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Just to clarify - I do have a car, but would prefer to be able to use public transportation. Marta by the way is not very efficient, constantly late and doesn't cover much of the area. Sorry to blow your bubble - Marta kinda sucks...
Anyway - I'm just looking for suggestions, thoughts, comments. Maybe even brainstroming... I don't expect anyone to recommend where I should move to. I was looking for thoughts as to where you guys would move to, how you would decide where to go and how you would even start the process.
Just to clarify - I do have a car, but would prefer to be able to use public transportation. Marta by the way is not very efficient, constantly late and doesn't cover much of the area. Sorry to blow your bubble - Marta kinda sucks...
Anyway - I'm just looking for suggestions, thoughts, comments. Maybe even brainstroming... I don't expect anyone to recommend where I should move to. I was looking for thoughts as to where you guys would move to, how you would decide where to go and how you would even start the process.
Well, it certainly doesn't go to Alpharetta...living out there I doubt you have used Marta enough to really know, but whatever. As a consistent user of Marta, I have no idea what you mean by "constantly late". I thought we were talking about rail, not buses - and the trains are very consistent. No big deal though...apparently you aren't interested in moving into the city.
I'm sorry, but if Atlanta has multiple train lines and 5 milion people; why does it only get a quarter million rides per day? Minneapolis get that with train line (singular) and a bunch of buses. I'm glad to hear that it can get people around the city, but those ridership numbers are a problem relative to the money invested in MARTA.
I would probably move to St. Louis, but public transportation isn't really a viable option there. It's alright, but nothing like New York's subways or San Fran's Street Cars.
I'm sorry, but if Atlanta has multiple train lines and 5 milion people; why does it only get a quarter million rides per day? Minneapolis get that with train line (singular) and a bunch of buses. I'm glad to hear that it can get people around the city, but those ridership numbers are a problem relative to the money invested in MARTA.
276,000 riders is RAIL ONLY...genius. Atlanta has buses too, or didn't you know? Bus and rail daily ridership on Marta is 551,000.
Minneapolis LRT system has 33,000 riders/day...adding bus ridership brings it to 240,000.
I'm sorry, but if Atlanta has multiple train lines and 5 milion people; why does it only get a quarter million rides per day? Minneapolis get that with train line (singular) and a bunch of buses. I'm glad to hear that it can get people around the city, but those ridership numbers are a problem relative to the money invested in MARTA.
I guess you didn't read DeaconJ's explanation, or you don't know much about Atlanta. MARTA is almost entirely within the 285 loop which probably has a population of 7-800,000 or so. Besides lots of apartment and condo towers, there are office towers, IKEA, Bloomingdale's, Saks, Macy's, Nordstrom, Neiman-Marcus, Georgia Tech, museums, the symphony, and the airport within walking distance of MARTA stations.
While it's true that the vast majority of Atlanta's MSA is well outside of MARTA's area, the city of Atlanta is pretty well served. I used to live in Atlanta and have used MARTA extensively, and I still do whenever I fly out of Atlanta (I park in Dunwoody and take MARTA to the airport). I have found MARTA to be very efficient and a wonderful alternative to driving everywhere in the city of Atlanta.
I would probably move to St. Louis, but public transportation isn't really a viable option there. It's alright, but nothing like New York's subways or San Fran's Street Cars.
I would think it isn't a viable option in St. Louis with 67,000 daily riders - if Atlanta isn't viable.
I guess you didn't read DeaconJ's explanation, or you don't know much about Atlanta. MARTA is almost entirely within the 285 loop which probably has a population of 7-800,000 or so. Besides lots of apartment and condo towers, there are office towers, IKEA, Bloomingdale's, Georgia Tech, and the airport within walking distance of MARTA stations.
While it's true that the vast majority of Atlanta's MSA is well outside of MARTA's area, the city of Atlanta is pretty well served. I used to live in Atlanta and have used MARTA extensively, and I still do whenever I fly out of Atlanta (I park in Dunwoody and take MARTA to the airport). I have found MARTA to be very efficient and a wonderful alternative to driving everywhere in the city of Atlanta.
Thank you...people love to write off Marta as inefficient and limited, when there are only 5 or 6 cities in the U.S. with a better and more extensive system. Adding the Beltline and commuter rail to the mix will make it a very comprehensive system comparable to almost any U.S. city.
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