[ale] Linux Sys Admin needed

Jim Popovitch jimpop at yahoo.com
Thu Jun 15 14:02:28 EDT 2006


Paul Cartwright wrote:
> DC has the same type matra trains, called Metro there. They had ( when 
> I left in 1991) over 115 miles of tracks for the subway, about 5 
> different rail lines. If this was DC, the marta would be all the way 
> out to Kennesaw. Rockdale county not only doesn't have buses, you have 
> to drive 20 miles to get to the nearest marta train station. Of course 
> in DC it was $7 round trip every day, back then.. You get what you pay 
> for, and I see Mr. Campbell is going to pay :)

I too have spent some of my years in DC, and DC *does* have Mass Transit 
done right.  Compare these Train two system maps:

DC Metro:
http://www.wmata.com/metrorail/systemmap.cfm

Atlanta:
http://www.itsmarta.com/getthere/schedules/index-rail.htm

It would take 20 years for Atlanta to catch up.  Which 
Mayor/Governor/Politician is going to invest time like that?

-Jim P.




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