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Fall 2002
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Smog Alert Season
Continues through September 30th
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Employer Survey
New Ways to Win
Summer Winners
New Partners
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2 Can Pool!
1 can Ride CCT, Bike or Walk!
CobbRides has Prizes…
October Surprizes!
Write Susie@CobbRides.com for details
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It's a Pool Party!
You've received a letter listing potential matches for your carpool. So now what? How do you make contact? How do you begin? Who sets the rules?
CobbRides would like to throw you a "Pool Party!"
* Susie Erath will meet you and your potential carpool partner at a local coffee shop.
* She'll get the introduction started: Who, What, Where, When, and Why.
* To "sweeten the deal" your new pool will be presented with a FREE GAS card to get you started and on your way to saving money, experiencing less stress, and enjoying your ride to work.
What Pool Party could be better than that? So come on! Get your feet wet!!
Write Susie@CobbRides.com for details |
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CobbRides recently completed a professional survey of the employers in our area.
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Here's what we found: |
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Employer Survey - Key Findings
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Congestion was seen as the primary concern of employers within the Town Center area. Commute length, distance to bus stops, and bus service times were primary worksite transportation concerns.
Primary Commute Mode: 94% of their employees commute by single occupancy vehicle (SOV) while the national average is 72.4 %.
Bus Service: Was seen as somewhat accessible, but not convenient.
Parking: Employee-parking facilities were seen as adequate.
Future Transportation Services: Services most desired below: |
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- Circulator shuttle connecting businesses, shopping malls, and other activity centers within the Town Center area
- Advocacy for increased bus and rail services
- Ridematching services for van and carpools
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Congratulations! Summer Winners
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Alexander Chirin & Elita Chiris-Tsys
Alfreda Yarbrough & Byron Jones-Tsys
Ben Curry & Ross Fowler-Aaron Rents
Betsy Byers & Jeff Brunswick-Tsys
Bub & Bonda Chapman-Tsys
Cheryl Battles & Veronica Anderson- Tsys
Dave & Sandra Cook-Tsys
Elita Chirina & Alexander Chirin-Tsys
Holly Fawbush & Laura Wagner-Asset Management Outsourcing
Jay Mohan & Premchand Kodalli-Tsys
Jessican Steinberg-Orix
Jim Scott & Marty Hynson-Heidelberg
John & Marianne Reida-Wellstar
John & Rose Marie Poggio-Heidelberg
Kelly Myles & Robyn Presley-Aaron Rents
Kimberly & Michael McCowin-Heidelberg
Kiran & Rajinder Singh-Tsys
Kirsten Eaton & Lahoma Leonard-Orix
Leila Devaughn - Wellstar
Lidiya & Yan Umanskiy-Tsys
Melissa & Rachel Logan-Hyperion
Mikhail Kreslavskiy & Jane Kreslavskaya-Tsys
Misha Harris & Sylvester Smith-Orix
Pamela Brenen (Heidelberg) & Toby Brennen (Colony Homes)
Pat Pope & Rhonda Johns-Heidelberg
Premchand Kodali & Jay Mohan-Tsys
Rachel & Melissa Logan-Hyperion
Sharon Wilmot & Jeffery Martin- Heidelberg and Pat Salmon Trucking
Steve Handy & David Johnson-Orix
Tricia & Mitchell Paul-Tsys
Veronica Anderson & Cheryl Battles-Tsys
William & Sandra Cook-Tsys
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Welcome to new Partners!
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Aaron Rents
Costco
Orix Financial Services, Inc. |
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"We can either take an evolutionary approach to transportation, or we can take a revolutionary approach!"
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| - Sonny Deriso, GRTA Chairman of the Board & Vice-chairman of the Board of Synovus Financial Corp. said at a recent meeting of Metro Atlanta Leaders. |
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Could this be the
Big Chicken Train Station?
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| A conceptual rendering of a Light Rail station located on Cobb Parkway at the Big Chicken |
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Most people visualize public transit
as something less than clean,
efficient and convenient. Not so with the Northwest Corridor Light Rail Transit Implementation Study.
(Additional renderings of stations and proposed routes can be viewed at www.CobbRides.com.)
The Town Center and Cumberland CIDs contracted Bechtel and MSE engineering firms to prepare the comprehensive study. GRTA is now incorporating the study in accordance with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) planning and project development process.
The 2000 census showed that metro Atlanta had the third longest commute among the nation’s largest metro areas. The average one-way commute for area workers was 31 minutes, 12 seconds. According to a study by the Texas Transportation Institute, gridlock cost Atlanta commuters a combined $1.9 billion in time and fuel or $1,350 per motorist. In addition, the study showed that the average driver wasted 70 hours a year stuck in traffic, up eight hours from the previous year. That is the same as working two weeks without pay.
A study by The Center for Transportation Excellence reveals that “...as mobility, job access, livability and economic development flourish in light rail corridors, congestion and other environmental obstacles diminish.”
The Northwest Corridor project is included in the Governor’s Statewide Transportation Choices Initiative
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The cost of traffic
congestion in metro
Atlanta is staggering. Each year, metro Atlantans:
• waste 239 million gallons of gas due to traffic congestion
• spend more than 1.5 billion vehicle hours traveling, over 470 hours per person
• lose more than $2.2 million, approximately $1,125 per person, due to congestion-related costs
• travel more than 40 billion miles, 32 per person each day*
There are solutions - and we can help. One or more options can work for you. The first step is to realize you don't have to sit in traffic every day. You can carpool, telework, vanpool or use another option.
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The Letter C 2002 Archives
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Spring 2002
Summer 2002
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