Comments for Georgians For Passenger Rail http://www.georgiarail.org Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:13:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Comment on Click for Full Public Meeting Schedule by Gordon Kenna http://www.georgiarail.org/uncategorized/regional-roundtable-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-5434 Gordon Kenna Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:13:53 +0000 http://www.georgiarail.org/?p=258#comment-5434 Isaac, Thanks for your interest. Please call me sometime today or tomorrow at (404) 885-7807, or (404) 643-1168 and let's discuss. Gordon Isaac,
Thanks for your interest. Please call me sometime today or tomorrow at (404) 885-7807, or (404) 643-1168 and let’s discuss.

Gordon

]]> Comment on Click for Full Public Meeting Schedule by Isaac Eferighe http://www.georgiarail.org/uncategorized/regional-roundtable-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-5433 Isaac Eferighe Mon, 14 Nov 2011 07:17:55 +0000 http://www.georgiarail.org/?p=258#comment-5433 Please, how can I participate by spreading the word, contacting our local politicians and talking to neighbors and friends? I will like to be an ambassador of this great dream. Please, how can I participate by spreading the word, contacting our local politicians and talking to neighbors and friends? I will like to be an ambassador of this great dream.

]]> Comment on Click for Full Public Meeting Schedule by Isaac Eferighe http://www.georgiarail.org/uncategorized/regional-roundtable-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-2878 Isaac Eferighe Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:14:15 +0000 http://www.georgiarail.org/?p=258#comment-2878 The Atlanta-Macon communuter rail project will definitely bring a lot of economic activity to the area. Especially when the Savannah Port is being ranked as the second in the nation. In my opinion, the Commuter Rail should go from Atlanta to Savannah and that will be a good thing for the State of Georgia and the whole South Eastern Region. The Atlanta-Macon communuter rail project will definitely bring a lot of economic activity to the area. Especially when the Savannah Port is being ranked as the second in the nation.

In my opinion, the Commuter Rail should go from Atlanta to Savannah and that will be a good thing for the State of Georgia and the whole South Eastern Region.

]]> Comment on 9 Reasons Why Rail Transit Makes Sense for Metro Atlanta by Terry Bond http://www.georgiarail.org/uncategorized/9-reasons-why-rail-transit-makes-sense-for-metro-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-236 Terry Bond Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:04:06 +0000 http://www.georgiarail.org/?p=401#comment-236 Excellent set of points! However I don't think enough focus has been put on point #6. The claim by the Roundtable that the Transportation Investment Act has 55% going to transit is political double-speak. When you 'follow the money,' a 22% investment in transit means that we're still planning on automobile dependence for the next 15-20 years. I don't think we can make the Connector wide enough to handle that and continue to grow. Atlanta claims to want to be a world-class city, but seems unwilling or unable to make the shift in thinking required to actually rise to the challenge. Excellent set of points! However I don’t think enough focus has been put on point #6.

The claim by the Roundtable that the Transportation Investment Act has 55% going to transit is political double-speak. When you ‘follow the money,’ a 22% investment in transit means that we’re still planning on automobile dependence for the next 15-20 years. I don’t think we can make the Connector wide enough to handle that and continue to grow.

Atlanta claims to want to be a world-class city, but seems unwilling or unable to make the shift in thinking required to actually rise to the challenge.

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