By avalanchecowpoke

Jul 25, 2008 9:14 AM | Link to this

If the great state of Georgia and all the rest of the country is going to be successful competitors in today's world economy then transportation is vital. We need serious on going dedication to solving today's huge transportation problems. Our government must take responsibility to make it happen for that is the only way it will happen. All partisan and petty bickering needs to be set aside and bring to bear the focus of attention upon this problem. It is not going to go away and it requires the very best efforts of us all. We need to have every mode of transportation maximized. Air, rail and roadways MUST be put to maximum use if our great state and nation are to survive...

By Steve T

Jul 20, 2008 8:05 PM | Link to this

People in charge need guts to solve the transportation problems in atlanta. It is simple, we need to have a metro wide rail system. It is funny but Atlanta seems to be a city built on race. Cobb Gwinnett, Clayton, etc all have their own systems.

To me, it would make sense if we pool the money together and build a system that all can use. Rail is much better than buses in that it will cease congestion on the interstate. I like to ride the rail as much as possible which is one of the reasons I will not go to the Mall of Georgia. If I was Sonny, I would have placed rails all over the metro area and I would not care about all the complaining. Yes, Gwinnett will have a rail system.

By Richard

Jul 1, 2008 10:56 AM | Link to this

7/1/2008

I am appalled A city metro 28 counties of 6,000,000 people and a Dot That puts a female PHD in charge after being appointed in a close tie vote by her lover who then leaves the Dot .. then gets her $ pot going .. then says 7000 unfunded projects statewide..her staff too busy to make /create /attempt a cohesive cost study so what else hire a consultant dump on them after paying another 2.5mm of taxpayer money .

They will state "only major city in America not having State funded cohesive TRansportation network due to rivalry amongst all governments districts . Race card can't work as metro Atlanta now black, white hispanic all over except apparently in the Love nest called DOT.!!! "

Governor has been complete lackey in this as he supports strongly the top people in charge in the DOT ongoing take it from state coffers and give nothing back!!!

I would immediately terminate cost and personnel totaling $2.5million to pay for this squander of taxpayer funds since they cant do the job get rid of them!!

By Chris B

Jul 1, 2008 8:05 AM | Link to this

Great, just great; another planner. The problem with transportation in Georgia is not the lack of planning, but a lack of doing. Over the last couple of decades we have had enough plans to empty a rain forest and virtually none have been executed. I give up. As much as I love this city, my plans will have me relaxing in a small town somewhere witha 10 minute commute by the time Georgia lays another foot of track or builds a new toll road.

By Fed Up

Jun 30, 2008 9:25 PM | Link to this

Purdue stopped all mero projects in favor of his rural cronies when first elected - have you guys already forgotten when Sonny's solution was to better time the traffic lights. Truckers have free reign (when was the last time you have seen a weigh station open). Now, our tax dollars gone to pay for roads in the rural counties where the car counts are low and the counties fail to adequate tax their citizens both as govenmental entities and as school districts perpetuating the problems for each generation. Now we are about to be asked to pay for toll roads where the developer and adviser cronies can grease their palms, the state employees who are obviously not skilled to do the planner can continue to draw a paycheck and a pension, and they all sit around high five-ing while playing us for fools. WHAT A SHAM! Do they (the politicians) think we are that STUPID.

We are not in the rural south any longer. We have to build adequate mass transit train and connector trains to intra_metro Atalnta systems but this time no Racial payoffs to the Negroes like the spur line on Marta.

Let's get our moneys worth this time

By A Transplant

Jun 30, 2008 4:14 PM | Link to this

Jake - The transplants have been kicking your butt around for 150 years now. Get used to it already. We're what has made Atlanta as successful as it is! By "createing" (spell much?) a transportation tax for transplants, I guess we'd have to hit up everybody but the Native Americans...

By Jake

Jun 30, 2008 3:00 PM | Link to this

Pay for it by createing a transplant tax for people who live in Atlanta, but were not born in Georgia.

By Leah

Jun 30, 2008 2:04 PM | Link to this

FREE ADVICE:

EXPAND MARTA - Light rail, heavy rail, express and local buses through all metro-area counties.

HOW DO WE PAY FOR IT? Raise taxes - 2 cent metro-area splost, issue bonds, and state funding.

Now how difficult was that???
Some of the ideas for funding may not be feasible, but at least it's a start and it didn't cost 2.5 mil.

Ditto Milton Jeff @ 11:19 AM!

By Jake

Jun 30, 2008 12:51 PM | Link to this

Free Solution:

Don't let yankee transplants move here. Northern transplants are the reason for the traffic problems.

By Jason

Jun 30, 2008 12:50 PM | Link to this

I'm surprised that the window of opportunity is limited in scope to only 10 years! Consider the palms to be greased; the shear number of fiefdoms to be dealt with; the problem of satisfying the major constituencies; the racial issues; the lack of foresight in the first place, ad nauseum...
I'm a tad over 60 and if I live 25 more years I will still be reading about this...guaranteed! It just ain't gonna happen. All the studies, all the jaw flapping, all the gnashing of teeth, etc., etc., will go on forever.
I moved to Atlanta 32 years ago and the same (albeit toned down)gum-flapping was going on about Atlanta's traffic. Now there are 3 million more souls here and 5-times the problem. Who wants to challenge me on this?
Jason in Duluth