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Atlanta makes a pretty good case for the worst public transport system of any American state capital.
>bus headways are spaced so autistically you might be waiting 20 minutes for you bus even during the morning rush hour
>cagers never give buses the right of way, it's pretty common for buses to stand still at an intersection for 5+ minutes because no one lets them go
>it's also common for buses to stop in the middle of an intersection because a cager stopped too far into the intersection and refuses to move leaving the bus stuck because of its wide turn radius
>heavy rail system barely covers the outer suburbs because boomers in the 70s voted against expansions because they didn't want inner city blacks to have access to their neighborhoods
>these suburbs are served by bus connections which only run to Atlanta in the mornings and from Atlanta in the evenings
>meme streetcar system the liberal city government pours money into because they think it will magically become a popular mode of transport and boost development like Portland's system
>a fucking 2.7 mile single-direction figure eight along congested two lane streets
>headways are 15 minutes and the streetcars rarely exceed speeds of 20 mph so it's more time efficient to slither down the sidewalk like a snake
>Amtrak station is virtually on the outskirts of the city
>small, dingy station with two tracks that pales in comparison to the glorious terminals which were demolished in the early 70s
>two trains a day, the New Orleans bound at 8 am and the New York bound at 8 pm
It's a pretty good contender for the worst public transport and it's also one of the 10 worst cities in the US in terms of traffic congestion.
