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Walter Brown 7/9/24 Walter Brown 7/9/24

Mythbuster 4: Beltline rail is just the start of a streetcar system

In 2014, Atlanta Beltline Inc. came up with the Atlanta Streetcar System as a way to justify Beltline rail. Events since have rendered the plan obsolete, leaving the case it made for the Beltline loop in tatters.

Walter Brown 6/28/24 Walter Brown 6/28/24

Our Five Points lesson — Atlanta needs a mobility plan

The controversy over MARTA’s Five Points Station revamp is doing us all at least one favor. It’s exposed the absolute mess that passes for mobility planning in Atlanta.