Atlanta & Transit: Once a Leader, Now Lagging

[SNEAKYDIK]

Wow every time I see this video I still can't understand how the State and the surrounding counties stop the growth of Marta. After 15 yrs of living in Atlanta I'm now living in Dallas and riding the Dart rail every day. Soon to be 90 miles of rail. Can't wait to it gets to DFW Airport in 2 yrs.

[powdersprings30127]

When you have poor State support and leadership, poor City leadership, and poor MARTA leadership for a couple of decades in a row, how could it possibly have turned out any better than it did? Three wrongs make... a dud. Maybe we should email the White House and ask the Feds to take over??

[Bryant5493]

Yeah, that's very accurate. MARTA is still going to underserve the Metro area for years to come, because the state's going to refuse to give it state funding. At the very least, all of the Metro counties that use it should give their tax dollars to fund it, not just Fulton and DeKalb.

[rydot]

This is a welcome alternative viewpoint to the all-too-simplistic refrain, "Public Transit in Los Angeles sucks".

So.... thanks for posting this! :)