@@DJDEMY CQ400 is in Utah getting the interior done before coming back to Atlanta and the married part CQ400 hasn't arrived yet just the first 100 orders the 4 cars A&B CQ400 cars open gangway
@TheZone Good luck with convincing Cobb or Gwinnett to allow any sort of expansion into their counties. My take is, with the Red Line expansion shot down, we have zero chance of a heavy rail expansion for the rest of the decade, aside from MAYBE one more station on the Green Line to make it slightly less useless than it currently is. No chance Cobb lets the Green Line reach Vinings/Cumberland, and no chance Gwinnett lets the Gold Line reach Norcross, despite how easy and obvious that particular expansion would be.
@@BL4CKKN1GHT Problem is there isn't much to expand to in those directions with the current rail lines. The Westbound Green line is probably MARTA's best chance for expansion; if the new Microsoft campus is actually finished, it could be extended up towards Knight Park, Blandtown, perhaps as far as Bolton if we're reeeally lucky. Eastbound expansions of the Blue/Green line towards Stone Mountain or Lithonia have been declined in the past; there just isn't a lot of development in those areas. MARTA expansion could absolutely spur development, but people & politicians don't think that way. The same thing applies to a southbound extension, with the added cavoite that Atlanta wants to keep the terminus at the airport. The reason why Red/Gold Northbound expansion is so critical is because Cobb and Gwinnett are the most populated, most urban areas that don't currently service MARTA. Nothing else in the metro area (besides the city itself) comes close to the Norcross-Gwinnett-Lawrenceville, Roswell-Alpharetta, and Smyrna-Marietta-Kennesaw corridors. They're even corridor shaped (along the interstates/highway 41) perfect for rail. It just doesn't make sense to extend to a lower-populated area like Tucker, Lithonia, or Union City without hitting those big areas first. However, one think that I think could have some good steam going for it if we put effort into it would be an East Point-Hapeville-Morrow Line.
@@BL4CKKN1GHT the thing is outside of downtown, midtown and airport areas the NIMBYS are very strong and oppose all plans and in areas like where they proposed a light rail the low population density means the project isn’t feasible or gets downgraded as they did in a nearby county introducing BRT instead of light rail
I haven't been in Atlanta in 5 years and only ride the train once. So what's the over under on how many days until the car smells like piss? The line is at 3 days
As someone who rides MARTA every day, I can assure you that's not true. Although ridership is declining; this is because the areas around the stations that used to be residential are becoming more developed; people rely on residential-to-commercial/business transit, so having most of the system be in commercial/business areas reduces its usefulness as the city expands rapidly. Most European/East Asian cities negate this by extending their metros to the new residential areas, facilitating city growth. American cities prefer to just kill their transit and let traffic get worse and worse while their transit gets less and less usable. High Speed Rail is an option for inter-city transit only; it wouldn't serve commuters inside the metro area at all. If you worked/lived in Macon, Athens, or Chattanooga it would help you, but if you were like the vast majority of Atlantans and worked/lived in different parts of Atlanta, high speed rail wouldn't serve you at all. It's not really relevant to the discussion of metro area transit.
@@a-human-interface4991 Atlanta has pretty notoriously horrible zoning. Prime example being the area directly east of Midtown being single-family housing. You can have suburban houses and 30 story skyscrapers across from each other on the same street. (Juniper & Piedmont Streets are an egregious examples of this) When I worked in Inman Park, you could tell that a lot of the single-family housing was being replaced with big commercial strip malls. Multi-Family housing is pretty rare around the city (one of the reasons rent cost is so high) so most stations will either be surrounded by low-density residential areas or commercial/business districts.
It'll be interesting to see how long those phone charging ports last before being broken.
They will be fine.
@@truelife974 Between the rats and some of the people on MARTA, I'm not so sure, but I guess we'll find out.
@@Nanofuture87 Marta don't have rats stupid y'all folks say dumbass shit
If they're just wireless charging pads they might actually last.
exactly
A better investment than remodeling 5 points.
Weird how no photos have been released of these cars out of wraps, months after arrival?
Because it's actually a surprise (jk IDK 😶)
You can Google the CQ400
I know what it looks like I'm right next to the train yard I can just go drive over there
@@DJDEMY CQ400 is in Utah getting the interior done before coming back to Atlanta and the married part CQ400 hasn't arrived yet just the first 100 orders the 4 cars A&B CQ400 cars open gangway
But they where just in Atlanta
Real Talk... How much of a fare increase will it be to ride in the new railcars??? 😆
I spend many years without any raise so they didn't have to increase fares.
MARTA doesn't actually rely on fares to operate and gets extra funding for capital expenses, so it might not actually increase fares at all.
Who cares when you don't count on city transportation
@@marchmadness23 walkable cities and public transportation > cars
@@ccentralchannel4492to have walkability in the Atlanta suburbs would be a dream
Im gonna miss the old marta trains 😢
“Yawn” someone let me know when they start building new tracks.
@TheZone Good luck with convincing Cobb or Gwinnett to allow any sort of expansion into their counties. My take is, with the Red Line expansion shot down, we have zero chance of a heavy rail expansion for the rest of the decade, aside from MAYBE one more station on the Green Line to make it slightly less useless than it currently is. No chance Cobb lets the Green Line reach Vinings/Cumberland, and no chance Gwinnett lets the Gold Line reach Norcross, despite how easy and obvious that particular expansion would be.
The nimbys ruined it.
If Gwinnett and Cobb don’t want rail why can’t we just leave them behind and focus on the counties where marta is, and expand rail in those areas
@@BL4CKKN1GHT Problem is there isn't much to expand to in those directions with the current rail lines. The Westbound Green line is probably MARTA's best chance for expansion; if the new Microsoft campus is actually finished, it could be extended up towards Knight Park, Blandtown, perhaps as far as Bolton if we're reeeally lucky.
Eastbound expansions of the Blue/Green line towards Stone Mountain or Lithonia have been declined in the past; there just isn't a lot of development in those areas. MARTA expansion could absolutely spur development, but people & politicians don't think that way. The same thing applies to a southbound extension, with the added cavoite that Atlanta wants to keep the terminus at the airport.
The reason why Red/Gold Northbound expansion is so critical is because Cobb and Gwinnett are the most populated, most urban areas that don't currently service MARTA. Nothing else in the metro area (besides the city itself) comes close to the Norcross-Gwinnett-Lawrenceville, Roswell-Alpharetta, and Smyrna-Marietta-Kennesaw corridors. They're even corridor shaped (along the interstates/highway 41) perfect for rail. It just doesn't make sense to extend to a lower-populated area like Tucker, Lithonia, or Union City without hitting those big areas first.
However, one think that I think could have some good steam going for it if we put effort into it would be an East Point-Hapeville-Morrow Line.
@@BL4CKKN1GHT the thing is outside of downtown, midtown and airport areas the NIMBYS are very strong and oppose all plans and in areas like where they proposed a light rail the low population density means the project isn’t feasible or gets downgraded as they did in a nearby county introducing BRT instead of light rail
It like the rider will be able to walk to the connecting rail car nice.😊
Good to see these investments…when will there be a transit connection between Atlanta & Athens/UGA?
there alr is
Who's going to pay for the connection? it's not free.
The seats look less than comfy but maybe it's just the simulation
Good, that means less homeless people sleeping on trains
The seats are a blue cushion
Can we keep the propulsion
Fax
2025?! Up until now they were saying 2023...
So the CQ400 married train cars are the ones that going to be in service by 2026 the CQ400 4 train cars are are going to be in service 2025
The pandemic delayed it by 2 years so yeah…
I haven't been in Atlanta in 5 years and only ride the train once.
So what's the over under on how many days until the car smells like piss? The line is at 3 days
You must be thinking about another system in another city. MARTA is known for the cleanliness of its trains if nothing else.
Looks like DART in Dallas
Are you comparing a heavy rail train to a street car train... really
Tf how much they gone raise fares
Nice trains but what about these old buses they sound as if they about to blow up, very antiquish
Lol these people are all hype
Stadler is a very great rail company, you should see the FLIRTS and KISS trains.
Nobody rides MARTA anymore. It's even slower than driving a car. Atlanta needs high speed rail.
That a lie people do ride Marta
As someone who rides MARTA every day, I can assure you that's not true. Although ridership is declining; this is because the areas around the stations that used to be residential are becoming more developed; people rely on residential-to-commercial/business transit, so having most of the system be in commercial/business areas reduces its usefulness as the city expands rapidly. Most European/East Asian cities negate this by extending their metros to the new residential areas, facilitating city growth. American cities prefer to just kill their transit and let traffic get worse and worse while their transit gets less and less usable.
High Speed Rail is an option for inter-city transit only; it wouldn't serve commuters inside the metro area at all. If you worked/lived in Macon, Athens, or Chattanooga it would help you, but if you were like the vast majority of Atlantans and worked/lived in different parts of Atlanta, high speed rail wouldn't serve you at all. It's not really relevant to the discussion of metro area transit.
@@grahamreece519 How strict is the zoning? The area around a metro line should be mixed use.
@@a-human-interface4991 Atlanta has pretty notoriously horrible zoning. Prime example being the area directly east of Midtown being single-family housing. You can have suburban houses and 30 story skyscrapers across from each other on the same street. (Juniper & Piedmont Streets are an egregious examples of this)
When I worked in Inman Park, you could tell that a lot of the single-family housing was being replaced with big commercial strip malls. Multi-Family housing is pretty rare around the city (one of the reasons rent cost is so high) so most stations will either be surrounded by low-density residential areas or commercial/business districts.