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Finding the benefit of
BeltLine rail
EDITOR'S
NOTE
Collin Kelley
When Ryan Gravel first envisioned the Atlanta BeltLine
in 1999, light rail was a main component. When the BeltLine
miraculously began construction seven years later, room was left for
the tracks on the main stretches of the trail.
Now that it’s time to start laying track on the Eastside Trail,
there has been a bewildering mix of surprise and anger from home
and business owners along the corridor. Judging from comments
made at public forums, many thought rail on the BeltLine was a
pipedream.
The extension of the Atlanta Streetcar from Downtown to
Ponce City Market has gone over like a lead balloon with many —
even those in favor of rail on the BeltLine. And I totally understand why.
If you’ve ridden the streetcar, you’ll know that it’s empty most days and costs a fortune
to maintain. But I do feel bad for the streetcar. It was built to be extended but has just
been circling the core of Downtown for nearly a decade.
Now, there’s an opportunity to make the streetcar a mode of transportation that people
will use, but the disruption to city streets and the trail itself are going to be a serious issue
when construction begins.
Don’t get me wrong —
I’m a proponent of transit
on the BeltLine, but I’ve
also wondered about
alternatives. Something less
expensive, less “bulky.”
I was scrolling through
YouTube last week and
found the fantastic footage
Thomas Edison took of
the moving sidewalk built
for the Paris Universal
Exposition in 1900 (the same year the Eiffel Tower made its debut).
“Le trottoir” was the first iteration of what is now standard in airport terminals, but its
little handholds and the gentle glide past some of Paris’ greatest wonders made it seem like
a charming alternative.
Of course, Paris ditched the moving sidewalk, and something tells me it would be a
constant maintenance battle to keep it clean and running here in Atlanta in this day and
age.
Some opponents of the streetcar on the BeltLine suggested small autonomous shuttle
buses like the Beep that runs in Peachtree Corners. MARTA dismissed that idea out of
hand, but I think it had some merit.
My hope is that once this first extension is done and folks see the benefit, they’ll be
more on board. My advice to MARTA and the City of Atlanta is to listen to the concerns
of residents who live along the route, address their inconveniences and complaints in a
timely way, and get this extension done as quickly and efficiently as possible.
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