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    News Clips

    3-27-14

    Today's Clips:

    0 MARTA1 Atlanta/Georia Transit/Transportation2 National ! "nternational Transit/Transportation

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    Atlanta/Georia Transit/Transportation

    A#C$ 03-2%-14

    ARC &oard approes ()* &illion transportation plan

    By Andria Simmons

    The Atlanta Regional Commission board on Wednesday passed a $59 billionlong-range transportation plan that maintains existing inrastr!"t!re in the region#hile adding some "ongestion relie.

    The plan taes into a""o!nt the expe"ted transportation spending in the %&-"o!nty metro Atlanta region thro!gh the year '()(. *t no# goes to the +eorgiaRegional Transportation A!thority ,+RTA or approal/ #hi"h #ill liely o""!r

    sometime in April/ beore pro"eeding to the 0ederal 1igh#ay Administration andthe 0ederal Transit Administration or ederal approal.

    2ore than 3( per"ent o the !nding in the plan is needed to maintain existingroads/ bridges and transit systems/ leaing only abo!t $%& billion or expansionbet#een no# and '()(.

    Regional leaders prioriti4ed proe"ts that #ill !n"log the maor bottlene" points/ease "ongestion on heaily traeled arterial roads and add tolled express lanesto interstates or "omm!ters #ho are #illing to pay or a speedier trip. There isalso a $%.) billion list o pedestrian and bi"y"le improements aimed at maing iteasier or people to get aro!nd #itho!t a "ar.

    Abo!t $%' million #as set aside the ne# Atlanta Street"ar/ #hi"h is s"hed!led tobegin operating mid-s!mmer. That #ill "oer abo!t &( per"ent o the irst threeyears o operating "osts.

    The region6s long-term transportation plan is !pdated eery e# years inresponse to !pdated pop!lation and employment ore"asts and "hanging lo"alpriorities that "a!se proe"ts to be delayed or ast-tra"ed. *t #as last !pdated in'(%%. And it #ill hae to be !pdated again in '(%7.

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    +,.ead at$ 03-2%-14

    eatree Road Transportation "proeents pen o,se April 3

    By 1!nt Ar"hibold

    The 8ea"htree Transormationis taing a pedestrian-!nriendly s!b!rban arterialand "reating a sophisti"ated/ attra"tie "omplete streetby adding granite "!rbingand medians/ hard#ood trees/ seasonal "olor lands"aping/ bie lanes/ #ideside#als/ modern lighting/ b!ried !tility lines/ street !rnit!re/ and dedi"ated lett!rn lanes at signaled interse"tions.

    The irst phase o the proe"t #as "ompleted in '((3 and r!ns rom +A )(( toone blo" so!th o 8iedmont Road at 2aple rie. The se"ond phase #as"ompleted in '(%' and r!ns rom 2aple rie to the B!"head C* border atRoxboro Road.

    8hases three and o!r o the 8ea"htree Transormation are "!rrently in thedesign phase and an open ho!se abo!t s!"h #ill be held next #ee. Con"eptsdis"!ssed at last month:s meeting "an be o!nd here.

    A trai" analysis is being perormed to g!ide deelopment o design and model"onditions both #ith and #itho!t potential !t!re road#ay modii"ations. 8hasethree begins at 2aple rie and extends to West Shado#la#n Aen!e.

    This portion o the proe"t is partially !nded #ith an ARC grant and #ill !ndergoa lengthier reie# pro"ess d!e to ederal g!idelines. 8hase o!r begins at WestShado#la#n Aen!e and ends at Sheridan rie. This phase is expe"ted to be"ompletely !nded by priate so!r"es/ allo#ing "onstr!"tion to "ommen"e earlierthan 8hase three.

    Constr!"tion is expe"ted to begin on 8hase o!r in '(%) and 8hase three in'(%5. 8hases three and o!r o the 8ea"htree Transormation are part o a largersystem enhan"ement "alled ;operation improements< o 8ea"htree Roadextending so!th to Spring Street in 2idto#n. The primary goal o the proe"t is tored!"e "rashes by modiying the existing road#ay "ross-se"tion to in"l!dedesignated let-t!rn lanes.

    The proe"t #ill also sere as a primary bie ro!te "onne"ting 2idto#n toB!"head. The +eorgia epartment o Transportation ,+=T is leading theother phases o the proe"t in "oordination #ith the City o Atlanta and 2idto#n

    Allian"e. A #oring gro!p "alled The 8ea"htree Tas 0or"e has been ormed to"oordinate p!bli" inolement and design or the entire "orridor.

    The B!"head Comm!nity *mproement istri"t ,BC* #ill host a p!bli" openho!se to gain eedba"/ present "on"ept dra#ings/ explain the proe"t in detailand see>ans#er ?!estions and "on"erns regarding the ex"iting transormationo 8ea"htree Road rom 2aple rie to Sheridan rie.

    All members o the p!bli" are en"o!raged to attend.

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    Th!rsday @ April / '(%)

    Attendan"e is en"o!raged anytime bet#een 5( p.m. to 3( p.m. at 8ea"htreeRoad nited 2ethodist Ch!r"h,8R2C/ lo"ated at %&( 8ea"htree Road.

    8aring at 8R2C is "onenient. A s!ra"e paring lot ,BDE D=T is

    immediately ada"ent to the "h!r"h lo"ated o 2athieson rie ,t!rn atWendy6s.

    8R2C is also easily a""essible ia 2ARTA b!s ro!te %%(/ #hi"h traels alongthe 8ea"htree Road "orridor.

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    National ! "nternational Transit/Transportation

    National Reiew nline$ 03-27-14

    i. Transit

    By Fames Diles

    S!mmary o a Washington 8ost op-ed in my lo"al paper ;Transit !se remainsdisappointing be"a!se driing is too "heap. o!r-#heels bad. Cars/ ho#eer/ do not go !p the side#al i they #ish/and "ars do not go thro!gh red lights be"a!se they don6t #ant to brea theirmoment!m. B!t some biers I the ideologi"al sort #ho regard eery trip as a"r!sade o "onspi"!o!s righteo!sness I eel !stiied in lo!ting the r!les/be"a!se some driers are ers and "6mon/ man/ "arbon.

    T#o points

    %. *magine a typi"al "ity grid o streets and blo"s. This next part is hard/ so bear#ith me. *magine a street that r!ns parallel to the #ide high-trai" street the "ars

    !se. *magine p!tting !p stop signs so the "ars m!st deer to the possibility obies/ and letting the bies !se the side street as their thoro!ghare. Wo!ldn6tthat be better or allJ = "o!rse not. Separate b!t E?!al.

    '. We hae something !p here in 2inneapolis "alled ;Winter/< #hi"h tass thedetermination o the most aid bierK yo!6ll ind stories abo!t hardy so!ls #hobie to #or in a bli44ard/ #hi"h is lie snoreling d!ring a ts!nami/ and * g!ess#e6re s!pposed to admire their "ommitment to itness and the Earth/ b!t they6rea"t!ally the ex"eption. 2ost people don6t loo o!t the #indo#/ see seen in"heso ne# sno#/ and #onder hmm. rie to #or in a ni"e #arm "ar listening to theradio/ tae the b!s/ or thr!st my #onder!lly toned limbs into a spandex sheathand pedal to #or thro!gh drits !ntil * #ipe o!t and slide !nder a H!onJ

    There are good reasons or biing d!ring a bli44ard/ in"l!ding ;it is the only #ayin a post-apo"alypse so"iety to get to the dispensary #here the last s!pply oantibioti"s is ept/ i the r!mors are tr!e/ so that yo!r "hild may s!rie.< There6salso . . . no/ that6s abo!t it.

    Doo *n my ideal !rban #orld/ * #al o!t the ront door/ a trolley "latters !p/ *s#ing on board/ the "ond!"tor to!"hes his "ap/ and o #e goG B!t this #orld alsore?!ires that * don6t hae a "hild to pi" !p rom s"hool/ an errand to r!n '( milesa#ay/ gro"eries to et"h/ so""er game ater s!pper/ and so on. * do not lie in aE!ropean "ity in a lat the si4e o my "ollege dorm room #ith a ridge that maesR'' loo lie =ptim!s 8rime.

    *n their heyday/ street"ars opened !p distant neighborhoods to "oloni4ation/"reated "ommer"ial nodes #here they pa!sed/ and nit the "ity together #ith"heap ei"ien"y. They also blo"ed trai"/ be"a!se they "o!ldn6t p!ll oerK theyre?!ired an !nsightly latti"e-#or o #ires oer the streetK they #ere draty in the#inter/ and #ent broe be"a!se the "ity reg!lated the ares and ept them "heap

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    !ntil all the blood drained o!t o the "ompany. When the b!ses repla"ed thetrolleys the people #ere happy They #ere ne# and modernK they "o!ld p!ll oerat a stop and let trai" pass. And the #ires #ere gone. 1allel!ahG

    No# the #ires are ba" !p or the light rail. There6s a big p!sh to bring ba"

    street"ars/ #hi"h are !st lie b!ses/ ex"ept they re?!ire iron lines in thepaement and #ires oerhead/ and "an6t be rero!ted. B!t dang/ they loo ine inpromotional bro"h!res and ideos. A millennial #ho might moe here to get a obas a #eb designer at a nonproit loos at those pi"t!res and thins These arethe signs o enlightenment. 8resident =bama himsel paid a isit to a re!rbishedtrain station in neighboring St. 8a!l/ to praise o!r or#ard-looing transit strategy/right on the day they tested a stret"h o the ne# line that lins do#nto#n2inneapolis and St. 8a!l. The "ar derailed. B!t hey. A o!rney o a tho!sandmiles begins #ith a single misstep.L L L

    *n Amsterdam last year/ #e #ere heading ba" rom s!pper to the hotel/ andhailed a "ab. A bla" B2W. 8ristine and gleaming/ imma"!late #ithin and#itho!t. We pa!sed at a light #hile the street"ar passed and the endless streamo b!sted-!p r!sty bies lo#ed past/ and * ased abo!t the enormo!s"onstr!"tion proe"t !nder#ay on the main street.

    The "abbie said it #as a s!b#ay. * #as s!rprised Ho! hae s!"h ex"ellenttrams/ and so many biesK #hy a s!b#ayJ

    1e t!rned aro!nd and gae me a loo o pity and sympathy as i ;#hy< tr!lymatters.

    A billion/ he said. A. Billion. E!ros.

    2inneapolis #ill probably start #or on o!r s!b#ay in '()(/ and *6e no do!bt it#ill in"l!de a "ar to a""ommodate the ')3 people #ho #ant to trot do#n thestairs "arrying a bie. The light rail #ill go here and there and some o thepassengers may a"t!ally pay the are. The street"ars #ill plo!gh the ro!tebet#een the Wareho!se istri"t #here the te"h irms are lo"ated and the denseblo"s #here yo!ng/ single/ "hildless inormation-managers lie. B!ses I #hi"hsere the poor better than any other option I #ill remain the inglorio!s remnanto an era #hen Transit #as a pra"ti"al matter not yet yoed to the ate o theEarth and a "ity6s hip "redibility. Cars #ill be the +aia-strangling m!rder-boxesaored by the selish and the "r!el/ eating !p o!r !t!re/ "oasting along on a reeride. So it #ill be !ntil "ars are banned/ or =!r Betters get their #ay and driingaro!nd to#n to lie yo!r lie is as expensie as taing a Dearet to the gro"erystore.

    * people #ho lie the reedom a "ar proides #ant to mae the "ase or priatetransit/ they6d best thin ho# to start paying their #ay. An ann!al li"ense eeJ

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    1ardly eno!gh. * no# it goes against "onseratie prin"iples/ b!t imaginepaying a tax on gasoline/ #ith the pro"eeds going to roads. * no#/ * no#Comm!nismG B!t at least #e6ll hae something to #hi"h #e may point #hen the"riti"s say "ars get a ree ride.

    Really/ it6s only air. Ho!6re in a "ar/ by yo!rsel/ going #here yo! #ant to go/h!mming along #ith the song on the radio/ a simple and distin"tly Ameri"anexpression o reedom and indiid!ality.

    Ho! o!ght to be ashamed o yo!rsel.

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    "ndy tar$ 03-2%-14

    Mass transit &attle's ne5t stop: &allot &o5es

    By Barb Berggoet4 and Tony Coo

    The ight oer #hether to expand mass transit in Central *ndiana "o!ld be "omingto a ballot box near yo!.

    * oters approe/ it #ill hit yo!r #allet.

    Ater three years o Stateho!se lobbying by lo"al goernment oi"ials and otherba"ers/ +o. 2ie 8en"e signed a bill Wednesday allo#ing six "o!nties to tae

    steps to enlarge their mass transit systems.

    M=!r "apital "ity is a #orld-"lass destination and needs a #orld-"lass transitsystem/M 8en"e said in a statement. MWhile * still hae reserations abo!t thes!stainability o expanded mass transit seri"es/ * signed this bill be"a!se the+eneral Assembly made signii"ant improements d!ring the legislatie pro"ess/bringing to "los!re years o debate on this iss!e.M

    Bill sponsors and many I b!t not all I lo"al oi"ials #ere grate!l that lo"algoernments and "iti4ens "an no# de"ide on the ate o mass transit.

    The la# I s"aled ba" rom its original orm I impa"ts 2arion/ 1amilton/1an"o"/ Fohnson/ ela#are and 2adison "o!nties. They "an no# opt to"ond!"t oter reerend!ms on !nding mass transit proe"ts/ primarily byin"reasing in"ome taxes.

    B!t transit ba"ers say it:s !nliely lo"al goernments #ill moe to bring the iss!eto oters this Noember. 2any expe"t it to tae at least !ntil '(%5 beore oters#ill get a "han"e to #eigh in.

    MThis mars a signii"ant step or#ard or the gro#th o *ndy and the rest oCentral *ndiana/M said *ndianapolis 2ayor +reg Ballard. B!t he said m!"h #orremains to be done to mae this a reality.

    Ballard spoesman 2ar" Dotter didn:t hae a deinitie time rame or trying tobring a ballot ?!estion to oters. 1e said the next step #ill be to get together #ithother "ities/ "o!nties and transit partners to p!t together a plan.

    Compromises among la#maers late in the session helped paed the #ay topassage or the transit bill and the goernor:s approal. Da#maers agreed to

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    shele a 1o!se proision allo#ing light rail and a Senate meas!re that #o!ldhae taxed b!sinesses to help !nd the proe"ts.

    8en"e said light rail #o!ld hae greatly in"reased the "ost to taxpayers in thelong term and the "orporate tax #o!ld hae red!"ed the state:s oerall

    "ompetitieness.

    ltimately/ he said/ he is a Mirm belieer in lo"al "ontrolM and that de"isions one"onomi" deelopment and ?!ality o lie are best made at the lo"al leel.

    MWitho!t the "orporate tax and the ban on rail/ it:s a pretty benign bill/M said Rep.Ferry Torr/ R-Carmel/ a bill sponsor. M* #o!ld hae been s!rprised i he ,8en"ehad etoed it.M

    Torr/ #ho has #ored on the iss!e or three years/ said he:s pro!d it passed andthat lo"al goernments #ill no# hae the lexibility to moe or#ard.

    B!t one taxpayer #at"hdog gro!p that lobbied against the bill disagrees.

    Chase o#nham/ exe"!tie dire"tor o the *ndiana "hapter o The Ameri"ans or8rosperity said/ MWith Central *ndiana a"ing the possibility no# o $%(( million inne# taxes/ #e #ill "ontin!e to ed!"ate 1oosiers on the dangers o in"reasedgoernment spending on o!r e"onomy.M

    While he said the end prod!"t is "ertainly better than #hat "o!ld hae passed/ headded/ M#e #ill "ontin!e to oppose ne# taxes or Central *ndiana transit.M

    Some lo"al oi"ials/ in"l!ding Ri" 2"inney/ president o 1amilton Co!ntyCo!n"il/ say this is the #rong step to tae or taxpayers.

    M* am disappointed #ith +o. 8en"e:s signing the SB %37/ #hi"h in reality #ill bethe :mass taxation: bill/ sin"e it #ill tax eery #oring person or something that#ill be !sed by s!"h a lo# minority o the oerall pop!lation/M said 2"inney.

    1e said he #ill #or to ed!"ate other "o!n"ilors abo!t ho# expensie thisendeaor #o!ld be or 1amilton Co!nty "iti4ens and ho# little beneit #o!ld"ome rom it.

    Co!nty "o!n"ils in the six designated "o!nties !ltimately #o!ld de"ide #hetherto hold a "o!nty-#ide reerend!m on mass transit.

    *ndiid!al to#nships that border areas that already hae adopted a transitexpansion also "o!ld de"ide to hold reerend!ms i their home "o!nties do not.

    That "o!ld allo# to#nships in 1amilton Co!nty to hae their o#n reerend!ms/een i a "o!nty#ide one doesn:t ly. And that:s "onsidered a distin"t possibility in

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    the heaily-pop!lated so!thern hal o the "o!nty/ #here mass transit s!pport isstronger in 0ishers and Carmel.

    To the so!th o *ndianapolis/ +reen#ood 2ayor 2ar 2yers said he:s happy thebill #as signed and #ill #or to get it on the ballot in '(%7/ #hen presidential

    "andidates #ill r!n and the most oters #ill "ome o!t.

    M* beliee that mass transit is the transit o the !t!re/M he said. M*t:s not so m!"hor my age generation b!t or my "hildren and grand"hildren. That #ill be thetransportation or them.M

    *n 1an"o" Co!nty/ Co!n"ilman Tom Roney said he doesn:t expe"t the "o!n"ilto bring a mass transit initiatie to oters anytime soon.

    MAt ery minim!m/ it:s a year a#ay/M he said. MEen then/ * do!bt there:s een aninterest in it. Right no#/ nobody:s een taling abo!t it. We:e neer een

    dis"!ssed it at a "o!n"il meeting.M

    Taxpayers hae some prote"tions !nder the ne# la# be"a!se it spells o!t m!"hho# taxes "an be in"reased and the steps ne"essary to approe them.

    The la# allo#s "o!nties to raise lo"al in"ome tax rates by .% to .'5 per"ent to!nd mass transit proe"ts. *n 2arion Co!nty/ lo"al in"ome taxes "o!ld rise rom%.7' per"ent to some#here bet#een %.3' per"ent and %.&3 per"ent.

    A !ll rate in"rease o .'5 per"ent in all six "o!nties #o!ld generate $9&.) millionin ne# reen!e/ #hi"h in"l!des $)).)9 million in 2arion Co!nty and $(.57million in 1amilton Co!nty.

    The la# also re?!ires ares to "oer at least '5 per"ent o the transit system:soperating "osts. *ndy+o/ the "!rrent transit system/ only gets abo!t %3 per"ent oits reen!e rom ares. That maes it liely that ares #o!ld rise/ tho!gh that#o!ld depend on ho# many riders the ne# system #o!ld attra"t.

    While the "orporate tax #as eliminated/ another proision says lo"algoernments hae to see to raise %( per"ent o the system:s operating "ostthro!gh ne# nonproit organi4ations tased #ith seeing donations rom"ompanies and indiid!als. * the nonproit ails to meet that goal/ lo"algoernments #o!ld be on the hoo or any shortall.

    8assing the la#/ many s!pporters agree/ is !st the irst step.

    Sen. 8atri"ia 2iller/ the *ndianapolis Rep!bli"an #ho a!thored the bill/ said lo"aloi"ials no# hae a lot o 8R #or to do.

    MThis is not the inal step/M she said. M*t:s the beginning.M

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    6asinton ost$ 03-2%-14

    Cons,ltants: Col,&ia i.e streetar wo,ld &rin ore oney$ rowttan &,s transit

    By 8atri"ia S!llian

    A Col!mbia 8ie street"ar #o!ld sp!r $.' billion to $).) billion in deelopmentoer the next ( years in Arlington and 0airax "o!nties/ triple the amo!nt that#o!ld be triggered by improing b!s transit/ a""ording to a "ons!ltant6s st!dyreleased Wednesday.

    The report by 1ROA Adisors said the beneits o b!ilding a street"ar linebet#een Bailey6s Crossroads and 8entagon City #o!ld ar ex"eed the expe"ted$%( million "ost o the proe"t I boosting property al!es/ ne# "onstr!"tion andtax reen!e.

    eelopment en"o!raged by the street"ar proe"t #o!ld res!lt in as many as7/7(( ne# obs/ a""ording to the st!dy/ #hi"h #as "ommissioned by Arlington to#eigh the "osts and beneits o the proe"t.

    The "o!nty has #ored or more than a de"ade to deelop a street"ar in theCol!mbia 8ie "orridor to proide more transportation options or a gro#ingpop!lation and sp!r redeelopment along an aging street and "omm!nity.

    Altho!gh the line #o!ld primarily be in So!th Arlington/ it #o!ld rea"h into0airax6s Syline area aro!nd Baileys Crossroads/ #here tho!sands lie and

    #or. The line #o!ld !ltimately "onne"t to the Crystal City 2etro station/ #here it#o!ld meet another planned street"ar-and-b!s-rapid-transit linethat #ill r!nso!th to Alexandria6s 8otoma" Hard.

    The b!s ro!tes along Col!mbia 8ie are already the b!siest in Pirginia/ anddemographers expe"t tho!sands more residents and "omm!ters to be !sing theo!r-lane road in "oming years. Creating a mass-transit option is "r!"ial/ plannerssay.

    B!t the proe"t is "ontroersial in Arlington/ #here opponents say it6s too "ostly"ompared #ith the $3 million needed or a modern b!s line. Criti"s also say that

    a street"ar system is less lexible than b!s transit.

    8roponents/ in"l!ding many deelopers and retailers/ "ompare the importan"e othe street"ar #ith the "onstr!"tion o 2etrorail in the %93(s. *t has been a eyiss!e in t#o Co!nty Board ele"tion "ampaigns/ in"l!ding one no# !nder#ay.

    Arlingtonians or Sensible Transitatta"ed the st!dy in adan"e o its release/

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    predi"ting that the "ons!ltants #o!ld tell the "o!nty goernment only #hat it#anted to hear be"a!se the "o!nty #as paying or the $9&/((( st!dy.

    ;1e #ho pays the piper "alls the t!ne/< said 8eter Ro!sselot/ a leader o the anti-street"ar ado"a"y gro!p.

    B!t 1ROA and "o!nty transportation oi"ials said that the "o!nty had noinl!en"e oer ho# the six-month st!dy #as str!"t!red or its "on"l!sions.

    The irm examined %7 other st!dies that "ompared the "osts and beneits ostreet"ars against high-"apa"ity/ arti"!lated b!ses in a #ide ariety o North

    Ameri"an lo"ations. *t also "ond!"ted deeper analyses o o!r "omparableproe"ts.

    What the "ons!ltants o!nd/ said Eri" Rothman/ president o the "ompany/ #as;by and large/ a positie impa"t or street"ars and a mixed impa"t or b!s rapidtransit and enhan"ed b!ses.