Quote Originally Posted by tippatone
Atlanta's rail system is flawed for the fact that the city was built first then they said, "oh, let build a rail system". It does not work like that, NYC and Chicago systems started getting built in the early 1900's way before population boomed, while MARTA is not even 35 years old. How will they go about expanding the system? Working underneath a city that has bad traffic on a good day, dont even hold your breath for and upgrade. IMO a city's rail system is supposed to be built first and then you expand to accomdate population boom, not the other way around.
You shouldn't post until you actually know what you're posting about. Atlanta had the same form of rail system that other cities had back in the early 1900s. In fact, trolleys came into Atlanta as early as the late 1880s and ran through the 1940s. They were called trolleys and Atlanta had trolley lines back then. Know your history, dummy.
Inman Park Trolly



Inman Park Station



Laying tracks in downtown



That's just a couple of photos on the Web.

Oh. And MARTA is well over 35 years old. Later, QD.