[ale] Linux Sys Admin needed
Jim Popovitch
jimpop at yahoo.com
Thu Jun 15 14:02:28 EDT 2006
Paul Cartwright wrote:
> DC has the same type matra trains, called Metro there. They had ( when
> I left in 1991) over 115 miles of tracks for the subway, about 5
> different rail lines. If this was DC, the marta would be all the way
> out to Kennesaw. Rockdale county not only doesn't have buses, you have
> to drive 20 miles to get to the nearest marta train station. Of course
> in DC it was $7 round trip every day, back then.. You get what you pay
> for, and I see Mr. Campbell is going to pay :)
I too have spent some of my years in DC, and DC *does* have Mass Transit
done right. Compare these Train two system maps:
DC Metro:
http://www.wmata.com/metrorail/systemmap.cfm
Atlanta:
http://www.itsmarta.com/getthere/schedules/index-rail.htm
It would take 20 years for Atlanta to catch up. Which
Mayor/Governor/Politician is going to invest time like that?
-Jim P.
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