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Forbes praises Atlanta’s mass transit network, nodding to (huh?) the streetcar
With 12 stops along the 2.7-mile circuit, the still-nascent streetcar system has room for improvement—and expansion
MARTA officially takes over Atlanta Streetcar operations
It’ll still cost a whole dollar to ride the downtown trolley.
Adding 21 miles of light rail in Atlanta won’t satisfy Beltline transit advocates
The city and MARTA’s proposal would help fund just 7 miles of transit along the 22-mile loop.
The Atlanta Streetcar needs to die, critic tells local media
Does MARTA have a prayer of saving the expensive transit alternative?
Summerhill BRT line bags federal grant for new buses, 30 stops
The line will connect downtown to Georgia State’s redevelopment around former Turner Field.
How the Atlanta Streetcar plans to become smarter, beginning this month
Coming soon ... optimal horn usage!
Atlanta’s streetcar: transit boon or economic development scheme?
While many have lambasted the streetcar for operational deficiencies, new projects have been transforming neighborhoods all around it.
MARTA gets official green-light to take over Atlanta Streetcar system
Mayor has promised the streetcar’s next stop will be the Atlanta Beltline.
Atlanta mayor: MARTA will take over streetcar, linking system to Beltline
Mayor Kasim Reed wants beleaguered (but improving) Atlanta Streetcar system transferred to MARTA within months.
For Atlanta Streetcar, pessimism is still rampant, though hope does exist
Rosier streetcar news has focused on the potential of T-SPLOST funding and inventive new ways that streetcar leaders are convincing people to ride: Pokémon safaris, free trips, and streetcar-led bar crawls. Until now.
Curbed Cup 1st Round: (2) Ormewood Park vs. (15) Downtown
Which neighborhood should advance to the second round?
Atlanta’s most annoyingly vacant places: three years later
In late 2013, we strapped on our collective thinking caps and set out to photograph, for posterity’s sake, some of Atlanta’s "most annoyingly vacant places" as one of the first installments in the Visual Journeys series. Here’s an update.
Atlanta Streetcar Still Battling Media, Misconceptions
A recent letter from the Georgia Department of Transportation set an ultimatum for streetcar solutions for what it says are outstanding maintenance and staffing shortfalls. Is that the latest batch of streetcar troubles, or something overblown?
3 Shops Have Recently Left Atlanta Streetcar Stop
A tea store, Jewish gift shop, and accessories boutique are so over 171 Auburn Ave. All three businesses started as pop-up shops in 2014 and later decided to stay on longterm, but plans have changed.
Can ATL Streetcar Shine in Flood of Grant Applicants?
$500 million will be made available in the 2016 round of TIGER discretionary grants. Last year, the streetcar was among many projects left out of the coveted federal funding pool.