[ale] Linux Sys Admin needed

H. A. Story adrin at bellsouth.net
Thu Jun 15 21:00:18 EDT 2006


Jim Popovitch wrote:

>Paul Cartwright wrote:
>  
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>>DC has the same type matra trains, called Metro there. They had ( when 
>>I left in 1991) over 115 miles of tracks for the subway, about 5 
>>different rail lines. If this was DC, the marta would be all the way 
>>out to Kennesaw. Rockdale county not only doesn't have buses, you have 
>>to drive 20 miles to get to the nearest marta train station. Of course 
>>in DC it was $7 round trip every day, back then.. You get what you pay 
>>for, and I see Mr. Campbell is going to pay :)
>>    
>>
>
>I too have spent some of my years in DC, and DC *does* have Mass Transit 
>done right.  Compare these Train two system maps:
>
>DC Metro:
>http://www.wmata.com/metrorail/systemmap.cfm
>
>Atlanta:
>http://www.itsmarta.com/getthere/schedules/index-rail.htm
>
>It would take 20 years for Atlanta to catch up.  Which 
>Mayor/Governor/Politician is going to invest time like that?
>
>-Jim P.
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Wow,  I just looked at that.   Marta's webpage still sucks.   Can't seem 
to do a direction search.  And when did they add the $1.00 surcharge for 
Braves and HiFi  Shuttles?

Adrin




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