TSPLOST story time
It’s been a little while since we’ve discussed the TSPLOST and I think it’s time we take a look at the train wreck that’s coming towards us. In case you forgot, or don’t spend as much time thinking...
View ArticleSubsidies, Traffic Congestion, and Giving Back
So it appears that with the release of the latest TSPLOST list is beginning to bring out the anti-transit campaign. Not that they weren’t there before, now they just feel they have something tangible...
View ArticleTeaSPLOST
Every morning I wake up and the first thing I do is check my e-mail and my poor inbox is always slammed with news articles from the different news services that I subscribe to, and the infuriating...
View ArticlePatience
Finally some sense out of Cobb County and the MJD! I know that the blasphemous comments being made at some of these anti-TSPLOST meetings, and on so many comment boards do not generally represent the...
View ArticleMoving Beyond the Congestion Argument
We have been trying to solve traffic congestion for as long as cars have been around. We have tried adding more lanes, and quickly learned what induced traffic was. We have tried spreading out so...
View ArticleSurvey: 100% of Facts Think anti-TSPLOST Advocates are Wrong
I wanted to write something happy today. I had found an interesting little list of things you tend to do when you don’t own a car in Atlanta and it made me all happy and amused and I really wanted to...
View ArticlePolitical Divides and the Art of Accomplishing Absolutely Nothing
It is no surprise that I am a big supporter of TSPLOST. But not for political reasons. I do not support it because I identify myself with one party or another. There are no undertones of political...
View ArticlePriorities
I am by no means the first to propose the idea of using the City of Atlanta’s hotel/motel tax to fund transportation in this city. Even Kyle Wingfield, who I have many of troubles agreeing with what...
View ArticleHappy Anniversary!
Today marks the one year anniversary that we were one of only a handful of communities in America that said no to improving transportation in 2012. Last August I thought we were taking a massive step...
View ArticleAutomobiles: the AR15s of the road
Last week, Georgia Voice ran the following, anti-bike opinion piece by radio personality Melissa Carter: Melissa Carter: Cars aren’t the problem with share the road Whenever I am stuck in traffic, I...
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