omarr

I worked in downtown Atlanta prior to the Olympics and now work there again. It is now far worse than I ever thought it could be. Working near Peachtree Center and Centennial Park means walking outside involves so many homeless, so much filth and odor. This is compounded recently with the addition of horseback police officers. They don't seem to make it safer, just more of a novelty which is what downtown Atlanta is fond of and a new offensive odor0. The streetcar is a novelty. It's construction and existence only served to make driving downtown more difficult. There's a bike lane that runs from Centennial Park through downtown towards Highland. In the past 3 months I've seen no more than 5 cyclist using it. It's addition means that often with cabs and delivery trucks there's one empty lane for bikes and one packed lane far motorists. Great planning. Making it more difficult to drive to and from work will NOT entice many to use MARTA that don't have to. Nothing will make anyone that doesn't have change trains at Five Points endure the experience.