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Atlanta’s Johnson sees cause for optimism in early 2017 numbers: passengers took 32,934 streetcar trips in January, up 21 percent from the previous January.
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 will continue its free fares through the end of the year, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed announced Tuesday at the annual breakfast meeting of Central Atlanta Progress.
A few years back, the feds had millions of stimulus dollars to hand out for “shovel ready” projects. Atlanta raised its shovel and got a very big shiny toy, a brand new streetcar. Streetcars ...
The Atlanta Streetcar is delayed—again. While it looked like the $100 million project might be up and rolling in late summer, the new target date is November.
MARTA took over the Atlanta Streetcar service from the city of Atlanta on July 1, 2018, as part of its $2.6 billion expansion. Late last year, ...
Transit ridership, especially rail, has collapsed post-pandemic, but the Atlanta BeltLine Coalition wants to build a $2.5 billion streetcar.
An upcoming extension of the Atlanta Streetcar to the BeltLine is stoking opposition, but BeltLine leaders are firm on rail plans. Here's the latest about transit on the BeltLine in reporter Tyler ...
ATLANTA — It's back! MARTA's Atlanta Streetcar system is back on its tracks after a long go at repairs. The transit agency said in a release last month that testing would begin on Feb. 28 for an ...
Atlanta, other cities see resurgence of streetcars. ... At the peak of streetcar travel in the mid-1920s, some 800 streetcars covering 200 miles of track carried 97 million passenger trips a year.