What is the plan to get people from Cherokee to Cartersville or from Rome to Cartersville?
The High Speed Ground Transportation stations will have parking areas where customers of the system can drive their personal automobiles to the station location, and ride the system. In other areas served by local transit systems, the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) will work with those systems to offer connecting services to the High Speed Ground Transportation stations. In addition, in areas that show large potential demand, but not enough to warrant a station, GDOT will work with the local/regional authorities to establish express bus service from an off-site park and ride lot to a High Speed Ground Transportation station. Should there not be express bus service available, customers in Cherokee County, depending upon their location, could drive to either the proposed Cartersville or Town Center Stations to utilize the system. With regard to Rome customers, the project team is currently evaluating alignments that provide direct access to Rome. However, should those alignm
