![]() Road expansions in this area are nearly impossible without extreme costs and years of development. Making it a more likely candidate for needed LRT service. MARTA believes that this corridor could be used daily by 21,000+ residents. To the south: Unincorporated Decatur/southwestern DeKalb Count including East Lake and Kirkwood. To the west: Atlanta, this includes Druid Hills, Morningside, East Atlanta (not the village) + Moreland Avenue corridor, Brookhaven, Buckhead, and Buford Highway. The eastside: Tucker, Clarkston (the densest city in the entire state), and Decatur (both incorporated+unicorporated ). Emory also has a constant built-in network of employees via its massive health care system, the metro area’s largest employer three years running.Įmory’s landmass sits directly next to three additional dense corridors: Emory University comes with a built-in base of 7,000+ students, nearly 3,000 on-campus faculty and staff, over 2,700 at Emory hospital, not to mention the nearly 15,000 employees at the CDC next door. Emory’s density argument is primarily due to the number of direct/indirect participants of the Emory University, Emory Hospital, and CDC corridor of workers. These sentiments were echoed at the MARTA townhall that had Overstreet in attendance.Įmory’s corridor, the Clifton Road corridor is particularly dense. The accusations, in combination with the town hall, public perception of where the funds are or why the Campbellton Road’s project has been ‘downgraded’ to a BRT project remain. Since then, the post has been circulating across local Atlanta traditional media outlets and social media accounts. The statements have also been echoed by Councilman Antonio Lewis and 1380 WAOK radio host Rashad Richey. We look forward to less inflammatory rhetoric and more productive discussion in the future. …For Councilmember Overstreet and others to suggest MARTA is “stealing” money from Southwest Atlanta and the Campbellton Corridor project is absurd and false. The More MARTA Program does not set aside a specific amount of money for specific Council Districts, rather, the program expands the transit system for the benefit of all Atlantans. It is irresponsible to suggest that MARTA and the City of Atlanta teams that jointly administer the More MARTA Program have been anything but responsible stewards of that funding. She has also been publicly supportive of BRT and its benefits… In fact, she has stated publicly that her constituents aren’t interested in light rail. MARTA is extremely disappointed with how the situation regarding the Campbellton Corridor project has unfolded and the negative and inflammatory tone of the conversation surrounding the proposed transit mode. Councilmember Overstreet has been closely involved with this project since its inception and is fully aware that light rail was never promised in this corridor. MARTA as a result has released a statement : Past performance is not an indication of future success.The statements of this claim for ‘stolen’ money have come from Councilwoman Overstreet herself who said it at Tuesday’s town hall. Fill out a free case evaluation to discover what Morgan & Morgan can do for you. And we never charge by the hour - we get paid only if we win. On Friday, MARTA unveiled its new fleet of trains, set to be open for public ridership in 2025. If we go forward with your case, we’ll assign you a full legal team, as well as 24/7 open communication with us via our mobile app. MARTA unveils new railcars as bus-rapid transit expands across metro Atlanta. ![]() Morgan & Morgan prides itself on being experts at navigating the often confusing legal and insurance process to ensure our clients receive the money they deserve. Insurance companies tend to seek to minimize compensation. At Morgan & Morgan, we have been fighting for victims of car accidents since 1988. Having to take on both the insurance companies and the law to get what you deserve from your accident can be extremely intimidating. The crash itself is only the beginning of what can be an extremely long process of filing an insurance claim, determining fault, and most importantly, getting the closure one needs to move on with their life. ![]() Car accidents are life-changing experiences. ![]()
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