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News about Tibet, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Apr. 18, 2015
Former Buddhist monk Nyi Kyab sets himself on fire near makeshift shrine with photo of Dalai Lama; he is second Tibetan in two weeks to stage such protest. MORE
Apr. 12, 2015
Tibetan nun Yeshi Khando sets herself on fire to protest Chinese rule and to call for return of Dalai Lama from exile. MORE
Mar. 31, 2015
Op-Ed article by author Michael Buckley warns of devastating consequences to Tibetan people and environment of China's plans to dam or divert Tibetan rivers to increase hydropower output; notes Vietnam, Cambodia and Bangladesh also heavily depend on rivers that have sources in Tibet; urges China's leaders to reconsider these plans and to pursue alternative sources of energy in region. MORE
Mar. 10, 2015
Advocacy organizations abroad announce year's first reported act of self-immolation protesting Chinese governance of Tibet; Norchuk, Tibetan woman who goes only by one name, dies after setting herself ablaze in her home village in Ngaba County, located in heavily Tibetan area of Sichuan Province, China. MORE
Jan. 29, 2015
China has reportedly inflicted severe punishment on 15 Communist Party officials in central Tibet who have been accused of aiding independence groups there. MORE
Dec. 25, 2014
Tibetan monk fatally sets himself on fire outside police station that had been monitoring activity at his monastery in Sichuan Province. MORE
Dec. 24, 2014
Free Tibet and Radio Free Asia report that Tsepe Kyi, Tibetan woman, died after setting herself on fire in Sichuan Province, China; is second self-immolation in December, bringing total number of self-immolations by Tibetans protesting Chinese rule to 135 since 2009. MORE
Dec. 18, 2014
Tibetan man sets himself on fire and dies outside police station in Gansu Province, China; man is reportedly 134th person to have self-immolated in protest of Chinese control over Tibetan areas. MORE
Dec. 18, 2014
Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, says in BBC interview that he would rather have no successor than be replaced by inadequate spiritual leader; China has said that Dalai Lama tradition must continue and that it must approve successor. MORE
Dec. 13, 2014
Pope Francis reportedly refuses to meet with Dalai Lama, who is in Rome for gathering of Nobel Peace Prize laureates; pope's action seems to be further success for China in its efforts to isolate the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, but Vatican claims Pope Francis will not meet with any of the Nobel laureates and says Dalai Lama is held in high esteem. MORE
Nov. 25, 2014
Dr Fahu Chen study in journal Science concludes that ability to grow barley at high altitudes allowed ancient human civilization to exist on Tibetan Plateau, over 3,000 meters above sea level. MORE
Oct. 24, 2014
Tibetan religious leader Khenpo Kartse is sentenced by Chinese officials to two and a half years in prison; full details on the charges against him are not known. MORE
Sep. 23, 2014
Free Tibet reports that Tibetan student Lhamo Tashi burned himself to death in Gansu, China, to protest Chinese rule; it is first self-immolation in five months. MORE
Sep. 6, 2014
Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama is denied visa by South African government to attend Nobel peace conference in Cape Town. MORE
Aug. 21, 2014
Tibetan government and other groups abroad say five Tibetans have died in police custody in southwestern China following protest during which residents where shot and wounded; accounts point to rising tensions in mountainous Sichuan Province region, which has long been in turmoil under China's rule. MORE
Jul. 26, 2014
Tibetan Buddhists in Yushu, China, have been flocking to Batang River to rescue small river shrimp; monks say growing interest in so-called 'life liberation' or 'mercy release' is part of surge of religious devotion that followed 2010 earthquake that claimed more than 3,000 lives. MORE
Jul. 26, 2014
China plans to extend by 2020 railroad on high trans-Himalayan plateau of Tibet to borders of India, Bhutan and Nepal. MORE
Jul. 22, 2014
Advocacy group Free Tibet has identified nearly 100 sham Twitter accounts whose sole purpose appears to be disseminating upbeat news about Tibet and Xinjiang, region in far-western China whose native Uighurs have bridled under Beijing's rule; content and breadth of effort suggests involvement of Chinese government. MORE
Jul. 19, 2014
Saturday Profile of Tibetan Prime Min Lobsang Sangay, leader of Tibetans' exile administration; Sangay began his five-year term in 2011 at same time Dalai Lama made momentous decision to devolve his political power to incoming prime minister. MORE
Jul. 14, 2014
Nepal's government says it has retracted its permission to allow cremation of Shamar Rinpoche, prominent spiritual figure in Tibetan Buddhism, to be held on its territory; officials say China played no part in reversal, although Nepal has long held to 'one China policy.' MORE
Jun. 15, 2014
Edward Wong travel article on a trekking adventure in a Tibetan area of China that draws some close attention from the police. MORE
May. 22, 2014
Yushu Journal; China has spent billions to resurrect Yushu, four years after calamitous earthquake shattered city, killing at least 3,000 people and leaving more than 100,000 others homeless; despite herculean effort, reconstruction project has inadvertently aggravated animosities that have long bedeviled Han-Tibetan relations, favoring the well connected over the disenfranchised. MORE
May. 10, 2014
Dalai Lama calls for outside inquiry into self-immolations of more than 130 Tibetans in anti-China demonstrations over the past five years; remarks, made during visit to Norway, suggest that he has softened his stance against suicidal form of protest. MORE
Apr. 13, 2014
Editorial laments report finding that Nepal, long a way station for Tibetan refugees from China, has effectively become a partner in China's anti-Tibetan policies; calls on nation to reform its policies toward Tibetan residents and refugees when it drafts its new constitution in coming year. MORE
Apr. 2, 2014
Human Rights Watch reports that Nepalese government, under pressure from China, restricts political freedoms of Tibetan refugees living in Nepal, subjects them to abuse and harassment by security forces and spies on them for Chinese officials. MORE
Feb. 25, 2014
Chinese Foreign Ministry asserts that it will not recognize the United States' appointment of Sarah Sewall, as special coordinator for Tibetan issues. MORE
Feb. 8, 2014
Advocacy group Free Tibet says that Tibetan man Phakmo Samdup died after setting himself on fire in an act of protest against the Chinese government. MORE
Dec. 21, 2013
Tibetan monk Tsultrim Gyatso dies after setting fire to himself in Tibetan region of western China, becoming 125th person inside Tibetan area of China to commit self-immolation as act of protest since 2009. MORE
Nov. 30, 2013
Editorial holds wave of self-immolation by Tibetan monks is a new and tragic trend, indicating country's desperation under the yoke of Chinese repression; calls on China to retreat from callous policies and to resume negotiations with the Dalai Lama that ended in 2010. MORE
Nov. 3, 2013
Chinese government cracks down on media and communications in Tibet, hoping to fully eradicate news of exiled spiritual leader Dalai Lama. MORE
Oct. 25, 2013
Many Tibetan monks at Labran Monastery in Xiahe, China, major tourist destination, complain about intrusive government policies that they say are strangling their culture and identity; such frustrations have driven more than 120 Tibetans to set fire to themselves since 2009, including 13 in the immediate area, in a wave of protests that has gone largely unreported in Chinese news media. MORE
Oct. 17, 2013
Australian man and three Tibetan porters are killed by avalanche in Mount Everest area of Tibet. MORE
Oct. 15, 2013
Chinese rescuers have evacuated 86 tourists trapped by heavy snowfall at north base camp of Mount Everest. MORE
Oct. 12, 2013
Spain's national court approves indictment of former Chinese Pres Hu Jintao as part of investigation into whether the Chinese government tortured and repressed the people of Tibet as part of an attempted genocide. MORE
Oct. 10, 2013
Chinese authorities arrest three men in stabbing death of Choje Akong Rinpoche, prominent Tibetan religious leader and British citizen who was attacked and killed in western provincial capital Chengdu. MORE
Sep. 30, 2013
Tibetan man Shichung dies in China's western Sichuan Province after setting himself on fire to protest Chinese policies in the region; he is first person to carry out self-immolation protest in Tibetan areas in more than two months and 122nd person to do so since gruesome campaign of suicides began in 2009. MORE
Aug. 14, 2013
Hackers rig Web site of Tibet's government in exile to infect computers of Chinese-speaking visitors with virus, latest in series of cyberattacks aimed at activists from Himalayan region of China. MORE
Jul. 10, 2013
Human rights advocates report that Chinese police officers opened fire on crowd of Tibetans celebrating Dalai Lama's birthday in Sichuan Province, injuring nine people, two of them critically. MORE
Jun. 15, 2013
Pema Trinlay and Chakdor, Tibetan musicians detained in 2012 by Chinese security officers, are sentenced to two years in prison. MORE
Jun. 13, 2013
Tibetan nun who self-immolated in Sichuan Province in China during a religious ceremony is still alive and in a hospital. MORE
Apr. 26, 2013
Tibetan monks Kunchok Woser and Lobsang Dawa die after setting fire to themselves in Tibetan region of western China to protest Chinese rule, raising to 118 number of Tibetans who have set themselves on fire since February 2009. MORE
Apr. 18, 2013
Young Tibetan mother kills herself by self-immolation to protest Chinese rule; at least 116 Tibetans in Chinese-ruled regions have set fire to themselves since 2009 in acts of protest. MORE
Apr. 3, 2013
Rescuers have pulled 54 dead miners from rubble at site of landslide that buried 83 people at mining camp in Gyama Valley, Tibet; disaster, one of China's worst mining accidents, has thrown spotlight on mining operations in region, which are central to Communist Party's plans for growth but decried by Tibetans due to environmental damage. MORE
Apr. 3, 2013
Jigme Gyatso, Tibetan activist whose long, harsh detention by Chinese authorities drew international scrutiny, has been freed after serving 17 years in prison; Jigme Gyatso is said to be extremely frail after years of torture and poor medical care. MORE
Mar. 31, 2013
Rescuers in Tibet digging for victims of huge landslide at gold mining site find one body, day after 83 workers were buried in disaster; fate of other victims is unknown. MORE
Mar. 26, 2013
Tibetan mother of four dies after setting herself on fire to protest Chinese rule. MORE
Mar. 22, 2013
China sentences three Tibetans from Qinghai Province to prison for encouraging immolation as form of protest against Chinese rule. MORE
Mar. 19, 2013
Chinese police arrest Dolma Kyab, husband of Tibetan protester Kunchoek Wangmo, who died after setting herself on fire, for refusing to blame her act on domestic problems; separate fatal self-immolation is carried out at monastery, and two acts raise number of self-immolations by Tibetans within China to 109 since 2009. MORE
Mar. 1, 2013
Security officials in northwestern Chinese province of Gansu arrest five Tibetans and accuse them of inciting series of self-immolations late in 2012 by convincing participants that they would become heroes in death. MORE
Feb. 26, 2013
Two Tibetan monks die in separate self-immolation protests in Tibetan regions of western China. MORE
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From the Archives: Dalai Lama's Accession to Throne and Flight to India
As the spiritual leader celebrates his 80th birthday, here is a look back at how The New York Times covered his early years.
July 6, 2015, Monday
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Security Law Suggests a Broadening of China's 'Core Interests'
The term, used by Beijing for subjects it considers nonnegotiable, once was reserved for the issues of Taiwan, Tibet and Xinjiang. But no more.
July 5, 2015, Sunday
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China Opens New Land Route to Tibet for Indian Pilgrims
The crossing on Monday of Nathu La signaled the official opening of a new pilgrimage route for Indians to the holy sites of Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar.
June 23, 2015, Tuesday
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Early Lessons in Ethnic Stereotypes in China
China is extremely good at being politically correct in its own way. Like when it comes to expressing disdain for the Japanese in a calligraphy class.
May 20, 2015, Wednesday
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Indian Subcontinent's Quake-Causing Collision Course
Geologists have conflicting theories as to why India is still on the move, up to two inches a year, and why it has crashed into Eurasia.
May 19, 2015, Tuesday
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Tibetan Dies After Setting Himself on Fire in Protest
The man, Nyi Kyab, 45, was protesting Chinese rule, said Free Tibet, an organization working for Tibet's self-determination.
April 18, 2015, Saturday
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Tibetan Nun Calling for End to China Rule and Dalai Lama's Return Sets Self on Fire
The nun, Yeshi Khando, was the 138th Tibetan to self-immolate since 2009 in Tibetan regions ruled by China, according to the International Campaign for Tibet.
April 12, 2015, Sunday
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Exiled Children of Tibet
Eight years old when he was sent into exile from Tibet, Tsering Topgyal has followed the lives of others who made a similar journey.
April 10, 2015, Friday
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The Price of Damming Tibet's Rivers
China's control over the region's waterways hurts countries downstream.
March 31, 2015, Tuesday
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A Rare Look Into One's Life on File in China
There is a largely invisible mechanism of social control that governs hundreds of millions of urban residents in China: the dang'an, or personal file, that documents matters mundane and profane.
March 15, 2015, Sunday
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Times Topics
A Sichuan Family and Tibet's Future
A Chinese scholar views the question of Tibet through the lens of her family.
The Dalai Lama's Realism
The greatest asset Tibet has is a leader who speaks always for dialogue and friendship, who also happens to be the most seasoned ruler on the planet.
Two Realities of Tibet
Two sets of images have already come to dominate outsiders' understanding of recent events in Tibet.
An Unwanted Dog in China
Tibetan mastiffs were once trendy must-have dogs for wealthy Chinese, selling for more than $200,000. But waning interest has left many breeders with unwanted dogs.
China Opposes Dalai Lama's Foreign Visit
A spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Hong Lei, condemned any country that allowed the Dalai Lama to visit or that used the Tibet issue "to interfere in China's domestic affairs."
Rescuing Creatures for Good Karma
Buddhist devotees in Yushu, China, rescue tiny river fish from riverbanks as an expression of the Buddhist reverence for all forms of life and as a gesture to help in their next life.
Rocky Renewal in Tibetan City
After a 2010 earthquake that left more than 100,000 people homeless in Yushu, Chinese efforts to rebuild the city have been incomplete and, many say, inequitable.
Times Minute | Michelle Obama in China
Michelle Obama's fairly anodyne family trip to China is mixed with soft diplomacy, today on the Minute.
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We got started last week and I took some pictures but have just now located the cable to download the photos from the camera to my computer. Hope that's not an indication of my technical skills.
As a test I'm starting with some of the shots of the site prep. We're adding on to the deck and trying to save all the trees.
Lets see how this works! Feel free to let me know if the photos need to be done differently.
We ordered the board and insulating blanket from FB last week. SUPER FAST on getting the order out. BIG THANKS!
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You nailed it. They load a little slow(on my system) but great quality. Keep them coming!
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Looks great Bonita! I like the site, anxious to follow your progress. Keep the pics coming and don't forget to post any questions you have- you'll find the answers here for sure!
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No issues with the photos on my end...1.5 seconds from my click to the photo appearing.
Nice location, that is exactly how I envision my ideal oven...under and surrounded by a canopy of trees; not really possible here in suburbia.
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Fortunately the weather has warmed up enough that we were able to get outside. We got the slab and block work done. If everything goes well we'll get the table poured and the dome started this week. Next year I hope to be able to cook the Thanksgiving turkey in the WFO. My family is exicited about it but mostly everyone who asks about the project glazes over when we tell them about the oven. sigh...
As the pictures show, we've got the stand for the oven and then a good deal of counter space and some additional patio area. The rest of the plan...after the oven is operational would be an outdoor fireplace and some built in seating.
As always, any feedback is welcome.
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Wow, nice space! What are you planning in the base? I notice more blocks in the interior than I typically see.
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We made the footprint a little bigger and then went back in and reinforced the interior. Hopefully one day the facade of the oven and the fireplace (that's still on the drawing board) will be similar.
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Made some progress over the last week. We got the table poured and started trying to lay out the floor. Got the Habor Freight 10" saw last Saturday. Just barely made it under the wire. We walked into the store at 6:55 and they close at 7:00. They must have all had some place to go because they MEANT "closing at 7". Its not like we were browsing... just wanted to get the saw and get out. And as many have already mentioned the instructions are a joke, but the saw itself is very nice.
The family worked on the laying the floor after our Thanksgiving lunch. We've got a long way to go but its been a lot of fun to plan it and then for the family to get on board with it.
Love visiting the forum. Lurk around a lot. Bunches of good information. I've reached the place in my life when I don't feel like I have to make absolutely every mistake. If someone wiser can help me dodge a bullet or two then, great!
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Very nice Bonita, and what a beautiful piece of property!
I too am at the point where I don't want to learn from "MY" mistakes, and prefer to learn from "Others"!
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The floor got done on Thanksgiving Day. Since then its been kind of hit or miss. We're making some progress. Didn't realize I was such a slob. Planning on covering a lot of this up. The weather has been a little sketchy lately so it hasn't gone as quickly as I had hoped. I agree with the others who have said its addicting. Is it too optimistic to hope for a New Year's pizza? Found a 20 qt Hobart Mixer from a bakery that had closed. The dough hook is in good shape and it seems to run really well. It needs a new bowl but that will be my only cost in it. I think I can pick up one on Ebay.
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The attackers burst into a house the Spaniards had rented on the outskirts of Acapulco, in a low-key beachside area, and held 12 Spanish men and women and one Mexican woman at gunpoint before dawn on Monday.
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Kochi,November 22, 2012: Supreme Court will deliver its final verdict on NEET (National Eligibility and Entrance Test) on November 22.The first ever NEET-UG for undergraduate medical admission in MBBS and BDS is planned for May 2013. But many states have raised their concerns related to the syllabus and complexity in implementing it in such a short time.
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Earlier, several institutions and private bodies from different states had filed petitions against NEET and had acquired interim stay against Medical Council of India's (MCI) move to implement the new regulation.
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Cameroonian masks usually carry gender associations. This is a male mask, identified by its headdress and beard. Frequently worn in ensemble performances, such masks can be seen at funeral celebrations of elders and other prominent people, as well as at annual festivals demonstrating loyalty to the fon, or king.
- Culture: Kom
- Medium: Wood, hair, accumulated/applied materials
- Place Made: Grassfields region, Northwest Province, Cameroon
- Dates: late 19th or early 20th century
- Dimensions: 17 x 9 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. (43.2 x 24.2 x 14.6 cm) (show scale)
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- Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Friede
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- Caption: Kom. Mask, late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, hair, accumulated/applied materials, 17 x 9 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. (43.2 x 24.2 x 14.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Friede, 74.66.3. Creative Commons-BY
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Two senators submitted a bill today that would set federal standards overseeing billing and contracts, and investigate the role handset locking plays in the consumption of wireless goods and services. The bill, called the Cellphone Consumer Empowerment Act of 2007, challenges the cellular industry and could place more regulatory control in the hands of individual state governments. One issue the senators hope to tackle is the listing of government taxes and fees on bills that are often other expenses being passed to subscribers. Wireless industry organizations, including the CTIA, denounced the proposal as detrimental to the public.
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As of Thursday, February 21, 2013
© Copyright 2015 Gwinnett Daily Post
LAWRENCEVILLE -- More toll lanes could be coming to Gwinnett, but this time a public comment period could actually change the discussion.
Feedback will begin with an open house March 21 on a proposal to extend express lanes along Interstate 85 -- adding 10 miles to the 16-mile stretch converted to high-occupancy toll lanes in October 2011.
But people frustrated that the first project was a done deal before the public spoke last time around can be assured that input will be involved in this project, Georgia Department of Transportation spokeswoman Teri Pope said.
"There is a no-build option with this project," she said, contrasting it to the first funded by a federal grant. "We're coming out to the public to solicit their input."
The $95 million proposal also has a key difference from the current HOT lanes between Old Peachtree Road and Chamblee-Tucker Road, which were converted from carpool lanes. These express lanes would be along newly laid asphalt, adding another lane between Old Peachtree Road and Hamilton Mill Road.
"In essence, this would add one lane in each direction that people could choose to use for a more reliable trip time," Pope said.
This project, which includes a bridge at the interstate's juncture with I-985, would be funded by the state's gas tax, and tolls would go toward maintenance of the system, Pope added.
Malika Wilkins, a spokeswoman for the State Road and Tollway Authority, said a decision on toll prices has not been made, since the earliest construction could begin is summer 2014.
Pope did not give an appraisal of the controversial HOT lanes project, which is about 16 months into a two-year demonstration project.
But Wilkins said the lanes have become more popular since their rocky beginning.
"We are encouraged by the data trends we are seeing in the Express Lanes with the increased usage and Peach Pass issuance from month to month since opening in October 2011," she said. "More and more motorists are choosing to use the Express Lanes for a more reliable trip. We will continue to monitor the performance of the lanes."
Public hearings are scheduled for 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday March 21 at the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce in Duluth and Thursday, March 28 at the Braselton Police and Municipal Court Building.
If the project moves forward, Pope said another set of hearings will be held next year, and the lanes could open in 2017.
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ACC12_SEC13Booster 2 years, 4 months ago
What's with this obsession that the Georgia Department of Transportation has with HOT Lanes?
R 2 years, 4 months ago
Why reach into your pocket only once and stop , if we can reach in several more times? That would be UN-american!
ACC12_SEC13Booster 2 years, 4 months ago
Another question is just how is the $95 million to build these lanes supposed to come from existing gas tax revenues when that existing gas tax is already overextended on routine road maintenance and construction needs on existing roads around the state and Governor Deal has already designated multiple years worth of existing state gas tax revenues to be spent on the I-75/I-575 NW HOT Lanes project and the reconstruction of the I-285 Top End/GA 400 North interchange?
ACC12_SEC13Booster 2 years, 4 months ago
The State of Georgia seems to be too foolish to figure out that GDOT's largely-unfunded HOT Lanes strategy for Metro Atlanta is playing right into the hands of the Federal Government whose real intent is to take these HOT Lane demonstrations and apply them to all lanes of the freeway system so as to push all local single and double-passenger vehicle traffic off of the freeway system and onto bus and rail transit lines as a way of clearing the Interstate system for increasingly-heavy through traffic (particularly increasingly-heavy freight truck traffic from the rapidly-expanding international seaport at Savannah that generate truck traffic on Interstates 75 South and Interstates 285 and 20 West and fast-growing seaports on the Gulf Coast that generate truck traffic on Interstate 85).
GDOT's HOT Lanes strategy is really just the beginning of a widespread system of congestion pricing and adjustable tolls on ALL LANES of Atlanta region freeways and Interstates.
The HOT Lane strategy that the State of Georgia has unwittingly embraced is really part of a long-term strategy to force Metro Atlantans and North Georgians onto transit lines that they would likely not take otherwise with adjustable tolls on ALL LANES of the freeway system that will range as high as $1.00-per-mile.
ACC12_SEC13Booster 2 years, 4 months ago
The California State Route 91 Express lanes are but a very-small preview of what Metro Atlantans can expect on a much-larger scale in the future when attempting to use what are now still largely-untolled freeways with fewer than three occupants in their vehicle.
This is a link to the toll schedule for the California S.R. 91 Express Lanes. Take special note of the $9.55 one-way cost to use the eastbound toll lane on Friday afternoons between 3:00-4:00 p.m. and of the $9.10 one-way cost to use the eastbound toll lane on Friday afternoons between 4:00-5:00 p.m. http://www.91expresslanes.com/schedules.asp
ACC12_SEC13Booster 2 years, 4 months ago
If Metro Atlantans are not careful, they will likely find themselves unable to use the freeway lanes that they have already paid for with their tax dollars without paying much more in adjustable-rate tolls.
HOT Lanes are not to "provide a clear traffic lane" at all times as government officials claim, but are to force Metro Atlantans onto transit lines that they might not otherwise use over the long-term.
R 2 years, 4 months ago
Point of clarification!
Commuters WON'T use unless mandated under law or excessive fee schedules.
ACC12_SEC13Booster 2 years, 4 months ago
You hit the nail right on the head with the use of excessive fee schedules as a way to force people onto transit. Use of transit won't have to be mandated under law when it costs $25.00 one-way to drive on I-85 to the Perimeter and a relatively much-cheaper (but not really cheap at all) $10.00 one-way to take the train into the city.
Gwinnettsince1991 2 years, 4 months ago
What the citizens of this state fail to comprehend is that we are on the path to becoming LA and Chicago with is massive corruption due to state agencies, such as the DOT diving for every dollar and making their cities unlivable for average citizens. Pretty soon we will be Detroit, but luckily I will be long gone from this cash grab. And that is all this is, a cash grab by a government program that is more interest in sustaining itself than what is in the best interest of the citizens.
R 2 years, 4 months ago
We have the corruption, we just need to give everyone their very own fair share...
ACC12_SEC13Booster 2 years, 4 months ago
With the continued overdevelopment and its resulting effects of cheap housing, illegal immigration, overcrowding, etc, a cross between Los Angeles and Chicago is what Atlanta is likely to become as many political 'leaders' in Metro Atlanta have openly stated that they would like the region to be home to at least as many as 10 million people.
It's just that the real estate developers who run this town have turned away from spectulating and overdeveloping along the major roads in the metro area as they have done historically since World War II and now have their sights set on land spectulating and overdeveloping areas along and near the numerous major rail lines that criss-cross the metro area.
The major rail line right-of-ways that developers have their sights set on include the two major rail lines that run through Gwinnett County in the Norfolk Southern/Amtrak line that has been tabbed for commuter rail service between Atlanta and Gainesville and high-speed rail service between Atlanta and Charlotte that runs through the county west of I-85 through the cities of Norcross, Duluth, Suwanee, Sugar Hill & Buford and the CSX freight rail right-of-way that is the site of the future Brain Train passenger rail line between Atlanta and Athens that runs through Lilburn, Lawrenceville and Dacula in Gwinnett County.
The very-close proximity of the airport to the future Brain Train passenger rail line between Atlanta and Athens is why developers went totally bananas over trying to privatize, develop and expand Briscoe Field not too long ago.
The cities of Norcross, Duluth, Suwanee and Sugar Hill are also already developing and redeveloping their downtowns around future train station stops on the future Atlanta-Gainesville commuter rail line. There is a lot of land spectulation that is directly connected to and driving this continued expansion of the HOT lane network that the state is trying to portray as only being for "congestion reduction".
R 2 years, 4 months ago
So since DOT will be extending the HOT Lanes past I-985, does this mean the lanes will be built as a NEW inside bridge over existing traffic at the I-985 merge north?
Or will the state change the exit configuration entirely and move the I-985 North spur exit to the far right lane and create an interchange?
ACC12_SEC13Booster 2 years, 4 months ago
R, the plans that I had seen and heard of in the past included moving the exit for I-985 North to the far right lane of I-85 Northbound and creating an interchange with collector-distributor lanes on the right so that vehicles from Lawrenceville-Suwanee Rd could merge directly onto I-985 Northbound from the right without crossing 3-4 lanes of heavy traffic to get over to the exit in the far-left 2 lanes (and vice-versa with traffic from I-985 Southbound being able to exit directly onto L'ville-Suwanee Rd without having to merge onto I-85 SB and traffic from I-85 SB being able to exit onto L'ville -Suwanee Rd without having to cross the traffic merging from I-985 SB).
But with the cost of this project only being $95 million (the cost of the more elaborate for a larger interchange being at least a couple-of-hundred million dollars or so), what is most likely is that the lanes will be built as a new inside bridge over existing traffic at the I-985 North split like you described, if the HOT lanes are ever expanded, which with as cash-strapped as the state's road construction budget is, is highly-doubtful at this point.
ACC12_SEC13Booster 2 years, 4 months ago
With Governor Deal having already designated the I-285/GA 400 interchange as "the top transportation priority" in the entire state after the T-SPLOST debacle went down in flames and Governor Deal having already made an unfunded commitment to build an I-75/I-575 NW HOT Lane project that alone would require using multiple years of the state's ENTIRE road construction budget, something smells fishy with GDOT suddenly making presentations to extend the controversial I-85 HOT Lanes 10 miles to the north with no additional federal funding secured at present and several years of declining roadbuilding funds for the ENTIRE state already committed to major construction projects in the GA 400 corridor @ I-285 and in the I-75/I-575 NW Corridor and no additional gas tax revenues/roadbuilding funds forthcoming in the foreseeable future.
Could these presentations of as yet VERY-unfunded road expansion projects on major roads through on the northside of Metro Atlanta have anything to do with Governor Deal being up for re-election next year in 2014?
Could these presentations of proposed unfunded road expansion projects in Cobb and Cherokee (the I-75/I-575 NW HOT Lanes), North Fulton (the reconstruction & expansion of the GA 400/I-285 interchange and the opening of the emergency right shoulders to traffic on GA 400) and Gwinnett counties (expansion of I-85 HOT Lanes up to Hamilton Mill Rd) have anything to do with Governor Deal attempting to passify (or even pander) to conservative and moderate GOP voters in Cobb, Cherokee, North Fulton, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall and other Republican-dominated North Georgia counties so as to continue to fend-off a challenge from his right in the 2014 GOP Primary and assure re-election to a second-term in a 2014 General Election in which no Democrats have even shown any interest in running or challenging him?
JohnGalt 2 years, 4 months ago
Seriously? The GDOT isn't interested in public input. If they were, we wouldn't have the HOT lanes we have now. I have asked this question before and still await an answer. Who is it that has the authority to do this without so much as a bonafide vote of the people who are impacted by it the most which are the citizens of Gwinnett County? They can showboat with this horse manure about public input all they want. At the end of the day, they have an initiative that has nothing to do with traffic and has everything to do with lining pockets.
And one last thing...within the next decade, vehicles will have the technology and ability to run completely on autopilot. That is, no driver necessary. It's a proven technology that has millions of miles of test data already. Why do we need public transportation systems that include rail and enormous expense that have huge restrictions on where passengers can be transported (like along the rail lines) when you can have transportation vehicles pick you up where you want to be picked up and deliver you where you want to be delivered? Why not utilize this as an opportunity to take our transportation to the next level, and expand on this technology that would be much more economical and efficient because it can easily capitalize on the existing roadways and infrastructure already in place and place Atlanta well ahead of the rest of the world on transportation? The reason is, there is no incentive on government employees to do or recommend any solution that will ultimately eliminate the need for their services as if they provide any useful services anyway.
ACC12_SEC13Booster 2 years, 4 months ago
{{"Why do we need public transportation systems that include rail and enormous expense that have huge restrictions on where passengers can be transported (like along the rail lines) when you can have transportation vehicles pick you up where you want to be picked up and deliver you where you want to be delivered?"}}
Mr. Galt, this isn't about need, this about future land spectulation by real estate developers who are in the early stages of buying up land parcels for future development around the sites of proposed train stations in North Georgia. This is also about a long-term agenda by the Feds to dramatically and exponentially increase transit ridership by forcing Metro Atlantans off of the freeways with adjustable tolls (congestion pricing) and onto rail-anchored transit lines.
jack 2 years, 4 months ago
"There is a no-build option with this project,"
Was the fiber optic/plastic pipe installation project along I-85 north of the Suwanee exit several months ago merely for cameras, or in anticipation of HOT?
"Pope did not give an appraisal of the controversial HOT lanes project, which is about 16 months into a two-year demonstration project."
But the fact that we are intending to expand the system means we have already declared it a success.
Sandykin 2 years, 4 months ago
Will we ever see new freeway again? Seems like the only road improvements these days make a path straight to my wallet.
ACC12_SEC13Booster 2 years, 4 months ago
Sandykin, after the public's rejection of the Northern Arc (Outer Perimeter) over a decade ago and the even bigger public rejection of the T-SPLOST, which included funding for the last section of the Sugarloaf Pkwy freeway extension from GA 316 through the Mall of Georgia area to P'tree Industrial Blvd., a road which was originally slated to be built, operated and funded as a toll road, the conversion of GA 316 from a surface road to a freeway with separated-grade intersections and interchanges will more than likely be the last new freeway ever built in the Atlanta region.
And even with GA 316 being upgraded from a high-speed surface road with dangerous at-grade intersections to a freeway, the chances are very-high that adjustable-rate tolled congestion pricing will eventually be implemented on GA 316 by the Feds because that major road feeds directly into one of the busiest roads on the entire planet in I-85 towards Atlanta.
kevin 2 years, 4 months ago
If Federal money is involved, this new project is already a done deal, just like the other one. The DOT and others lied to us the first time about speaking up on this issue. Why would anyone believe them this time? We are just going to lose more of our already paid for freedoms on open interstates with this new project. Soon we will be having to pay for clean air. NO, NO, NO to another government takeover of our roads. "We have already paid for access to this interstate."
ACC12_SEC13Booster 2 years, 4 months ago
Unlike the first section of I-85 HOT Lanes between Chamblee-Tucker Rd in DeKalb and Old P'tree Rd in Gwinnett in which the State of Georgia received a $110 million federal grant which was originally denied by the Feds, Federal money does not seem to be involved in this proposed extension of the I-85 HOT Lanes at this point. This latest round of so-called public meetings seems to be nothing more than a dog-and-pony show to at-least make it appear as if the state is doing something about congestion in advance of a Gubernatorial election year in 2014 in a county and corridor that is critical to Governor Deal's re-election prospects in Gwinnett in the I-85 Northeast Corridor. Deal has done the same thing with the I-75/I-575 HOT Lanes in Cobb and GA 400 in regards to North Fulton that he is doing with the I-85 HOT Lanes in Gwinnett by appearing to move forward with road expansion proposals that are seemingly largely-unfunded at the moment. Also, with the continued expansion of traffic-generating seaports on the Gulf Coast and in Savannah, there is very-strong evidence that the I-85 HOT Lanes are not a demo project for a larger regionwide network of HOT Lanes, but rather are a demo project for a regionwide network of congestion pricing adjustable tolls on all lanes of Metro Atlanta freeways.
LilburnsFuture 2 years, 4 months ago
Well said. I'll just add; if there is to be a toll road. Make it across the road. Yes, design it just the same as 400. The difference between 85 and 400 is that 400 flows. Everyone knows there is a toll. Not, this perception that only the top elite pay. The others 'pay for the HOT toll' in poor performance - guzzling gas while on a slow ride on the highway.
JimmyOrr 2 years, 4 months ago
ACC12_SEC 13Booster, I cannot remember when you came on board so to speak with your well written and well thought out comments. Over the times I have been reading your "stuff," I wish there had been someway I could have printed your comments out invidually and filed them by category so I could use same for reference from time to time. In your comments today (Thursday) I took particular note to a paragraph that begins with: "It's just that the real estate developers who run this town." This is ture today, it was true yesterday, and it will continue to be true tomorrow. I would like to think that you were thinking what I was thinking and that is,"Isn't it about time we return the seat of county government from 6500 Sugarloaf Parkway back to 75 Langley Drive?" Just a thought. I may be absolutely wrong in my thinking. Keep up your excellent commentaries on articles of this nature. FYI, I will be attending the public hearing in Braselton on Thursday, March 28th.
ACC12_SEC13Booster 2 years, 4 months ago
Thank you very much for your encouraging comments, Mr. Orr.
Don_Coyote 2 years, 4 months ago
Please ask Ms. Wilkins how many times she is going to jump onto bandwagon marketing terms to label a program a success when it is not even meeting ongoing expenses much less construction/conversion costs.
Mack711 2 years, 4 months ago
Yes but Wilkins and Evans are drawing a pay check from this venture. This program was a money pit from the start. It will never be paid for in tolls and has been proven so. Stop this plan now and scrap the HOT lanes.
ACC12_SEC13Booster 2 years, 4 months ago
To the incompetent Georgia Department of Transportation, HOT lanes are a brilliant long-term transportation strategy, even though there is basically NO money to build them unless they are paid for with Federal grant money, like the I-85 HOT Lanes which were slated to be nothing more than a conceptual design on a drawing board at best until the Feds awarded the $110 million grant in late 2008 to the State of Georgia to build them. To the Feds, the current I-85 HOT Lanes are more than likely a run-through for a future regionwide system of adjustable rate-tolled congestion pricing on all Metro Atlanta freeways. The idiots at GDOT and SRTA have UNWITTINGLY (with an emphasis on "UNWITTINGLY") played directly into long-term Federal plans to impose congestion pricing on ALL LANES of the freeway system as a way of pushing what the Feds deem to be excess local traffic (1-2 occupant vehicles) off of the Interstates and onto future transit lines so that through traffic can flow through Metro Atlanta much less-impeded on the Interstates. The Feds have tabbed Metro Atlanta for widespread adjustable rate-tolled congestion pricing on all lanes of the freeway system because they have no confidence that a spectacularly incompetent State of Georgia will ever become organizationally functional enough to expand the roads to accommodate all of the increased truck traffic that is expected to flood North Georgia Interstates in coming years.
ACC12_SEC13Booster 2 years, 4 months ago
Don_Coyote, this latest so-called public relations push for an extension of the I-85 HOT Lanes up to Hamilton Mill Rd. likely is not necessarily so much about labeling the HOT Lanes program a success on its own merit as much as it is labeling the program a success and appearing to expand it so as to appear to be doing something, anything, about traffic on I-85 so that Governor Deal can win favor with commuters (commuters who vote in elections) in Gwinnett, Hall and Jackson counties in the I-85 NE Corridor that proved to be critical to Deal winning the GOP Primary against Karen Handel in 2010.
The I-85 Northeast Corridor was basically the area that put Deal over the top in the 2010 primary and even though Deal as of yet has no challengers on either the Republican side or the Democratic side, he is running as if he does have challengers and this I-85 HOT Lane extension dog-and-pony show appears to be part of his re-election campaign strategy.
TOWG 2 years, 4 months ago
I am a simple man. Would someone please explain to me how we can now be charged to drive on lanes of the highway we have already paid for. Difficulty level: 300 words or less.
ACC12_SEC13Booster 2 years, 4 months ago
You can now be charged to drive on lanes of the highway that you have already paid for at the pump because there is no law stopping them from charging you again.
On top of that, there is no law stopping them from charging you as much as they want for whatever reason they want.
ACC12_SEC13Booster 2 years, 4 months ago
In this particular case, the reason why they are charging you for the lanes of the highway that you have already paid for is as a means to force you and everyone else who uses the highway to change their behavior from driving to carpooling with other people to taking transit over the long-term.
NewsReader 2 years, 4 months ago
Here is the way I see it...
I have a Peach Pass. So, the only time I use the HOT lanes is when I have at least 3 passengers and I drive down the HOT lane for free. I refuse to ever pay for the privilege to drive on a lane I have already paid for. I set the cruise control at or below the speed limit, and drive the full length of the HOT lane. All the while, I watch the cars speed by me on the right in the regular left lane and watch the cars stack up behind me. The way I see it, for all of the time this foolishness wastes of mine, I can simply return the favor to those who feel they are so special paying for the privilege to drive down the HOT lane. And boy, do they get mad when they are stuck in a lane, paying for it, only to be passed by vehicles driving down the interstate for free. LOL! I'm not breaking any laws, so there really is nothing you can do about it. Anybody else feel the same way about the HOT lane, I would encourage you to do the same thing. Waste my time, I'll waste yours…it's that simple.
LilburnsFuture 2 years, 4 months ago
Rather than a HOT lane, tell your representative that you want a full toll like 400. We know politicians want a new lane and maintenance dollars to keep it up and a few employed. Fine, but everyone should pay into the new lane, not 'everyone' with the few rich and politicians taking a lane designated for them and the other slow lanes, so we waste gas, for the commoners.
Bri 2 years, 4 months ago
What type of feasible solution do you we have for transportion in the area? Can there be such a thing?
ACC12_SEC13Booster 2 years, 4 months ago
Bri, there is such a thing as a feasible solution for transportation in Metro Atlanta.
Instead of converting existing traffic lanes to HOT lanes and building new HOT lanes, the most feasible solution WITHOUT the long-term behaviorial engineering agenda would be for the State of Georgia/GDOT to build NEW truck-only lanes on separated-grade roadways elevated over the medians of Metro Atlanta Interstates (particularly on I-75 South OTP, I-20 West OTP, I-75 North OTP, I-85 North OTP, and on the entirety of I-285 which are the stretches of roadway in Metro Atlanta with the heaviest amount of freight truck traffic).
Building elevated truck-only lanes over the right-of-ways of the busiest sections of Interstate will help traffic flow better by separating growing amounts of heavy freight truck traffic from growing amounts of car traffic.
Removing freight trucks from the Interstate by giving them their own lanes will free-up highway lanes for car traffic.


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