I would be delighted to see a fast commuter rail system that is designed to link the education centers of Georgia out with the neighboring states. So a fast link that goes through Athens en route between Mobile AL, LaGrange GA, Macon and South Carolina, a link up station joining a multi-state run that includes Savannah, the GSU Observatory in Rutledge, the University collection around Morehouse, West Ga College and on the Alabama, a northern line that grabs from Jacksonville FL up through Ga Tech, Ga Poly, west of Cedartown, east of Rome, through Dalton up to a major Chattanooga edu center. The hard line is the upper east-west for the north GA area due to terrain (so it should be built first!) that would join Greenville, Dalonegha, Dalton and Huntsville. stations near the schools and any where the lines cross. Reasonable ticket prices and discounts for students through their school.<br>
<br>and trains MUST have loads of free wireless bandwidth and let people eat and drink (within reason) on the trains. I can see starbucks setting up stands at stations (or maybe a better coffee co?) and maybe (this is the bible belt so I'm not holding my breath) beer and wine. Seating is in quads (pairs of seats face each other) so a group of friends can interact en route.<br>
<br>If the lines can join with/near research centers like CDC and major libraries and art facilities even better. Last bit is to have a trolley or some sort that circles schools past walking distance from stations to get students/faculty to station just before departure times.<br>
<br>Just my edu-transport fantasy....<br><br>And the trains are controlled by real-time Linux systems!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Paul Cartwright <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ale@pcartwright.com">ale@pcartwright.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On Sat July 10 2010, Larry Johnson wrote:<br>
> Even in its current damaged form MARTA is not a bad system from my intown<br>
> POV. And since it has the most flexible train/bicycle policy I've ever<br>
> seen in a transit system I can usually make very good time by patching the<br>
> gaps by cycling rather than the bus.<br>
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</div>bring it out here to Athens!!<br>
when I moved here from DC ( massive metro system), I couldn't believe I had to<br>
drive 20 miles in from Conyers just to GET to a Marta station, what a waste!<br>
they expanded I-20 to 4-lanes all the way out to Covington, but forgot to<br>
extend Marta out past Indian Creek.. they should have put a Marta line right<br>
in the MIDDLE of I-20 all the way out!<br>
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