When we were kids, we all dreamed of the future and how cool it was going to be when got older. We’d have robots doing laundry, automatic meals with the push of a button, and we’d get to commute to work in the sky. Well, Atlantan’s may get to test the commute in the sky thing, albeit not very George Jetson like.
The AJC recently reported, that transit planners are designing the "firt of it’s kind" elevated commuter bus station. The station would straddle the main travel lanes and HOV lanes of I-75, just inside of I-285 at Akers Mill Road. Besides being a pickup point for commuters and travelers, it would serve as a trasnfer hub for local buses and similar proposed bus line along I-285. The horseshoe-shaped station will cost approx. $93 million and could accomodate 18 buses at a time and include a waiting area for passengers. A parking deck is also proposed near the new Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center.
Planners refer to the station as the "lid", as it would soar 25 feet above I-75 and span nearly two football fields in length. This would be the southernmost station along the 15-mile route between the Cumberland and Town Center areas. As many as 4 other stations would be built either above I-75 or beside the interstate, but none of those would equal in size to the "lid".
