AJC column puts focus on actual Beltline rail issues

Old Fourth Ward resident Jay Miller put the focus on the actual topic of Beltline rail last week in a column for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The hue and cry about MARTA holding an allegedly secret meeting that led to a halt of planning for Eastside Beltline rail ignores a fundamental question:

Is rail there a bad idea and, if it is, shouldn’t the project be scuttled?

It’s a refreshing take that returns the discussion to the fatally flawed rail scheme — and away from the disputable claim that MARTA secretly nixed the Eastside Beltline.

The answers to Miller’s questions are “yes” and “yes,” of course, and he does a good job of marshalling the reasons. Check out Miller’s column here.