In-Fill MARTA stations feasibility

news is going around on MARTA studying the feasibility of new stations going in between existing stations. Idea is in the very early phase of being looked at but already I can imagine the positive reception it is going to receive from commuters not wanting to walk ridiculous distances to board a train inside the perimeter.

Hodgson (MARTA "chief marketing officer") has suggested MARTA look at four gaps that could support a station: between the Garnett and West End stations just south of downtown Atlanta; between King Memorial and Inman Park stations just east of downtown; between the Arts Center and Lindbergh stations north of Midtown; and between the West Lake and Ashby stations on Atlanta's west side.

This is the first I'm hearing of MARTA infilling, but really this has been a long time coming with distances between stations stretching up to 3 miles. Donsky cites the average distance commuters are willing to walk to a station is half a mile and, when I can just drive and get there faster, that estimate seems fairly accurate. AJC-Paul Donsky(1/1/07-9:21pm), WXIA(11Alive)-Jon Shirek(1/3/07-8:32am)