Walk this way
There's an interesting battle going on right now over Peachtree Street, specifically the running of new suburban commuter buses on that famed street to drop people off at their places of work. Given the current and future of design of Peachtree, it doesn't seem like a good idea. But when you consider the motivation behind the proposed plan, there's no wondering why there's such an outcry over the current state of commuting and the problem of out-of-shape Americans.

Steve Stancil, GRTA's executive director, says that the people who likely will be riding on the Xpress buses are not used to having to walk an extra block or so to get to work.

"For every block that people have to walk, you lose approximately 20 percent of your ridership," Stancil says.