Saturday, May 15, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
C-Tran-- Major Loss for many..
The county commissioners who voted 4-1 to shut it down say paying to run it should be the state's job.
Clearly the state says its the county.
From Ajc: Ariel Hart
Caught in the middle are the passengers, 65 percent of whom say they have no access to a car. Interviews with bus passengers this month showed a section of the metro population that faces life-changing consequences from loss of transportation. They called it "a tragedy. They called it "crazy." Some were spending big sums to break leases and move near MARTA. Some expected to lose their jobs. Others conceded that they simply were at a loss as to what to do.
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Clayton County pulled the plug on its bus system in spite of the fact that local transit has traditionally been led by local government. In Georgia, 127 counties and towns run some form of transit, from big-city trains down to small-town on-call shuttles, according to the state Department of Transportation. Special transit for the handicapped and medical visits might survive, but come May Clayton will be the only one of metropolitan Atlanta's five core counties without any regular local transit.
A bill that passed the state House Friday 142-14 would allow Clayton to join MARTA. But Clayton County commission Vice Chairman Wole Ralph, who voted to cancel the service, said he had "a lot of concerns," including that Clayton funding might bail out cash-strapped MARTA. It would require both a county referendum and a vote of the commission, according to MARTA's general counsel.
Todd Long, Georgia DOT's planning director, explained that the state doesn't help pay for operations because "all successful transit systems in the country tend to be driven by local desires and local goals." Gov. Sonny Perdue said earlier this year he did not know of anything the state could do to save C-Tran.
What is it you think of it?
Clearly the state says its the county.
From Ajc: Ariel Hart
Caught in the middle are the passengers, 65 percent of whom say they have no access to a car. Interviews with bus passengers this month showed a section of the metro population that faces life-changing consequences from loss of transportation. They called it "a tragedy. They called it "crazy." Some were spending big sums to break leases and move near MARTA. Some expected to lose their jobs. Others conceded that they simply were at a loss as to what to do.
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Clayton County pulled the plug on its bus system in spite of the fact that local transit has traditionally been led by local government. In Georgia, 127 counties and towns run some form of transit, from big-city trains down to small-town on-call shuttles, according to the state Department of Transportation. Special transit for the handicapped and medical visits might survive, but come May Clayton will be the only one of metropolitan Atlanta's five core counties without any regular local transit.
A bill that passed the state House Friday 142-14 would allow Clayton to join MARTA. But Clayton County commission Vice Chairman Wole Ralph, who voted to cancel the service, said he had "a lot of concerns," including that Clayton funding might bail out cash-strapped MARTA. It would require both a county referendum and a vote of the commission, according to MARTA's general counsel.
Todd Long, Georgia DOT's planning director, explained that the state doesn't help pay for operations because "all successful transit systems in the country tend to be driven by local desires and local goals." Gov. Sonny Perdue said earlier this year he did not know of anything the state could do to save C-Tran.
What is it you think of it?
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