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Originally Posted by Atlanta3000
Just so we are clear, I am a moron with respect to this subject (and several others, but that is neither here nor there).
So are you and the others saying without a MMPT we cannot have Commuter rail service? There is no way to incorporate Commuter rail into our existing infrastructure/MARTA stations? Therefore, without a MMPT Cobb and Gwinnett cannot have Commuter rail?
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We could expand the existing HRT system (and should to certain parts of Gwinnett and Cobb at the least), but generally the commuter rail would be leveraging different rail lines for even greater extents. Commuter is generally 10+ miles out and anywhere from 30-well over 100mph.
IMO, if Atlanta does commuter rail, I hope we do it right with newer/more efficient technologies. Would be yet another draw from other regions of the US, where their infrastructure is older and in disrepair ours could be some of the newest/best in the country.