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Since January 12, I’ve made the Atlanta Streetcar my primary commute option. This experiment amounted to 25 workday commutes by trolley, for a total of 47 trips. (Shouldn’t that be 50 trips ...
There’s little doubt that the Atlanta Streetcar, which finally started service a few weeks ago, will be a good thing for the city’s tourism business. Its 2.7-mile loop connects all those ...
The Atlanta Streetcar was short-staffed. Safety and security procedures were lax. Accidents were not properly investigated or reported. Defective equipment disrupted service. Those were among the ...
ATLANTA – Once upon a time this city was crisscrossed by electric streetcars. At the peak of streetcar travel in the mid-1920s, some 800 streetcars covering 200 miles of track carried 97 million ...
ATLANTA (AP) - The Atlanta Streetcar rolled into downtown on its inaugural journey Tuesday, marking the first time streetcars have regularly traversed those city streets in more than 50 years.
The Atlanta Streetcar took its inaugural ride on Dec. 30 in downtown Atlanta. Expand to read more Joann Vitelli The Atlanta Streetcar will continue its free fares through the end of the year ...
Long-sought plans for transit on the Atlanta Beltline are taking a big step forward as MARTA plans to extend the downtown streetcar to Ponce City Market. The plan, unveiled in September ...
ATLANTA — The streetcar was stopped in downtown traffic, and before long Keisha Schwarzel figured that was enough of a first experience with the year-old addition to Atlanta’s transit system.
Today, the Atlanta BeltLine is a walking and biking ... But he says that building a privately funded streetcar today would come with tradeoffs like accessibility for lower-income riders.
ATLANTA -- The city of Atlanta turned in its final plans for proposed streetcar fixes a day earlier than expected. It looked as if the city was going down to the wire as they finalized the ...
ATLANTA — The Atlanta streetcar is back months after it was removed, according to a Thursday news release from MARTA. MARTA removed the four streetcar vehicles from service on Nov. 29 ...