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Mon, 04 Dec 2006 19:41:23 +0000

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By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 03:56:07 +0000

From an enforcing standpoint, it would be tough, I agree.

I propose we go by something like last four digits of social security number. They did that during the 70s when gas had to be rationed. People whose SSN ended with even numbers got to fill up on even numbered days and people whose SSN ended with odd numbers got to fill up on odd numbered days.

And yes, there was a person who had to say, “I’m sorry, Sir, you aren’t allowed to fill up your tank until tomorrow”.

People, being people, will always find a way around something they’re not supposed to be. But then again, don’t people break the law by speeding and driving in the HOV lane when they’re not supposed to anyway?

By: James

James — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 01:56:48 +0000

Interesting three part series on some of these topics posted a little over a year ago over on The Infamous Brad. (We’ll see if the HTML works.) Gist of it is that whatever we might want, to get people to use light rail in place of driving you’d need rail stations every quarter mile.

Oh, and on the mandatory staggered schedules… Who would be mandating this, and how would it be policed? “I’m sorry, sir, it’s 8:30 AM, and you aren’t supposed to be on the road for another half hour. I’m afraid I’m going to have to ticket you.” Personally, I’d love to see our culture get out of the 9 to 5 mindset, but I don’t see it happening that easily. Maybe as the generation that grew up with the Internet moves into positions of power, we’ll see changes in that direction.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:52:29 +0000

How about this?

How about effective public transportation?

However, that would obligate people to move closer together to one another. This would obligate people to sell their gas-guzzling Land Rovers and ride the subway/bus like every other human being in the world.

Or, in a more realistic sense, what if we staggered the schedules of people? What if we mandated that 20% of the population began their commute at 7 am; another 20% began their commute at 8 am; another 20% began their commute at 9 am; another 20% began their commute at 10 am, and so on and so on.

Then you wouldn’t have a massive glut of people trying to get to work in the same relative time frame.

By: Kinsi

Kinsi — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:11:36 +0000

Well. I live right by where they want to go from a 16 lane highway to a 23. Joygasms all around there.

CObb county is barely linking up with marta – they area allowing marta busses to use the terminal over by Cumberland Mall. That equated to about 2 miles within Cobb County, well away from the rich white folks that are afraid of the black people in fulton county. So its not that exciting of news, trust me.

Having 400 go down there would be just another connector nightmare. Frankly, how in the hell would they build it? Have it go right through Atlantic Station and Georgia Tech? That’s never going to happen.

By: stevenR

stevenR — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:42:15 +0000

couldnt they just run 1-20 fifty miles south of town?
that would certainly help me when I want to dive west to Alabama or Mississippi!
– and would probably be a lot cheaper.
and yes toll roads do help with congestion – it makes folks try to detour them!

By: Metroblogging Atlanta

Metroblogging Atlanta — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:20:14 +0000

Traffic, Transportation and commutership…

The Atlanta blogosphere is all a-twitter over the Reason Foundation’s $25 million dollar solution (ABC version here, CL opinion here) to the traffic/congestion problem here. Read on: Radical Georgia Moderate Making Chutney In addition, we’ve got news…