Not a Street Car

Ta-da!  The light rail car that I have a hard time wanting to call a street car.  I know it's not a street car, but don't forget, I'm not really a transit geek, I'm just surrounded by them.  So I know the difference, kinda, but street car's easier to say.

Anyways, like a good little transit geek, I went to Centennial Park in the cold to check out the CATS S70, on it's way from the Siemens plant to its new home in Charlotte.  And I took some photos (using my Olympus Stylus Waterproof camera, because I care more about durability on the river while kayaking than quality, so if you want quality (and quantity, heaven knows, check out the photos at Atlanta Transit on Flickr taken with  a fancy smancy camera.  We, at Transit Misadventures, are not so fancy smancy.  Or crazy, for that matter ;).

 

 

 

 

Isn't it lovely?  Maybe one day.  But it was awfully nice of them to tease us with that cute Peachtree St sign, though.

You can read more about it on the Saporta Report.

GDOT in all it's awesomeness

For those huge transit nerds out there, I have a little story for you.  A story of how GDOT, ever the bully, tries to stomp transit every chance it gets.  I'm sure that many of you were aware that there was to be a display of a light-rail car from Charlotte down in Centennial Park this week, mainly Thursday and Friday.  It's an example of the kind of vehicle that might be used on the Beltline.  However, said awesome example of transit coolness didn't make it to Atlanta Thursday.  Instead, it sat at the Georgia state line all day.

Why?

Because GDOT wouldn't issue the permit for an oversized load to the truck hauling the car.

But it should make it in town today.