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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.
Amtrak has signaled interest in recent years to reestablish Atlanta as a true railroad hub, with an octopus of routes to Charlotte, Nashville, Macon, Montgomery, Birmingham, Savannah, and other cities.
I would love to see better Amtrak service in Atlanta
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
Amtrak should put tracks down the median of every interstate with signs saying “you could skip this traffic if you took the train” every time a train passes highway congestion.
A great video explaining why “revolutionary” transit ideas should usually just be trains. And why the wealthy are in a bad position to come up with transit solutions in general.
Elon Musk Has Some Bad Ideas for Mass Transit. We Have Solutions.