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The transport system requires dedicated lanes, such as elevated platforms, and uses small, diagonal pullouts for loading and unloading.
The most game-changing part of this is not the autonomous vehicles nor the “less of an eyesore” infrastructure, it’s the dedicated lanes. Why can Atlanta dedicate lanes for a pilot and not for Marta buses?
Shipman added: “If we are serious about mass transit, rail is the only viable solution. I’m convinced it will work. Atlanta is better off competitively leaning into being a city and not being a suburb.”
Doug Shipman with the facts! More solid quotes from Doug in the article.
So, the question is whether we will offer residents transportation alternatives, especially in areas with the greatest population density.
This is the crux of the issue. We, as a metro-area, must give people true transportation alternatives to cars.
We’ve seen…increased road congestion that the BeltLine was always meant to relieve. Density makes sense along a transit corridor, but take away this key ingredient and you’re left with a linear park for the privileged few, which was never the intention.
Atlanta needs more transit and fewer people trying to pull the ladder up behind them.
With 11 lines and 90 proposed stations, ATL Trains is a vision for a Comprehensive, Connected, Financially Feasible regional rail system for the entire Atlanta Region and its 5+ million residents, and it leverages much of our existing freight rail network to make it happen.
I could not be more excited to see additional movement on this. When the ATL Trains document came out in January I told everyone about it. I would love to see this vision become a reality. h/t Saporta Report