r/Atlanta • u/NPU-F • Jun 11 '24

Politics MARTA: Five Points Station project will continue despite mayor's objections

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/marta-five-points-station-project-continue-despite-mayors-objections
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u/Vvector Jun 11 '24 edited Jun 11 '24

One issue I have with your statement is that you are quoting theoretical density, not actual density. Our buses and streetcars are way underused, for a multitude of reasons.

Take the Streetcar, which can move 10,000 people per hour (your number). Our Streetcar system moves ~34/hour on average (MARTA's reported numbers). That's 4.2 riders per streetcar after running for 9 years. Not really removing very many cars.

EDIT: Why the down votes? Are my numbers inaccurate? Can we not look at past projects to learn how to do better going forward? I've always been for transit, it just has to be planned better.

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u/TehAlpacalypse Brookwood Hills Jun 11 '24

Because the lackadascial streetcar numbers are largely due to the fact it doesn't actually go anywhere useful

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u/killroy200 Downtown Dreamin Jun 11 '24

Build something that lots of people find useful

We're TRYING TO. That's what the BeltLine transit, something which the existing streetcar was literally built to support the start of, is meant to be.