I live in Dekalb County and Cobb County would do well to be more like Dekalb in lots of ways...but he was right about one thing. Cobb has voted blue in the last couple of elections, and Republicans no longer have the majority
I already do that and have for over a decade. However, you can't do that from the further areas in Cobb or Gwinnett. You can if you live closer to perimeter though
Bro I love that I’m seeing a content creator that grew up around the same area I did so I can recognize places! I was more in East Paulding and West Cobb but the same problems, just not as developed as the East. West Cobb will be tough because there is definitely more fear around development and “preservation of character.” People in the West constantly talk about how they don’t want to be like the East
I’m so glad to live in Atlanta, because there are so many opportunities and developments happening that support mixed use developments and car free living like Sandy Springs and Dunwoody
My grandmother has lived in Dunwoody for decades, and she is astonished by how much the downtown core has developed into a dense area that I could probably live in without needing a car. Not her suburban neighborhood, though. She still had to get everywhere by car, which will become more difficult as she gets older. Her centenarian mother could drive just fine well into her nineties, but I’m probably not the only relative of hers to want other transportation options for her.
@@Megasteel32In the case of Sandy Springs and Dunwoody specifically, that isn’t so applicable, as those spaces have been affluent parts of the Atlanta area since the suburbs arrived. It’s where a lot of wealthier Atlantans and Northerners moved _to_ in the 1960s/1970s. I remember them as being quite car-centric in the suburban areas with recently densified cores by the MARTA stations. As for other communities in the Atlanta area, I haven’t spent much time there, so I cannot say anything for sure.
This is an idea that I also came to. Our suburbs are here to stay for the foreseeable future. So, for heavily suburban areas, create an elaborate and convenient bus system that connects to existing urban centers and remodeled shopping centers. Further connect those places with safe streets, sidewalks, bike lanes, etc. Expanding commercial/population centers will help subsidize existing suburbs and act as sort of an in-between for American's to get used to and prefer walkable areas. You can sort of have your cake and eat it too this way.
I agree with this, but have concerns about public perception of buses, as there’s a real stigma about them in many suburban areas, probably related to a vicious cycle of insufficiently funding them leading to poor service leading to worse reputations for buses leading to less funding for them. In Atlanta’s case specifically you’d have to contend with many residents’ prejudices also.
I love the idea of trial running micro-transportation to encourage and try to lessen the traffic congestion we have in Cobb & Gwinnett. I hope Matt Stigall can get some civil engineer and public policy consultants involved to perform analysis and create a pitch deck. Changes take time, but this will need to be done in a proper way to onboard constituents. His marketing background will be very helpful for that!
I'll certainly be interested to see how efferts to transform suburbia play out over the next generation. My instinct is that places that are already dense will fare much better than today's suburbs. But the places that start fixing themselves now have a better chance of making it than the places that try to catch up on fixing themselves tomorrow! Great video.
i have no car and i live very close to the gwinnett/dekalb county line (on the gwinnett side) and i'm lucky enough to live very close to a marta bus that goes to doraville station, but since i have no car i struggle to get around gwinnett. i really hope with these changes i'll be able to not only visit my friends from school that aren't as lucky as me when it comes to transit options, but also for those same friends to have more options for getting around.
Paulding is facing the same issues but with a quicker growth rate. We have no public transit, no walkability, and no community. It’s a “bedroom” community, no local spots to visit outside a few parks. I think Cobb will have to lead the way before more things reach us out here, unfortunately it’s hard to stay optimistic.
All that to say, I 100% agree with your stance on this. We rely too much on cars and have so much wasted space (extra lanes, unused/inefficient parking lots, etc.). Would love to see the change.
hopefully Paulding can follow by example! yeah, unfortunately think you need to hit a certain critical mass before these places will even consider it but attitudes are changing, slowly.. state level mindset shifts would be really helpful too
I wish you dived deeper into the data behind the "Ponzi scheme" concept rather than repeating the basic Strong Towns message. Otherwise, great video! I'm personally skeptical about microtransit, especially given Alex Davis's analysis of the cost of it in Philadelphia. But I hope CobbLinc gets the funds to establish great frequencies to utilize those bus lanes you showed.
Great video! On your next one, can you explore/dive deep more into the southern suburbs like Clayton County. Clayton already has MARTA expanded since 2015, but has been slow with urbanizing the area. They are bringing BRT but what else..
What happened to Clayton was sad. Voted against bus service and a station in Forest Park in the 70s by a mostly white population who fled the city. Years later the city demolished most of its public housing and those residents had to go out further to the suburbs. In 2006 there was a fully funded plan for a commuter rail line to Lovejoy and the state did nothing to further the project so the funds expired. In 2014 Clayton voted to join MARTA and the commuter rail line that was promised was postponed because MARTA couldn’t get a deal out of Norfolk Southern to use the right of way. Clayton has tried and state agencies have failed it over and over again.
As far as safer streets, less stroads, and that kind of stuff...I think that's great, but it just seems like a waste of money trying to create a transit systems that are so balkanized when you have MARTA already. Atlanta needs a regional transit authority for the city AND the suburbs. If you want to go to these counties via transit from/to Atlanta, it is very difficult because the schedules don't coordinate, they have different fare systems, and in Cobb's case, it doesn't even run on Sundays.
completely agree! I think its great to dream big but lets be real, cobb county has decades before they would join MARTA, or join whatever comprehensive transportation authority.It's a 30 year SPLOST so, thats a good time frame. im pretty pro microtransit even though its not perfect with the zones. lets not forget that there was actually an alternative for this MSPLOST vote that wouldve included a MARTA rail extension to cumberland but it was voted down in the meetings for a more balanced plan
Surprise! Two videos in one month! See the description for further resources. Also, leveled up and abused my new drone for B-roll, lmk what you think😄
I live in Dekalb County and Cobb County would do well to be more like Dekalb in lots of ways...but he was right about one thing. Cobb has voted blue in the last couple of elections, and Republicans no longer have the majority
they're scared!
I want to live without needing a car. I'll vote for anything that makes that possible.
hell yeah!!! thanks for first comment 🤝
I just moved to Georgia. I’ll vote for whoever supports getting rid of car dependency!
I already do that and have for over a decade. However, you can't do that from the further areas in Cobb or Gwinnett. You can if you live closer to perimeter though
Bro I love that I’m seeing a content creator that grew up around the same area I did so I can recognize places! I was more in East Paulding and West Cobb but the same problems, just not as developed as the East.
West Cobb will be tough because there is definitely more fear around development and “preservation of character.” People in the West constantly talk about how they don’t want to be like the East
I’m so glad to live in Atlanta, because there are so many opportunities and developments happening that support mixed use developments and car free living like Sandy Springs and Dunwoody
thanks for watching!!
you mean gentrification?
My grandmother has lived in Dunwoody for decades, and she is astonished by how much the downtown core has developed into a dense area that I could probably live in without needing a car. Not her suburban neighborhood, though. She still had to get everywhere by car, which will become more difficult as she gets older.
Her centenarian mother could drive just fine well into her nineties, but I’m probably not the only relative of hers to want other transportation options for her.
@@Megasteel32In the case of Sandy Springs and Dunwoody specifically, that isn’t so applicable, as those spaces have been affluent parts of the Atlanta area since the suburbs arrived. It’s where a lot of wealthier Atlantans and Northerners moved _to_ in the 1960s/1970s. I remember them as being quite car-centric in the suburban areas with recently densified cores by the MARTA stations.
As for other communities in the Atlanta area, I haven’t spent much time there, so I cannot say anything for sure.
This is an idea that I also came to. Our suburbs are here to stay for the foreseeable future. So, for heavily suburban areas, create an elaborate and convenient bus system that connects to existing urban centers and remodeled shopping centers. Further connect those places with safe streets, sidewalks, bike lanes, etc. Expanding commercial/population centers will help subsidize existing suburbs and act as sort of an in-between for American's to get used to and prefer walkable areas. You can sort of have your cake and eat it too this way.
I agree with this, but have concerns about public perception of buses, as there’s a real stigma about them in many suburban areas, probably related to a vicious cycle of insufficiently funding them leading to poor service leading to worse reputations for buses leading to less funding for them. In Atlanta’s case specifically you’d have to contend with many residents’ prejudices also.
I love the idea of trial running micro-transportation to encourage and try to lessen the traffic congestion we have in Cobb & Gwinnett. I hope Matt Stigall can get some civil engineer and public policy consultants involved to perform analysis and create a pitch deck.
Changes take time, but this will need to be done in a proper way to onboard constituents. His marketing background will be very helpful for that!
I'll certainly be interested to see how efferts to transform suburbia play out over the next generation. My instinct is that places that are already dense will fare much better than today's suburbs. But the places that start fixing themselves now have a better chance of making it than the places that try to catch up on fixing themselves tomorrow! Great video.
I live in Gwinnett and I voted yes for the SPLOST tax! 🎉
i have no car and i live very close to the gwinnett/dekalb county line (on the gwinnett side) and i'm lucky enough to live very close to a marta bus that goes to doraville station, but since i have no car i struggle to get around gwinnett. i really hope with these changes i'll be able to not only visit my friends from school that aren't as lucky as me when it comes to transit options, but also for those same friends to have more options for getting around.
Paulding is facing the same issues but with a quicker growth rate. We have no public transit, no walkability, and no community. It’s a “bedroom” community, no local spots to visit outside a few parks. I think Cobb will have to lead the way before more things reach us out here, unfortunately it’s hard to stay optimistic.
All that to say, I 100% agree with your stance on this. We rely too much on cars and have so much wasted space (extra lanes, unused/inefficient parking lots, etc.). Would love to see the change.
hopefully Paulding can follow by example! yeah, unfortunately think you need to hit a certain critical mass before these places will even consider it but attitudes are changing, slowly.. state level mindset shifts would be really helpful too
Great interviews!
thanks so much!! they were really awesome!!
I wish you dived deeper into the data behind the "Ponzi scheme" concept rather than repeating the basic Strong Towns message. Otherwise, great video! I'm personally skeptical about microtransit, especially given Alex Davis's analysis of the cost of it in Philadelphia. But I hope CobbLinc gets the funds to establish great frequencies to utilize those bus lanes you showed.
Fair! I was fairly brief as i turned this video around in less than a week for the election, but in a future video can delve deeper
Great video! On your next one, can you explore/dive deep more into the southern suburbs like Clayton County. Clayton already has MARTA expanded since 2015, but has been slow with urbanizing the area. They are bringing BRT but what else..
I do have a BRT video on my shortlist! Would def include summerhill and clayco! thanks for watching
What happened to Clayton was sad. Voted against bus service and a station in Forest Park in the 70s by a mostly white population who fled the city. Years later the city demolished most of its public housing and those residents had to go out further to the suburbs. In 2006 there was a fully funded plan for a commuter rail line to Lovejoy and the state did nothing to further the project so the funds expired. In 2014 Clayton voted to join MARTA and the commuter rail line that was promised was postponed because MARTA couldn’t get a deal out of Norfolk Southern to use the right of way. Clayton has tried and state agencies have failed it over and over again.
It is no Atl Trains, but I will happilly take this over our current system
As far as safer streets, less stroads, and that kind of stuff...I think that's great, but it just seems like a waste of money trying to create a transit systems that are so balkanized when you have MARTA already. Atlanta needs a regional transit authority for the city AND the suburbs. If you want to go to these counties via transit from/to Atlanta, it is very difficult because the schedules don't coordinate, they have different fare systems, and in Cobb's case, it doesn't even run on Sundays.
completely agree! I think its great to dream big but lets be real, cobb county has decades before they would join MARTA, or join whatever comprehensive transportation authority.It's a 30 year SPLOST so, thats a good time frame. im pretty pro microtransit even though its not perfect with the zones.
lets not forget that there was actually an alternative for this MSPLOST vote that wouldve included a MARTA rail extension to cumberland but it was voted down in the meetings for a more balanced plan
one little cul-de-sac wedged in-between a stroad. What a waste.
🤣 i saw it driving around east cobb for a good location and was like.. thats perfect