Atlanta Beltline

[dante2308]

Originally Posted by atl2phx

jesus christ....would you give it a effing break?

you're the only one here that's rehashing the same old line like you're stuck on replay.

NO ONE, and i repeat NO ONE, has EVER made the declaration on this thread that "the dadgum light rail thingy dingy" is the "silver bullet" or "salvation of mankind".

on the contray, your continued postings (which are rehashed from the same crap you said the day before) are overly dramatic and they're basically trolling comments.....this is a thread about the beltline.

NO ONE is advocating light rail, the beltline or any other form of alternate transit be run down every street, the project is what it is.....a 22 mile loop of transit so give it a fucking break. there are those of us who advocate and support alternate modes of transportation....if you don't agree....let it be.

we ALL get your position....it's T I R E D.

I know this was directed at cybele, but for the record I support transit, the Beltline, and high speed rail in case that wasn't clear. My point is that it isn't a zero sum game was we should approach this with a focus on what is best, not what is ideologically pure.

I would rather talk about a comprehensive plan in the transit thread. On the Beltline I will say that I support the community's will to create it and I do not support the overreach from the GDOT.

Speaking directly to you atlphx, there isn't a need to segregate the conversations and because someone isn't anti-car doesn't mean that they aren't pro-transit or alternate means of transportation. Each mode has a place and a use and each mode has room for improvement. I wont tell you that you have to acknowledge that, but I am more than a little tired of people treating car drivers as if they are an unmitigated evil. You are taking 1990's urbanism way beyond its purpose and its time.

Between 1990 and 2010 the world changed quite a bit. It is time to reevaluate our urban theories and plan for 2020 and 2030 instead of treating people who's ideas evolve as demons to be exiled.

Also for the record I'm as liberal as they come.