Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Regional Wasteful Spending 8-28-24

The Atlanta Regional Commission is an unelected group of UN Agenda 21 implementers. They work with the Georgia Department of Transportation to make things worse. ARC is the regional planning and inter-governmental coordination agency for the 11-county Atlanta region. We defeated the ARC $18B TSPLOST in 2012, because it solved nothing while costing double. $9B was a MARTA bailout. 

Their latest foray in Urban Planning is their “first-ever transportation Master Plan adopted in 2021.” They are starting with a “mobility hub” in South Forsythe County where GA 400 and McFarland Parkway collide.

“The McFarland Mobility Hub Feasibility Study seeks to seamlessly link cycling, walking, transit and cars, while positioning the area for future technologies like autonomous vehicles and air taxis. It is the first livable centers initiative since it joined the Atlanta Regional Commission in 2021.”

“The grant program encourages communities in the Atlanta Region to develop strategies to curtail vehicle traffic.” Eric Bosman, project manager with Kimley Horn is also considering  the GA-400 Bus Rapid Transit Project at Winward Parkway park and ride. This would offer 400 to 500 parking spaces, a dozen EV charging stations and a half-dozen bike lockers.”  -Dunwoody Crier 7-25-24.

We expect that the cost and limitations of EVs will result in very low EV sales.

Autonomous vehicles and air taxis are unsafe and might not be useable for decades.

Livable Centers is new-speak for Transit Villages.

80% of EV owners charge their EVs at home.

MARTA has bike racks at 37 MARTA stations.

Dunwoody has a bike path on Ashford Dunwoody Rd to MARTA at Perimeter Mall

We are not likely to see any more Federal Grants for UN Agenda 21 implementation after 2025.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

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