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Old Posted Jun 10, 2014, 10:41 AM
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The City of Atlanta will take possession of two additional streetcars on Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing the total to four. The vehicles, which were built in Sacramento, will be delivered and unloaded at the Atlanta Streetcar Vehicle Maintenance Facility on Fort Street. There is still no launch date for the Atlanta Streetcar, but testing is underway.
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Old Posted Jun 10, 2014, 6:48 PM
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I just so happen to drive by the streetcar burn today and they where towing the third streetcar car in to the building around 12:30

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Old Posted Jun 10, 2014, 9:40 PM
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Very cool. Thanks for the updates!
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Old Posted Jun 10, 2014, 11:16 PM
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Old Posted Jun 24, 2014, 9:09 PM
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Clayton officials to vote whether to ask residents to fund MARTA rail, buses

http://wabe.org/post/clayton-holds-f...ing-marta-vote

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The Clayton County Commission Monday hashed out more details related to the county possibly joining MARTA. It was the last public meeting scheduled before the commission votes on the issue next week.

Commissioners are still debating whether to ask voters to raise the county sales tax by a full penny or half penny. A full penny generates an estimated $46 million annually and buys rail and bus service. A half penny buys just bus service.
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Old Posted Jun 30, 2014, 2:07 PM
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Atlanta streetcar? What exactly is the holdup and the reasons for such a long delay in the activation of the streetcar operation. To an outsider it seems a little inexplicable and I think it would be nice to have a full explanation for this delay. After all, this is hardly the first streetcar in the world.
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Old Posted Jul 2, 2014, 5:24 AM
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A disappointing result tonight in Clayton County:

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MARTA inched closer to a history-making expansion on Tuesday, but not to the extent many had hoped.

Clayton County commissioners, in a 3-2 vote, opted to let voters decide in a Nov. 4 referendum whether to fund MARTA service within the county by paying a half-penny sales tax. The half-penny sales tax is expected to generate about $25 million.

MARTA officials have said that’s not enough to fund a rail expansion. But it could revive robust bus service as early as next year in a county that has been lacking local public transportation since 2010.
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/transpo...erendum/ngXd9/
I am generally very optimistic about transit in Atlanta, with MARTA and the streetcar, but it's hard not to see this decision as yet another in a long line of short-sighted political decisions by suburban politicians.
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Old Posted Jul 2, 2014, 7:30 AM
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A disappointing result tonight in Clayton County:



I am generally very optimistic about transit in Atlanta, with MARTA and the streetcar, but it's hard not to see this decision as yet another in a long line of short-sighted political decisions by suburban politicians.
The County Commission was being skittish tonight, in spite of overwhelming support for the full one cent bus/rail option.

The MARTA Board will consider this .50 cent bus only proposal in the morning, and hopefully reject it.

The Clayton Commissioners have until July 6th to decide what to place on the ballot this Fall. Keep your fingers crossed, as the voters will approve it overwhelmingly.

This could also be the key to 'unlock' commuter rail....
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Old Posted Jul 2, 2014, 12:58 PM
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This could also be the key to 'unlock' commuter rail....
Can you elaborate? What's the connection between a Marta rail line to Clayton County and a Commuter (GRTA?) line to .... Athens? Kennesaw? Lovejoy?
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Old Posted Jul 2, 2014, 5:45 PM
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MARTA has rejected the Clayton 1/2 penny solution.
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Old Posted Jul 2, 2014, 10:58 PM
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Can you elaborate? What's the connection between a Marta rail line to Clayton County and a Commuter (GRTA?) line to .... Athens? Kennesaw? Lovejoy?
MARTA has been talking about commuter rail as an option for Clayton. That would be a first for the region. I doubt he meant anything about Athens or Kennesaw.
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Old Posted Jul 3, 2014, 2:58 AM
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MARTA has been talking about commuter rail as an option for Clayton. That would be a first for the region. I doubt he meant anything about Athens or Kennesaw.
Exactly. And once it starts, other areas will start clamoring for it.

Support for Commuter rail has to come up from the County level, as the State could obviously care less and has actually squandered our start up money from the Feds.
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Charlie Harper at Peachpundit.com:

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One of the problems....is that most rail in this state is privately owned, and thus, investments in additional capacity will have to come from mostly from private sources that need a decent ROI before they will happen.
If the state/feds see rail as traffic relief, then we’re going to have to find a way to incentivize the railroads to increase their capacity. Most of the state is currently single tracked, and many of the railyards these trains must pass thru are logistical bottleneck nightmares. Upgrades to them tend to cause huge NIMBY problems too, just like road expansions.
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Old Posted Jul 19, 2014, 4:54 AM
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MARTA has rejected the Clayton 1/2 penny solution.
That's bad. What happened now? How they get the money? Can they bring the money from DOT or president Obama?
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Old Posted Jul 19, 2014, 6:31 AM
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That's bad. What happened now? How they get the money? Can they bring the money from DOT or president Obama?
they approved the full-penny option. it goes to clayton voters in november.
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Old Posted Aug 14, 2014, 2:48 PM
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Word on the street is that if Clayton votes to join MARTA this November, the timeline would be:
-March 2015: first bus service (extension of existing routes)
-July 2015: Six new bus routes begin service; two "flex route" shuttle/circulator services begin, paratransit service begins. Routes will have 30min and 60min headways.
-2020: Final two bus routes begin service; additional "flex route" service begins.
-2022: Rail service begins, with 7 new stations - East Point (adjacent and connected to existing East Point station), Hapeville, Mountainview/Airport, Forest Park/Fort Gillem, Clayton State University, Morrow/Southlake, and Jonesboro. Rail will largely use the existing Norfolk Southern right-of-way, which is 100ft wide.
-2025: Full paratransit service in effect for entire service area; planning for rail extension to Lovejoy.

Pretty exciting to have rail by 2022. Sounds like commuter rail, as it will have grade crossings. Could run on its own track or share with freight. 15 min or 30 min headways during peak hours; may or may not have service outside of peak hours.
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Old Posted Aug 14, 2014, 3:44 PM
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Brookhaven MARTA redevelopment

"Proposals will be solicited by MARTA to convert the lots into high-quality, mixed-use, transit oriented development (TOD) consisting of residential, commercial and civic components.”

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Old Posted Aug 14, 2014, 11:22 PM
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Streetcar testing to start Friday night http://www.railwayage.com/index.php/...-to-begin.html
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Old Posted Aug 15, 2014, 12:02 AM
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Old Posted Aug 25, 2014, 6:57 AM
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Actually, this is only for Mobile phone, but this is not right one.

Here is the better one.

https://www.facebook.com/AtlantaStreetcar

You have to go on the computer instead of mobile phone.
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