
It would be patently unfair to compare ATL to NYC, where everything in the city seems to be have greater than 9 transit stops within walking distance. But even a city noted for sprawl like L.A. seems to do a much better job with transit, certainly within the core city.
Also, the fact that James has had such a good experience with MARTA might have something to do with the fact that there are 4 to 9 transit routes within walking distance of his house. I have to admit that I hardly ever use MARTA, although I have in the past. The fact that there are only 2 routes (the 16 and the 45, I think) within walking distance of my place might affect this.
This also brings me to something I was reminded of the other day when chatting with James. When I was at U of M, I took the AATA to class every day when I lived where I couldn't walk. I took the bus even in the dead of winter when I had to jump over brown snow drifts on the side of the street to get to the bus stop. I started taking the AATA because it was free for U of M students, and all I had to do was flash my ID card. Surely GSU could work something like this out with MARTA, right?
great map.
ReplyDeletethere are quite a few routes near my house (although a lot of them 107, 34, 6) go down moreland within a few minutes of each other so functionally they are just one.
also there is only one route within walking distance of my office.
i think the real trick to being successful with marta is planning.
either way, that same map for metro london would look totally different and a ton more connected. maybe someday we could get there, but in order to the state is going to have to step up.