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Priorities and distractions
The AJC breathlessly reported that BRN supporters recently turned up at a MARTA Board meeting to denounce the board’s decision to cancel the Eastside Beltline streetcar.
How vast was this protest? A whopping 20 speakers, or 0.0037% of the city’s population, who proceeded to yell at MARTA Board members and accuse them of selling out to Big Oil, a group that I’m sure was just in a panic about a two-mile-long streetcar extension.
Mobility progress on yet another front: Trails ATL
The city’s come up with a long-awaited plan to build some 500 miles of bike and walking trails. Trails ATL is just the latest in a spate of initiatives that could finally address our mobility issues.
Beltline streetcar grass track adds incremental cost
Putting lipstick on a pig can be a bit of challenge. But it won’t break the bank. That’s our takeaway from a June report by a MARTA consultant on a proposal to use a grass track bed for the Beltline streetcar.
Don’t let a streetcar roll over the Beltline Arboretum
Trees Atlanta’s Beltline Arboretum has a won praise as an ecosystem restoration project. Now, it’s threatened by the Beltline Streetcar.