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I just want transit, safe streets, and sustainability in the suburbs. @cobb4transit @advanceatl . Delusional Youthful Urbanist from Marietta
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Atlantaβs goal as a city and a region should, at a minimum, not be the WORST CITY IN THE WORLD IN TRANSPORTATION.
This involves transit. Bike lanes. Land use. Zoning.
Combination of policy, funding, and individual choices.
We can do this, but we have a LONG way to go.
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I donβt think anyone in Cobb County realizes the level of impact the World Cup will have.
KSU and Atlanta United will be training facilities.
The Battery will likely be used as a fanzone area.
Woe be the international travelers who come expecting a robust transit network.
Argentina will train at Kennesaw State University while in Atlanta
Canada and USMNT will train at Atlanta Unitedβs facility; Panama at The Lovett School
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@NateSilver538
Seriously? That sounds like basic prep and time management for any large CEO or important person with a busy schedule.
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@SkwatSwat
@pbgomez_
Not in Springfieldβ¦
Also not a Haitian Immigrant.
But donβt let facts get in the way of your fear mongering.
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Atlanta better be ready for this times 10 for the World Cup!
"Muchachos" in the streets of Atlanta! Argentina fans taking over the streets! Via
@M30Xtra
. π¦π·
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Today, I volunteered to be a poll watcher in Smyrna. I am exhausted and my legs are dead, but it was one of the most fulfilling things Iβve done.
I helped 5 people vote for their first time and 3 people would have walked away and not voted if I didnβt convince them to stay.
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Trump trying to use the hurricane as a campaign benefit is Ghoulish.
Friendly reminder:
* He withheld relief $ from NC after Hurricane Matthew
* He withheld relief $ from Puerto Rico
* He threatened to withhold $ from California for forest fires if elected
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At this rate, Charlotte will be the golden city of the south above Atlanta in 20-30 years
Charlotte has big plans for a new mobility hub called Gateway Station
It will have housing, retail, office space - and access to:
β’ Amtrak service
β’ Taxi & ride share
β’ Raised Greenway
β’ Gold Line streetcar
β’ Silver Line Light Rail
β’ Red Line Commuter Rail
β’ Local,
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Just left the I-285 Top End Express Lane open house and itβs shocking how different the approach is when a highway project is discussed compared to transit.
Highway: no mention of total construction costs or future maintenance estimates
Transit: BILLIONS. BILLIONS. BILLIONS.
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In Marietta tonight, a Tesla crashed into a restaurant.
People dine next to the wreckage.
THIS IS NORMAL π«
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@Urban_Connector
I mean, we built a world that worships cars where itβs impossible for kids to have a community or play outside in normal ways . This is our own doing.
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@SamTLevin
Why arenβt the detectives named in the article?
They should no longer have jobs
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Main headline on the AJC websiteβ¦π
In many cities, this is badly needed. Also, we need to limit the size and weight of trucks and SUVs.
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Direct quote from Marietta Mayor Steve Tumlin, who has historically been against transit, bike lanes, and apartments.
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Atlanta.
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chicago is the greatest city in the world cause you can just tweet the word βchicagoβ and get 50 likes
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Imagine ATL-NSH: Stops in Cumberland, Marietta, Cartersville, Dalton, Chatt.
Or ATL-CHA: Stops in Athens and Greensboro
Or ATL-SAV: Stops in Macon and Statesboro
It would be transformative for the Southeast.
But nah. Letβs spend billions of dollars adding toll lanes to 285.
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We are not a serious city.
Reliability and trust are the two most important factors and itβs almost like we intentionally fail.
@MARTAservice
been waiting at Vine City station outside of Atlanta United game for 50 minutes. 4 trains have passed us without opening their doors.. what's going on here Marta?
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Friendly reminder: the fact that we are complaining about too many people on the Beltline and the etiquette between bikers, walkers, and scooters means, I dunnoβ¦WE SHOULD BUILD MORE AREAS LIKE IT π€·ββοΈ
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@USA_Polling
Also no one knows which candidate is R vs D and they only see the incumbent status next to their name
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Kinda crazy that itβs taking almost 30 years to finish a trail around Atlanta
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My eyes are burning in Cobb County.
Cool. Cool cool. Really cool.
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Do other cities shut down like this during events?
This shows the result of poor land use and non-resilient transportation infrastructure.
Traffic Advisory starting tonight and throughout tomorrow! Swipe for more details.
While the events are occurring in the evening, several logistical moves will occur throughout the day Thursday that can affect vehicle and pedestrian movements.
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βAt the Cobb Planning Commission meeting Tuesday, there were 31 people in opposition to the proposal for a mixed-use development at Plant Atkinson and Atlanta roads in Viningsβ
Source: Marietta Daily Journal
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Can we just have one mayor that doesnβt get in the way of transit?
Just one? Please?
This week's Inside City Hall: Mayor Dickens raises concerns about the cost of light rail on the Beltline. The city makes big investments in water treatment plant and Fairburn Rd. Also, trash pick-up is going to get more expensive.
#atlpol
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Remember to shame anyone mocking the media or any business or authority who closed today in the ATL region.
We should consider ourselves lucky the storm stayed East.
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Lol next train after the Atlanta United game to Hamilton E Holmes is in 54 minutes.
Marta really does hate its riders.
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@ToriLarnedtv
@POTUS
@KVUE
Lol. βCrowdsβ βmassesβ
Shows like 50 people...the best part are the completely empty picnic tables ππ
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A story not being discussed is how the new implications on hosting events impacts Atlantaβs potential as a leading World Cup city.
If we canβt even host a music festival, how are we expected to host a world class event?
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@VivekRammaswamy
@mcuban
Why are you sharing a graph about partisan listening habits?
How is that relevant to the political affiliation of journalists?
I swear, people just share a graph and say βsee!β with no context or actual relevance.
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On Next Doorβ¦it caused βalarm and further discussionβ when I said I looked forward to the day I could easily take my 6 year old to a Braves game on transit...
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JUST ONE MORE LANE BRUH
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Itβs only a 37 hour train ride from Savannah to Atlanta. π€¦ββοΈ
the fact that the two most-visited cities in georgia are not connected via regional rail is embarassing
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@NateSilver538
How big of a story is 34 felony convictions. Does that not make someone unfit for the job as well?
How many articles did the NYTimes write about that�
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Ahhh, so he provides zero solution and only undermines the progress that has already been made in planning and engineering.
And undermines the will of the voters.
Small pods? LOLβ¦Might as well use flying cars as the strawman.
The Atlanta Wayβ’οΈ
Mayor Dickens has walked back on Beltline rail, now saying that analysis will decide if the path gets rail or "rubber tires," "small pods" or nothing at all. Similarly, Beltline chief Clyde Higgs says their "position on all things transit" is yet to come.
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Reposting so I donβt get filteredβ¦
So the Cobb County Elections Board meeting was just stopped early because someone shouted βH*il H***erβ from the crowd.
Wow. Sad day for Cobb County.
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We should be advertising to take MARTA before parking is sold outβ¦
All parking for the
@AtlantaFalcons
home opener on Sunday is SOLD OUT.
TAKE MARTA!
Fans should plan ahead and arrive early enough to be in their seats by 12:30 p.m.
#RiseUp
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This is a map focused on Alabama, but be still my beating heart.
(Assuming the line goes to SAV)...the ability to take rail to Nashville, Chattanooga, Savannah, Birmingham, Huntsville, Macon, Athens
This would be absolutely game changing for the region.
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Its 1149 PM and Iβm lying awake in bed pissed off at the fact that the state of Georgia will spend billions to add toll lanes to a highway while completely neglecting other modes.
These pictures were taking today along Highway 41 showing the total lack of safe infrastructure
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The biggest transportation challenge Cobb faces:
* 240k commuters come into Cobb for work
* 200k commuters leave Cobb for work
* Only 128k live and work in Cobb
We gotta reduce how far we travel for daily commutes.
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@SenatorWarnock
@SenTedCruz
With all due respect, Senator, we donβt need another highway between 10 and 20. No one is asking for this and it only makes our emissions problems worse.
And the map is confusing. Many of the bases are closer to the already existing 10 or 20 corridors.
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Go to Europe a few days youβll quickly realize how bad most cities in the Atlanta region kinda suck.
Itβs depressing
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Marietta resident claiming that Marietta is βnot a suburb of Atlantaβ
π€£π€£π€£π€¦ββοΈ
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βWhy doesnβt anyone take transit?β
Because we build concrete dystopian monstrosities like this
MARTA is envisioning this BRT line as running in the express lanes with periodic park and ride stations along the route. Make no mistake: that will be a ridership failure. 2/4
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Just take MARTA you cowards.
According to this, a company has won a contract (from who? we don't know) to build a system of small autonomous vehicles connecting the Georgia World Congress Center to the Atlanta airport.
1. I don't believe you
2. A train that already covers that route
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I JUST LOVE THE CURRENT STATE OF JOURNALISM WHERE THEY TAKE ONE UNEDUCATED QUOTE AND MAKE IT A HEADLINE
Solid work, ABC ππ
One BeltLine restaurateur said the streetcar extension would cut his revenue in half.
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Is rain good or bad for chlorine in the air�
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THIS IS AWESOME!
6 minute peak frequencies for the stations in this map.
RAIL & BUS SERVICE CHANGES EFFECTIVE AUGUST 26, 2023
*Trains will operate every 12 minutes on all lines during weekday morning & afternoon peak times.
*Both NB & SB Route 94 trips will board from the bus bay on the west side of Vine City Station.
Details:
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Friendly reminder that these people are the ones blocking our chance to have this in Atlanta.
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@MusicMidtown
βCircumstances beyond our controlβ aka βwe donβt want to piss off republicans because they might attack usβ
Dems need to push this story hard.
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6 weeks to replace flooring. What are we doing?
MARTA trains will temporarily skip stop Brookhaven Station from Oct. 7 to Nov. 15 so construction crews can replace the 40-year-old pavers on the rail station platform. Rail service on the Gold Line will operate as scheduled, but trains will not stop at Brookhaven Station.
Learn
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ππSay it louder for the people in the back ππ
If we continue to build out MARTA as a commuter-only system, it will continue to fail as a genuine public transit system.
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The fact that almost 40k people went to a Braves game and about 10 people took transit is an absolute failure on so many levels.
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Hang this masterpiece in the Louvre
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Newspapers: βwhy is our readership declining?β
Also newspapers: βweβd like to introduce you to our columnists:β
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Some people will propose anything to not have to ride the existing transit system.
Itβs modern day segregationβ¦
A group of real estate companies is interested in running autonomous shuttles along North Avenue that would connect Ponce City Market to Midtown.
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Itβs crazy to me all of the infrastructure that was built for the 96 Olympics and for the World Cup, Atlanta is just π€·ββοΈ
Such a missed opportunity
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Reason number 8264 on how the suburbs are literally killing us
"The Atlanta City center is a pocket of low-carbon emitting households (between 25-47 metric tons of CO2 per zip code) surrounded by a ring of high-carbon emitting suburbs (between 50-76 metric tons of CO2 per zip code)."
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βYes, rail is expensive, but only in the context of comparing it to doing nothing. When compared to the highways we continue to spend billions to expand, itβs actually much cheaper.
As we face a growing city and region, itβs important the state steps up and funds transit.β
β¦
Iβm willing to admit thereβs theoretically a sober, serious discussion to be had about fiscal responsibility of rail, but thatβs obviously not happening because Zoning 2.0 isnβt talking about upzoning around our existing train, bus, and cycle routes.
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Itβs hilarious to me that 2 railroad companies are so powerful that they stop a growing region of 5 million people from having basic regional rail service.
And one of them has their HQ here π€¦ββοΈ
@mstigall
Never forget what could have been (my own maps are often this one, but with added service to Newnan, rerouting the Rome Line via Cedartown instead of running direct, and having a second route to Macon via McDonough)
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I always wonder how great this city and region would be if you actually had different stakeholders work together.
MARTA, GDOT, county transit agencies, individual cities.
Instead, you have a bunch of silos driven by the whims of leadership that change every few years.
Itβs actually deeply ironic that the city is forcing an expensive audit of MARTA, asking where all the More MARTA $ is goingβ¦after BL rail was pushed by a previous mayor, MARTA spent millions on planning & engineering, and now the current mayor is demanding different priorities.
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So on what point does an entire city without water become a crisis where the mayor actually says something?
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A transit line that goes nowhere and has no dedicated Right of Way is being used to block dedicated transit expansion in a busy corridor.
Itβs like people saying βno one rides the busβ when buses arrive hourly and the stops have no shelter.
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Weβre not going back and the weird stuff is actually working ffs
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Some brewery in Atlanta needs to brew a lager and call it Beltline Light (rail)
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So, about that expansionβ¦
Amtrakβs future strategy is of a regional βhub and spokeβ system.
Atlanta would be connected to Nashville, Savannah, Charlotte, Birmingham, Montgomery all within around 4 hours.
Stops would include Macon, Marietta, Cartersville, and Chattanooga.
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Lol look at how little the toll lanes are being used. What a waste of money and resources
π¨RED ALERT 6:40a Henry County: I-75/nb is a parking lot between McDonough & Stockbridge. On going crash investigation.
#ATLtraffic
@wsbradio
#skycopter
@wsbtv
#captncam
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@VivekRammaswamy
@mcuban
Your outdated graph showing media consumption is not related in anyway to the original graph/conversation showing the political preferences of journalists.
βWhat people watchβ /= βOMG ALL JOURNALISTS ARE DEMSβ
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Walking along W Peachtree in Midtown and I canβt help but wonder how great a car-free N/S boulevard would be for the city. It would be packed every day with people.
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Such a mistake.
The state spends billions to expand highways but cuts transit funding at the first opportunity.
The
@atltransitlink
board has given the green light for the Xpress commuter bus service to further refine a plan to cut stops, change routes, and reduce the number of park-and-ride lots.
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Yikes. The mayor is completely clueless.
βSlow moving people moversβ
What the literalβ¦
@mwgarbett
@andreforatlanta
@PatrickQuinnTV
hears from Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens on Beltline transit βWe have to think, is it going to be rail or autonomous vehicles like pods or bus rapid transit. People have the notion it will be heavy rail, thatβs not the case, it could be slow moving people movers.β
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Pretty bad look for
@ATLUTD
and
@MBStadium
@JJVerde87
@atxfc_nocontext
1 year ban to Mercedes Benz Stadium. But I wonβt stay silent
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Savannah to Nashville line would sell out so damn fast.
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Videos like this is why I take MARTA to Atlanta United and other games.
The feeling of a communal experience. Thatβs what sports are all about!
Every transit agency should lean in and highlight this.
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When just βone more lane bruhβ is your transportation policy.
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Atlanta will never reach it's full potential without radically increased investment in mass transit and other non car ways of getting around like a comprehensive protected bike lane network. The city has incredible bones and character and should be the envy of the Southeast.
Baltimore will never reach it's full potential without radically increased investment in mass transit and other non car ways of getting around like a comprehensive protected bike lane network. The city has incredible bones and character and should be the envy of the Northeast.
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If youβre interested in helping out in the advocacy for it to happen, stay tuned! Thereβs some great stuff in the works.
I will say that
@cobb4transit
is fully βOn Boardβ with Amtrak expansion and a station in downtown Marietta.
El fin.
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This guy is so disconnected from reality itβs hilarious.
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ATL<β>CHA and ATL<β>NSH rail corridors are just begging to be built
Looking at this population density map of the US, I find it really impressive that a collective sense of belonging and national identity was established. The country is big and in a geographical sense divided. The West coast is so far from the eastern population centers.
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Georgia officials approve over $1.5 billion in additional spending for more roads.
Meanwhile cut funding for regional commuter transit.
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Itβs crazy to me that MARTA has delayed the bus network redesign implementation because of the adverse impacts to some riders (valid) but they are totally okay with shutting down access to its one central station for multiple years.
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@rebeccamakkai
Your assessment of 32 year old bachelor who wants his friends to think he gets laid a lot isβ¦
100% spot on.
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@Marcelius_B
@deray
Also they thought somehow that there were no kids in the room. So instead of active shooter, they thought it was a barricaded suspect.
Really a total lack of leadership and information.
Failure at all levels.
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The Uruguay National Team has joined
@TheWarOnCars
As promised... π΄πΊπΎ
The Uruguay players went to the Complejo Celeste this morning with no luxurious car in sight.
With 4 qualifiers to go, and Uruguay in 7th, they made the promise to cycle/walk to the Complejo Celeste if they qualify for the World Cup.
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Weird, the David Perdue ads say all the hospitals will close if Ossoff is elected.
As of yesterday, there is one less rural hospital in Georgiaβthe 8th to close since 2010.
90% of all rural hospital closures in the United States have occurred in states that did not expand Medicaid.
Georgia has not expanded Medicaid.
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Transit only makes a significant impact when everyone is able to use it.
When we defund it or make it so unreliable that only those who βneed itβ use it, we are automatically creating transitβs demise.
This crowded 7 train had a woman with a $30,000 Birkin bag headed to the US Open, a parent with a stroller, and a person in overalls on their way to work. When transit is convenient, it works for everyone.
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Is anyone else seeing a lot more conservative tweets from people they donβt follow in their TL?
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I interrupt my Disney vacation to say that in a county where many of its regular riders donβt have bus shelters and paying simple fares is damn near impossibleβ¦
Itβs extremely frustrating to see the county chase vaporware solutions instead of getting simple things right.
Today, I rode on the Cumberland Hopper: a new, self-driving shuttle!
For the next 8 months, people can hop on the shuttle for free near the Cobb Galleria and the Battery as part of the Cumberland CIDβs pilot program.
Read more here:
#CobbCounty
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