DeKalb High-Capacity Transit Trip to San Diego

MARTA and DeKalb County leaders recently traveled to see how San Diego has implemented two new high-capacity transit options to expand service - using bus rapid transit (BRT) for one corridor and light rail transit (LRT) for another corridor.

South Bay Rapid BRT
26 miles of transit
5,500 weekday ridership (projected)
$139 million construction cost

Mid-Coast Trolley Extension LRT
11 miles of transit
20,000 weekday ridership (projected)
$2.17 billion construction costs

[anuphoria]

so its "rapid transit" and they're building transit oriented development, but it only comes every 18 minutes? how is that a model to base future plans off of, a rapid transit line that comes less than 4 times an hour?

[hoodboyzAtl]

What we want is heavy rail to be expanded along with light rail

[alexanderkay]

I do think brt and light rail Transit is great but the Atlanta area needs to expand its heavy rail

[GianniKnowsBest]

Heavy rail should take priority over all other solutions. When are we expanding to Druid Hills and Tucker?

[Casino_Shark]

Thank you so much for expressing your feedback about our system, maybe I'll come out to see y'all's soon.

[portcybertryx]

I’m impressed with how MaRTA is doing in field analysis

[hobog]

SD light rail is exemplary for sharing track with double-stack freight trains.. which I don't think Atlanta is doing. The light rail in Waterloo Canada does this too

[hobog]

But Marta trains are higher capacity than SD light rail. Light rail and brt are cursed with driver shortages. Driver shortages are common where driver pay doesn't keep up with a country's wealth