Commissioners Get First Look at Transit Study
Alternatives for the Northwest Transit Corridor include light rail and the expansion of bus services from Cobb County to Downtown Atlanta.
The Cobb Board of Commissioners were briefed on the progress of a transit alternatives analysis presented by Connect Cobb, a project of the Cobb County Department of Transportation, during their Tuesday morning meeting in Marietta. The $1.8 million study, performed principally by Croy Engineering, looked at the best possible ways to establish a mass transit conduit from Acworth to Midtown. The presentation outlined several different mass-transit scenarios, including light rail, express service in HOV or managed lanes on Interstate 75, and a bus rapid transit (BRT) proposal. All proposals have the goal of extending rapid transit options from Cobb County to the existing mass transit systems inside Atlanta. Cities involved in the new transit…
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Dutch Weiner
10:44 am on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Mass transit does not do anything but bring cheap housing and crime. Just ask the merchants at Lenox Square Mall how things changed when MARTA was brought to the mall. If you value the quality of life here in East Cobb, you better make sure the commissioners know that we do not want any rail lines anywhere near our part of the county. If you do not know how to reach your commissioner, look here … more ›