It is taped, almost professional quality, perfect angle, and ‘crazy girl’ did not put her freak on the videographer.

You’ve got to be kidding, right? Without Atlanta, Georgia would be Alabama or, worse, Mississippi. With comments like that, I can’t even take anything else you have to say seriously.

And, by the way, on the video, where in the hell are they going that the train never seems to make a stop?

Figure that out and do the same thing.

From time to time, there are people who you’d wish were not on board. MARTA should have one cop on every train all the time but they don’t.

Otherwise, the biggest hassles are the poor condition of the trains, the inevitable delays resulting from the shoddy trains and rotten management in general.

And MSBassSinger is a fool.

What? C’mon! Let’s bring back Dallas Austin and his jiving “Come to Atlanta” tunes. We’ve got all the money in the world to shove to any PR effort anyone wants!

C’mon, Spacey! Support your fellow liberal Democrat female leader!

MARTA works for me on airport runs or any stop on the line in between. I will continue to use MARTA and if I saw a ‘crazy girl’ scenario here’s what I would do:

Note the ID # of the train car and quietly get out of the car with the commotion, moving toward the FRONT of the train. Once in the car with the OPERATOR, use the intercom to report the incident, giving the car ID #, if possible.

Yeah, I know you are not supposed to move from car to car, but that is what I would do.

The MARTA police are pretty stout, they will respond.

I have noticed an increase in panhandling onboard MARTA, that needs to be STOPPED.

Gate crashers declined since the new faregates are installed, but I still see folks ‘piggy-backing’ in behind farepayers.

A successful, safe MARTA is ABSOLUTELY
CRITICAL to the region. This video reinforces a largely incorrect notion that MARTA is unsafe.

We can see that ‘crazy girl’ is under warrant, this type of behaviour is both unusual and quickly resolved.

http://overseasrailroad.railfan.net/dream.htm

Talk about a tycoon?

Big oil and big railroads

I still wish I had a way to get to Atlanta by rail. I am convinced that lots of folks would go back and forth and make good use of the service.

The car service on the Shinkansen is great. Food, drinks and this and that. You can bring all of your own party supplies as well.

I took a train from Tokyo to, well, I don’t know the name of the place I was going but everyone on the train was going to the same place, a spring flower festival. Many on the train had adult beverages and snacks and food and were having a real party.

Here are some photos to where we were going.
http://savannahnow.com/node/474018

The rail service in Japan does a lot for commerce all over the country. They advertise ski, spa, sight seeing destinations at almost all of the stations. Indeed, I (with the help of my girlfriend) book ski trips, spa trips, other pleasure trips as well as business trips with accommodations at the stations.

You should learn about this state. First of all, most Georgians do not live in metro Atlanta,

The Census Bureau disagrees with you. In 2007, the population of the 28-county metro Atlanta area was estimated at just under 5.3 million. Also in 2007, the population of the whole state of Georgia was estimated at 9.5 million.

So roughly 55% of Georgians live in the metro Atlanta area. In other words: most.

You should learn about this state. First of all, most Georgians do not live in metro Atlanta, and unfortuantely they pay taxes for things they do not benefit from. As one who has lived in and out of metro Atlanta, I can tell you, Atlanta is, overall, a drain on the state. Over 1/2 of the state’s GDP is created outside of metro Atlanta.

Second, the fuel taxes paid by farmers, manufacturers, and truckers, most of whom do not reside in metro Atlanta, pay far more in fuel taxes than you imagine.

Third, I never said roads were not a proper place for government. From the earliest days of the US, government built roads. Obviously, that wasn’t considered unConstitutional. The Interstate Highway system was built for the Dept. of Defense as much as it was the use of the general public.

I am against the government building and subsidizing unwanted mass transit for the benefit of the few at the expense of the many so liberals can feel good about it.

For example, Lincoln first broke the mold by getting the federal government to subsidize the building of a transcontinental railroad. After the war of Northern Agression, Great Northern Railroad accomplished the same thing (building a transcontinental railroad) with no government assistance, financial or otherwise. They did it in less time, for less money, and over harsher terrain. Unfortunatley, Lincoln had already let the “big government” cat out of the bag.

I do see a role for government in facilitating the building and operation of roads, bridges, airports, etc. When you look at the early years of this country, government took care of such things (well, except airports, of course). But local commuter rail lines just don’t fall into that category.

And, of course, look at how wonderful a job the government has done by creating Amtrack.

IMHO, the only role government should have in facilitating public transportation is to get out of the way of the private sector so they can meet the demand, if and when it exists.

Do us all a favor and stay off the steroids. Who do you think paid for that road that “carried you” to the gym? The Acme Free Market Road Building Company? Did the tax fairly come along and say, “poof this road is free!” We all paid for it when we bought gasoline. Guess where most of the gas tax money comes from in Georgia? Metro Atlanta. Do you think that money stays in Metro Atlanta to be used on our roads and bridges? Hell, no. DOT is busy building you a better fourlane to Go Fish. So next time your driving to your favorite government stocked, fishing hole, and using the government paid for boat ramp; why don’t you ponder over who is subsidising your beer drinking fishing experience.

Well Steve, it is a very visible crack problem.

What is clear to me, as a self-admitted Democrat, is a Giuliani-style crackdown on such behavior. Atlanta won’t do this, though, and the whining if it happens will cause most of the ATL’s eardrums to explode.

Well, that… and they’re too busy worrying about whether people’s pants are too baggy instead.

Please name one cliche that is not a cliche because it is true, and one non sequitor where the conclusion does not logically follow from the supposition.

I’ll check back after I go to the gym.

Get government out of the way, and allow the private sector to provide solutions, and then you’ll have answers that work.