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Summer 2002
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Inside this issue
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Smog Alert Season
Continues through September 30th
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N/W Corridor
Rush Hour Commutes
June Winners
New Partners |
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$200 Grand Prize…
Participate in the Smog Season Contest
Write Susie@CobbRides.com for details
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For a complete and printable copy of this issue, click here. |
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Could this be the
Big Chicken Train Station?
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A conceptual rendering of a Light Rail station locataed 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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Gas Giveaway $$$$$$$$$$—
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So you don’t think you are lucky enough to win a drawing?
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All carpoolers are winners as far as CobbRides is concerned. That’s why we’ve decided to reward YOU! That’s right. If you carpool 2 times per week for a month, we will award you with $20 in free gas. Just contact Susie@CobbRides.com with the names of your poolers, your company name, dates that you pooled, and your originating zip codes. That’s it! We will deliver a gas card worth $20 to you.
To make the pot sweeter, you can receive one card per pool per month. That could mean $80 in free gas to you. What are you waiting for?
*You must register for the Guaranteed Ride Home program to be eligible. It’s free and easy
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Congratulations! June Smog Contest Winners
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Cathy Castello, Wellstar Physicians Group won a $20 Town Center Mall gift certificate.
Betty Burch, Respironics won $20 in movie theatre passes.
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Congratulations! June Gas Card Winners
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John and Marianne Reida (Cobb Co Govt, Kennestone)
Jim and Amy Combs (Barco, Heidelberg)
Jim Scott & Marty Hynson (Heidelberg)
John and Rose Marie Poggio (Heidelberg)
Rachel Logan and Melissa Williams (Hyperion)
Jessica Steinberg and Melissa Steinberg (Orix)
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Rush hour has doubled in less than 10 years!
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Just building roads is not the answer...
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The Texas Transportation Institution (TTI) and the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) have released staggering statistics on the impact congestion and long commutes have on family and community life.
The TTI findings show that the cost of traffic congestion nationwide totaled $78 billion, representing 4.5 billion hours of extra travel time and 6.8 billion gallons of fuel wasted sitting in traffic.
The Washington Family Council reports, “The long-term consequences of traffic reach far beyond simple economics; it seeps into the foundation of society - people and their families.”
Robert Putnam, a Harvard University professor of public policy has found that long commutes are a bigger reason that almost any demographic factor behind Americans’ decreasing involvement in social groups like PTA, church and civic groups, recreational clubs, and political parties. Putnam’s research found that for every 10 minutes spent driving to work, involvement in community affairs drops 10 percent.
Public transportation allows for the creation of “pedestrian-only” zones and other open spaces for community residents to enjoy and share.
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It takes all pieces of the transportation puzzle to provide the commuter opportunity,
access, choice and freedom, all of which contribute to an improved quality of life.
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Carpools
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Land Use Planning |
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Sidewalks |
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Transit |
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Town Center Area CID investment in transportation projects:
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| Sidewalks: $280,000 |
Noonday Creek Feasibility Study: $110,000 |
| Pedestrian/Bike Study: $36,000 |
Barrett Pkway/Cobb Pkway improvements: $196,379 |
| Chastain Road Traffic Study: $36,000 |
Chastain Road Improvements: $791,226 |
| Widening of I-75 NB Exit 269: $375,000 |
Light Rail Implementation Study: $1,725,000 |
| Bus Circulator Study: $60,000 |
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The Letter C 2002 Archives
Winter 2001-02
Spring 2002
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