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re: Why Pay Full Price?

CarolStinson — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:30:44 GMT

Thanks for this information. I come to Atlanta often on business and always want to get tickets to something, sometimes last minute. this info really helps!

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Cool Stuff in Paris — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:52:24 GMT

I think you could be right, but ... still ...

re: Let's Talk Traffic

andicati — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:51:31 GMT

Sadly, the traffic congestion is part of the natural cycle of growth as Atlanta matures into a large metropolitan city. New York has widespread adoption of mass transit because there would be perpetual gridlock if the public tried to use their cars to get to work. same with most major, mature cities around the world. The silver lining to the congestion cloud (pun intended) is that it is driving people back into the City proper, which should boost MARTA short distance useage, and increase City property tax revenue which can be used to further improve intown quality of life which will attract even more people to migrate from the suburbs. The increased MARTA use will boost their revenues allowing them to improve quality of service and ultimately justify extensions to their service areas. Sadly, we have still quite some years of suffering to endure as this virtuous circle begins to develop. In the meantime, buy a motorcycle or start lobbying for mass transit tax incentives from the state.

re: Let's Talk Traffic

jmunn — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:47:14 GMT

Frill,

You are SO right! It's funny that you say that - one of my last lines that I deleted right before publishing this post was emphasizing that people should take MARTA and other public transportation alternatives. I decided to delete it thinking it would sound too idealistic, but I should have kept it in. Thanks for bringing up this very important point.

re: Let's Talk Traffic

frill — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:02:18 GMT

What I find really striking is that Marta/public transportation is almost never mentioned in these discussions, the only option seems to be to pave away the entire area. But if there were more investment in the Marta trains to improve the condition of the trains/tracks/stations and improve the frequency of the trains, then perhaps ridership would increase and relieve traffic on the roads. There are many people that could take Marta but don't, even though in every other major metro city in country and world, workers are used to subways and buses. More ridership and other alernatives that the corporate world is not crazy about (telecommuting) would make a difference.