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Originally Posted by Street Advocate
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I just don't think LRT is feasible for Cobb given current tax revenues, so I don't think your question is relevant to what will likely happen.
A 1% tax in Cobb would raise about $130 million per year, pop 756k
A 1% tax in Gwinnett would raise about $158 million per year, pop 970k
A 1% tax in Clayton would raise about $45 million per year, pop 283k
I guess I was trying to say I didn't see light rail or heavy rail being part of Cobb's strategy, because it is too expensive to build out. There is an 8 mile gap between Arts Center station and the Chattahoochee. While Gwinnett could potentially fund 5 miles with it's whole county %1 tax proposed earlier this year, Cobb would certainly not be able to fund 10 miles of HRT or LRT, which cost similar amounts to build per mile.
I think it is feasible for Cobb to build commuter rail, which could have a stop near Howell Mill road on the way to Downtown, where the likely terminating stop would be. Most likely, though, Cobb will implement BRT from Arts Center, which would not go through the Howell Mill road area.
If, in some alternate world Cobb was going to build LRT, I think Atlantans would balk at providing any connection point for their rail transit, however, I think rail to Howell Mill is needed and this, in my opinion, should take priority over the SE Beltline corridor on their current project list.
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