Scudder Wagg

Raisins, no. Pecans, yes! But then again I'm half-Canadian, half-Southern, so I see them as mini pecan pies.

In urban planning, density is what prevents loss of nature. If you like nature you need to like density.

Funny thing is that's not a quote from someone else. It's directly his writing. Couldn't find anyone to launder his opinions through on that one. I particularly love the use of "whopping". His big tell is the gratuitous adjectives.

Developers face too many bureaucratic hurdles, County Board candidates say | ARLnow.com Arlington's slow process for approving and permitting new development came under fire from County Board candidates, including the incumbent, at a recent forum. "It's a problem, no question about it," ...

Today's installment in this evergreen thread: "Clement began raising this issue in political races a decade ago. Changing circumstances, including a whopping 22.4% office-vacancy rate in the county, have brought many to her point of view." www.arlnow.com/2025/06/03/d...

I've always loved the exposed rock at MARTA's Peachtree Center in downtown Atlanta.

Sure, and Metro's early planners didn't expect that to happen at that site. They were much more focused on suburban commutes to downtown than suburban redevelopment. So they went with the cheap option to achieve their primary goal at the time.

Even if you stayed west side at King St you'd have to cross the RR south of there for the Huntington branch and to reach the yard on the blue line branch.

Yes, but if you crossed over to the west side on the tracks north of Braddock you'd have to cross back over before King St station, since nearly all the significant activity there is east of the tracks.

The Braddock Rd thing is bc it was much cheaper to follow the RR ROW and not have to cross over it twice.

Very small and unusual situation, but Interurban Trolley in Elkhart, Indiana is administered by the regional MPO (MACOG).

In the DC region we could definitely do better on the overall bus system wayfinding, mapping, schedule and other customer information. It's a challenge with multiple operators (Metrobus, ART, DASH, etc).

Are you coming to #TRBAM 2025? If so, let's catch up while you're in DC!

Excited the full details of the MARTA NextGen Bus Network launched this week.

We're particularly proud of the Compare Your Access tool: nextgenbusdraftnetwork.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html

Next virtual meeting is Dec 17 at noon.

You can submit a comment on the website. Or reach out to anyone in the MARTA service planning team.

Understood. Happy to help estimate trip times. Feel free to DM me.

Yeah this seemed very useful to the planning team, particularly given how many apartments are along Glenridge.

Understand the desire for this level of detail. At this stage of planning, full schedules haven't been written, so it's not possible to have an accurate online trip planner tool.

Draft Network | MARTA NextGen Bus The Draft NextGen Bus Network would reduce waiting time for most people and allow most residents of the region to reach more jobs more quickly.

Excited to see the release of the MARTA NextGen Bus Network. Our team has led the concepts and policy conversation and were central to the network service planning. Looking forward to getting public feedback so we can make this network even better.
www.martanextgenbusnetwork.com/draft-networ...

Draft Network | MARTA NextGen Bus The Draft NextGen Bus Network would reduce waiting time for most people and allow most residents of the region to reach more jobs more quickly.

High res PDF now available. GIS version coming soon. www.martanextgenbusnetwork.com/draft-networ...

View of Griffith Observatory and Downtown LA

Finally made the move to the new place. Fresh timeline, so let's start it off with one of my favorite recent pictures.