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World cup? No, CQ400 first public rides

@xTdellx @BanUnsweetTea Thankfully Georgia doesn't have a law like Washington or California for special taxes requiring a 60% vote to pass. Just needs to be over 50%

@BanUnsweetTea Wow, this is so fascinating. I’d be curious how this will perform today. I would assume it will be a lot closer to 50-50 but would expect it to still fail.

There was a huge region wide transit initiative in 2012. I worked on it while I was at the Chamber of Commerce and it went down in every county. Probably the biggest political event over the last 20 years no one talks about

@joshuawx_ It makes the 10 replies like this even funnier 😂

How did I never hear about this

@nebula3lem123 Air force base 🙃 but still a pretty large employment area as many bases are. But yes green to Marietta is probably the single most important extension that should be built. I have it in google but need to add it to subway builder

@PBTBrider green to the airport by smyrna?

Where to next??

@joshuawx_ 🫡🫡🫡

Would you vote for me? City of Atlanta council person 1. Limit tax breaks for all developments lacking 30% affordable housing units. 2. Data center ban within city limits. 3. Utilize Beltline TAD to add benches and restrooms. 4. Require MARTA to construct 10 miles of Beltline rail within 5 years using TAD money. 5. Completion BRT and North Ave BRT. 6. More city events with security measures in place. 7. Build at least 25,000 new affordable housing per year 2 years into my term. 8. Homeless shelters and programs. 9. Youth programs to train them for high-skill trades. 10. Close wealth inequality gap All I could think of off the top of my head.

@aufc_ultra @joshuawx_ Too much development has made that tunnel impossible to use. Best option now would be to extend the line past bankhead to the northwest

@joshuawx_ Also arts center has a line ready to go northwest not sure why that wouldn’t be used over Lindbergh

The closer I look at this, the worse it gets. Long, expensive tunnel portations. The airport area leaves too much up for interpretation. And the green line is too long and lacks many one-seat rides. And these are all too long for heavy rail

@joshuawx_ Lawrenceville "Transit Center"

When we get transit on the ballot, we get straight RideCo slop 17 billion dollars for 0 rail miles of rail. And then have the audacity to say "There's no money for rail." And cherry on top, MARTA would have no part, and a private company would operate the whole thing

@barely_th3re @ATLAreaWx tbh I'd be ok with just extending Marta to truist park. Everything else could get away with a mix of LRT and regional rail

@ATLAreaWx yeah this map has some limited heavy rail expansion (Gold Line Norcross, Hapeville branch, and Blue Line to 285W), but the crazy long light rail is giving LA Metro's A line lol

Would be nice but hyper unrealistic. Also not expanding heavy rail & just replacing them with light rail is certainly a choice

@joshuawx_ When you clearly set distinctions between streetcar and LRT

This is what they really took from us

@StopmeifImlying @moneybastard @JToc33 @EmmyWanKenobi There absolutely is no data that shows "wayward teens" are travelling on marta and then transferring to x number of local buses to cause trouble in your affluent neighborhood

@moneybastard @JToc33 @EmmyWanKenobi You know what's up. There's a belief that allowing young wayward teens from impoverished areas of Atlanta easy access to Milton would cause problems in Milton. I wonder if there's any data that would confirm or disconfirm this notion?

The anger I have towards the classists and racists that continue to vote this down grows every time I pay $40+ for an uber. How are we supposed to be the “New York of the South” without a viable transit system?

@Kam7810 Utah was able to attract Adobe with the promise of extending light rail down there. And like beltline rail, all the bridges and infrastructure exist, but the state has been dragging its feet about it. I wrote about it buildingsaltlake.com/udot-and-silic…

Hey yall, remember when the Atlanta Georgia area lost out on the potential to land the Amazon headquarters? It was supposed to be in the ponce city market area bringing over 25,000 jobs. Clueless governor Nathan deal didn’t know why, but here’s a big reason why. Lack of transit.

@DJSnM What's wild is you can see what looks like debris coming within inches to the camera lens

I slowed down and resynched the engine diagram during the booster engine restart, that's a pretty hard failure that damaged neighbours.

@wanderingdave It's a life changer. But the filters are stupid expensive

Very proud of my new shop vac purchase. #adulting

Genuine question. Why do they still blow up? Wasn't the original plan to recover these and tow them back to land? It would be a great backup/emergency landing option if these could successfully land in water safely.

@wanderingdave @scottew Wow wish I thought about that. My dog is still acting funny with one of her legs from a fall 4 months ago

@scottew Does uploading videos of my dog walking to Gemini so it can analyze his gait count ? lol

How much did you use AI tools in the last week?

@AnalytiKroll @UPS These trucks equitably block car lanes as well on other streets. As long as they are quick about it, it's not that big of a deal. These folks have a tough job and need to be quick. Any bit of hassle/time savings I can empathize with

A @UPS driver was parked in parking spot on 200 S but then decided to block the bike to move half a block closer. After I called him out for parking there, he responds with "Share the road asshole". Truck plate is UT-T475KE and USDOT #021800.

@barely_th3re Once the capital functions of the project are completed. Operational costs are moved to UTA

@barely_th3re A recent transplant from Utah ✋ a few years ago the state legislature mandated that UDOT be in charge of all capital "fixed guideway" transit projects. So far it has produced a noticeable shift in the agency and is delivering huge projects (FrontRunner 2X) It can be done

"their mandate is not transit" disagree. GDOT literally stands for the Georgia Department of TRANSPORTATION. we're in this predicament because GDOT (and the state at large) has refused to leverage modes of transportation other than single occupancy private vehicles.

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