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[Urban Traveler @AtlantaMatthew]

@nathandaven @AtlantaBeltline @andreforatlanta @beltlinerailnow Outrageous. @AtlantaBeltline what is happening?

[Urban Traveler @AtlantaMatthew]

@KeishaBottoms Vile, viler, vilest.

[Urban Traveler @AtlantaMatthew]

@cardenonwheels Can you get a video of the place where the streecar travels above the fountain?

[Urban Traveler @AtlantaMatthew]

@HowEPhil True, and don’t forget that the statistics both for the actual and the image you show include a BRT lane which moves even more per hour and reaches people who cannot or will not bike, and bikers who wish to be seated and protected from the elements when that is their choice.

[Urban Traveler @AtlantaMatthew]

@HowEPhil Standard!

[Darin Givens @atlurbanist]

Friendly debate about Beltline rail between the the group advocating for it (Beltline Rail Now) and against it (I've forgotten their name... doesn't really matter).

You can read the transcript or watch the video. Or ignore it and just build the train.

https://t.co/s9RodPl9zn

[Urban Traveler @AtlantaMatthew]

@the_transit_guy And….without a single fatality.

[GSU Law Review @GSULawReview]

Matthew Rao, Chair of @beltlinerailnow, and Walter Brown, President of @BATransit, recently joined the Georgia State University Law Review and Professor @AnthonyMKreis for a conversation about their competing visions for Beltline rail. Full conversation out tomorrow...

[Andy @Shenanigans_ATL]

Mayor @andreforatlanta said "We do not have support for MARTA nor will we have support for the Beltline...it’s all in the fare box""

Where is the fare box recovery for this $24M?

[Test Chamber Defect @LathburyJason]

The story of the Atlanta Streetcar's ridership is one largely of service cuts and a bad fare system. The data bears this out.

Not to say we shouldn't improve land use, but neither should we let land use mask actionable changes that could have much more immediate impact.

[Urban Traveler @AtlantaMatthew]

@LathburyJason Great data Jason! The downtown streetcar is easily fixed with the ideas you put forward and a few more. State of the art vehicles themselves as the fleet expands with the route are part of the answer too.

[Urban Traveler @AtlantaMatthew]

@mwgarbett Matt, you were and are right- the Streetcar East Extension only works if the project it extends- the Downtown Streetcar- is fixed. It’s been the plan to build light rail on the BeltLine on the Eastside Trail first. It will happen. BRN is working for both. https://t.co/IaETCyR85I

[Urban Traveler @AtlantaMatthew]

@LathburyJason The problem with this idea is that the difference (200 million dollars) will not in any way come from the FTA because they would either match for light rail or BRT but not the difference to be used on any items relating to the community improvements and road improvements.

[Ryan Gravel @ryangravel]

The trail is great, but transit makes the @AtlantaBeltLine for EVERYONE... thanks @DougShip @DougShipman4Atl

[Urban Traveler @AtlantaMatthew]

@jaravis @jilltucker Great work!

[Urban Traveler @AtlantaMatthew]

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[Urban Traveler @AtlantaMatthew]

@SKIBUMSAlert I should not be on this trip alert list.

[Urban Traveler @AtlantaMatthew]

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