Comments on: Waiting for a tram http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/05/09/waiting-for-a-tram/ Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:41:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ray http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/05/09/waiting-for-a-tram/comment-page-1/#comment-752 Ray Wed, 09 May 2007 19:12:16 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/05/09/waiting-for-a-tram/#comment-752 MARTA crushes the soul of the commuter. it's underfunded, overpriced, and notoriously inconsistent. They hire rude, lazy, and belligerent people to operate trains and buses. The joke that is the MARTA police are hardly around when you actually need them. There are delays on the tracks that have no real explanation behind them. It's true what the article said - there's a way of looking at people who take MARTA (or CCT, GRTA, GCT, etc.) that is not flattering, and it doesn't matter if you're black or white. You are somehow BENEATH those who drive. I'm white, and you can't believe the sneers I've received when I say "I take the bus to work". MARTA crushes the soul of the commuter. it’s underfunded, overpriced, and notoriously inconsistent. They hire rude, lazy, and belligerent people to operate trains and buses. The joke that is the MARTA police are hardly around when you actually need them. There are delays on the tracks that have no real explanation behind them.

It’s true what the article said – there’s a way of looking at people who take MARTA (or CCT, GRTA, GCT, etc.) that is not flattering, and it doesn’t matter if you’re black or white. You are somehow BENEATH those who drive. I’m white, and you can’t believe the sneers I’ve received when I say “I take the bus to work”.

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