The City of Golf Carts
Some American cities use buses, or trams, or trains. Peachtree City, Georgia, has a different solution: it's not quite public transit, but a hundred miles of golf cart tracks helps to keep cars off the road.
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Peachtree City Cart Paths
Excerpts from the Peachtree City Cart Paths, south of Georgia Highway 54.
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When gas prices go up, residents of Peachtree City, Ga. get around by driving golf carts. There are
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CAPTION: When gas prices go up, residents of Peachtree City, Ga. get around by driving golf carts. There are a few other golf cart communities in the U.S. but most are retirement communities. In Peachtree City, just about everyone rides the golf carts. (July 25)
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[Location: Peachtree City, Georgia, July 4, 2011]
[Source: AP - shot by Marina Hutchinson]
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[VOICE-OVER] (Start with visuals of parade of hundreds of carts flooding the streets) IF YOU''VE EVER WONDERED WHAT A TOWN WOULD LOOK LIKE IF ELECTRIC CARS WERE THE RULE RATHER THAN THE EXCEPTION , COME TAKE A RIDE IN PEACHTREE CITY, GEORGIA. A CITY OF ABOUT 34,000 WHERE ALMOST EVERY FAMILY OWNS A GOLF CART.
[SOT/ Janie Stinchcomb]
(I love it because you can feel the breeze. And I love it because we have our own horn.)
[NAT: HONKS HORN]
[VOICE-OVER]
THE CARTS COME OUT IN FORCE FOR THE ANNUAL GOLF CART PARADE JULY 4th , BUT YEAR ROUND THESE GOLF CARTS ARE EVERYWHERE. THERE ARE OVER 10,000 GOLF CARTS AND 90 MILES OF GOLF CART PATHS.
[SOT/Kinley Allen]
( I like how I get to spend time with my mom.) [VOICE-OVER] AND MOMS LIKE THEM TOO. WHEN GAS PRICES GO UP , THESE CARTS GET AROUND THE HIGH PRICE OF GAS.
ELECTRIC CART MANUFACTURER GEM ESTIMATES THE ELECTRICITY COST TO RUN ONE OF THEIR CARTS IS ABOUT TWO CENTS A MILE.
[SOT: Melinda Moore]
(It saved 3,084 miles on my vehicle.)
[VOICE-OVER]
NEWCOMERS NOTICE THERE IS A PERVASIVE GOLF CART CULTURE HERE.
[SOT/ Matt Stinchcomb, former NFL player,] ( We didn''t own a golf cart for maybe two years, and people would look at us like we were crazy.)
[VOICE-OVER]
CARTS COST ANYWHERE FROM A COUPLE OF THOUSAND DOLLARS AND HIGHER AND GO AS FAST AS 25 MILES AN HOUR.
[SOT/ Grace Parker, Peachtree City Resident] (We can go grocery shopping, we can bring the kids to school. I can do my banking, when we go out to restaurants we can just take the golf cart.)
[VOICE-OVER]
THE CARTS GET RESIDENTS AROUND TOWN BYPASSING TRAFFIC WITH PATHS THAT GO OVER AND UNDER THE MAIN STREETS.
(Various shots of high school golf cart parking with hundreds of carts.) AND TEENAGERS CAN DRIVE THEIR CARTS TO THE HIGH SCHOOL WHICH HAS A SPECIAL PARKING SPOT FOR CARTS.
RESIDENTS SAY NOT ONLY DO THESE ELECTRIC CARS SAVE MONEY AND HELP THE ENVIRONMENT.
[SOT/Cheri Ahmadinia]
(It''s just fun it''s like an adventure rather than just going to the grocery store.)
[VOICE-OVER]
BUT A FUN RIDE STILL DOESN''T STOP SOME KIDS FROM COMPLAINING.
[NATSOT: (Shot of boy riding on golf cart with lady (Cheri) driving.) ( My mom is a horrible driver on the golf cart.)
[NATSOT: Little girl gets out of golf cart and says. Bye Dad.] [VOICE-OVER] Marina Hutchinson, Associated Press.
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Free Family Fun in Peachtree City, GA
Free Family Fun IN Peachtree City, GA is plentiful.
90 miles of golf cart paths can take you anywhere in the city. Peachtree City boasts over 300 geocaches in the immediate area.
Frisbee Golf course is nestled in the Village Green Park near city hall and Hwy. 54.
The All Children's play area is designed to be accessible to all children, even those with mobility challenges and wheelchairs.
A skate park and BMX track are located at McIntosh Recreation Facility off McIntoshTrail .
Visitors to Line Creek Nature Area will enjoy a fishing dock, small pond, a gazebo, and several miles of nature trails.
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