This is the final posting to the Down & Outbound blog. For you few, the very few subscriber/friends you won't notice much change in the volume of your inbox since I've only been averaging a posting a month (for over four years). There are several reasons to end it permanently:
-- Because I haven't been working in Midtown Atlanta since the summer of 2019, I stopped riding public transportation in Atlanta. My two hour daily commute roundtrip consistently provided mass transit anecdotes mixed with grumblings about what it is like being a brave pedestrian in metro Atlanta. With all this grist and frustration being removed from my life, it left me with less to write/complain about.
-- Though I still believe in the importance of public transportation especially in the way it helps the environment, I think the Pandemic has pushed the public transportation issue down into the weeds for the foreseeable future. Ranting about scooters well, . . . seems kind of trivial at this point.
-- Overall, I am uninspired about metro Atlanta's future plans about transportation. Has even one additional mile of rail service anywhere been added in the decade while I was a commuter? In contrast, colossal interchanges, an express lane for automobiles on I-75 and more "studies" have dominated the budgets.
Archive of Popular Posts
The site will stay up in case you want to order a Down & Outbound: A Mass Transit Satire book or the gorgeously printed D & O Thanks for Not Running Me Over Poster. The book is still for sale at Amazon, Alibris and on my own virtual popup book shop Destination: Books The site will also continue be the archive where you can also revisit some of its "more popular" postings, such as:
-- May 1, 2020. "We've All Experienced This Look on the Subway." Why Dr. Deborah Birx's reaction to Trump's suggestion that we should try injecting ourselves with bleach looks so familiar to commuters.
-- February 6, 2020. "Sixteen Metric Tons: A Climate Parody". A song about air pollution.
-- October 30, 2019 and November 13, 2019. European Transportation Options Parts 1 and 2. A pictorial account of public transportation in Venice, Berlin, Prague and Treviso Italy.
-- The MARTA Book Club. A series of postings on what people read while on Atlanta public transportation. These live on my companion blog about books (which still marches on.)
And thanks for reading the blog!
Ah. All things grow and wane! Learned much from your witty and astute observations!
Posted by: Cynthia Browne | 10/26/2020 at 04:50 PM