and Dallas are about equally car-centric. Both are overwhelmingly oriented towards the car. Both would be terrible choices for a car-free life.
Well that depends whether you live in the city or the suburbs.Atlanta is much easier to get around more places within the core where Marta operates and than in Dallas.
The fact that more people use transit per capita in Atlanta shows this. How Your City’s Public Transit Stacks Up | FiveThirtyEight
I know MANY people who do it without a car in Atlanta.
Its gotta be much harder in Dallas if one had too.
Well that depends whether you live in the city or the suburbs.Atlanta is much easier to get around more places within the core where Marta operates and than in Dallas.
Why? Both city cores are overwhelmingly car oriented.
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The fact that more people use transit per capita in Atlanta shows this.
There is slighty higher transit usage in Atlanta, but we're talking a height battle among midgets. If one city is 95% car oriented, and the other 93% car oriented, we aren't really talking a functional difference. Both cities would be awful choices for car-free living.
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