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Atlanta Streetcar problems 'critical and must be corrected'

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Atlanta Streetcar problems 'critical and must be corrected'
Posted by rdamon on Wednesday, September 30, 2015 9:13 AM

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/morning_call/2015/09/atlanta-streetcar-problems-critical-and-must-be.html

"Since spring, WSB has reported about drivers without proper licenses, a driver fired following a major accident, the jailing of a driver for an outstanding arrest warrant and the firing or resignation of nearly all top managers."

 TV Story

http://www.wsbtv.com/videos/news/federal-transportation-to-not-take-over-streetcar/vDbsJn/

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Posted by oltmannd on Wednesday, September 30, 2015 2:10 PM

Yeah.  Just lovely.  Add in some scheduling stupidity - the cars wait so long at each end of the run that it's useless go try to ride through - walking is faster - and a route that doesn't go quite far enough west to really hit the tourist market, and you have...

Something that is still pretty decent!

They really need to buckle down and sort these things out, though.  A lot is at stake.  An angry mayor and an involved and compotent MARTA CEO should do the trick.

-Don (Random stuff, mostly about trains - what else? http://blerfblog.blogspot.com/

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