Tracking Atlanta
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[newsletter hiatus] A newsletter about public transit and mobility justice in Atlanta. Making you smarta’ about MARTA :) Reader-supported. 🚏🚇🚌🚲♿️ trackingatlanta.ghost.io conductor: @alex.bsky.to not associated with MARTA
Atlanta seniors say they must endure longer, riskier walks to reach public transportation after MARTA consolidated bus routes. https://bit.ly/4edS9d8
MARTA Bus Route Changes Impact Southwest Atlanta Seniors - Capital B News - Atlanta
Residents at Berean Village say they must endure longer, riskier walks to reach public transportation.
atlanta.capitalbnews.org
RIP Margaret Swan. Just a horrific act of violence that occurred in our city. On top of being a beloved mother/grandmother and by all accounts wonderful person, she was evidently an everyday MARTA rider. www.11alive.com/article/news...
'Nobody helped her': Daughter grieving after beloved mother killed in gruesome, unprovoked MARTA stabbing attack
Margaret Swan, 66, was a mother of three, grandmother of five and great-grandmother to four. She was killed in an unprovoked attack on a MARTA train on Saturday.
11alive.com
Out with the old Breeze cards, in with the new (and tap to pay, wherever new equipment has been installed - still a work in progress). Here’s a breakdown of the Better Breeze changes that start TODAY: www.ajc.com/news/2026/03... (🎁 link)
MARTA’s new Better Breeze cards go live as fare gate installation continues
Riders can buy and use the new Breeze cards, part of the first major upgrade to MARTA’s fare collection system in decades.
ajc.com
Atlanta voted for More MARTA. A decade later, there isn't much 'more' about it atlpresscollective.com/2026/03/10/m... @atlpresscollective.com 🖋️Teresa Fang 📷John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social #photojournalist #localnews
More MARTA: Almost 10 years in, there is not much 'more' about it
In 2016, Atlanta voters approved the More MARTA sales tax. Nearly a decade later, only 2 of the 17 approved projects are near completion.
atlpresscollective.com
NOT A JOKE: marta board member Devon Hudson, a real estate construction and management firm principal representing DeKalb County, asked this morning in a meeting whether the World Cup would be a "Super Bowl"-sized event or like "a big concert". In fact, around 300,000-800,000 fans are expected:
MARTA March 12, 2026 - Board Work Session & Meeting
YouTube video by MARTA
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Life After Cars LIVE is THIS FRIDAY! As we gather at the historic Plaza Theatre, we’re making it easy to get there without a car, because… that’s kind of the point. 😉 📍 March 13th at 8:00PM | Tickets: givebutter.com/lifeaftercars. 🎟️
This doesn’t surprise me at all, Atlanta has plenty of better movie theatres, but I hope Colony Square will continue to improve and survive roughdraftatlanta.com/2026/02/27/i...
Midtown Atlanta dine-in movie theater IPIC closing at Colony Square
IPIC, the dine-in movie theater at Colony Square in midtown Atlanta, will close in April due to the company filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
roughdraftatlanta.com
Beautiful image of a slip lane becoming a new sidewalk in NW Atlanta! I love seeing slip lanes go away; these are awful spots for pedestrians. Creating nicer places for walking involves hundreds of little changes like this. 🙌 Image source: Hasbun Construction www.linkedin.com/posts/hasbun...
In the past year, metro Atlanta saw more evictions than all of New York City—despite having *one-quarter* the renters. Multiple Atlanta apartment complexes averaged an eviction a day. "The numbers are mind-blowing," said Grace Hartley of Princeton's Eviction Lab.
Atlanta ranks worst in eviction rates with more total evictions than New York City
The new report found there were multiple complexes that averaged an eviction a day.
www-wsbtv-com.cdn.ampproject.org
It took me an embarrassingly long time to realize that when Atlantans talk about places being "accessible," they usually mean "there's a bunch of free parking near the door." I had optimistically assumed they mean there were great sidewalks, crosswalks, buses, and ADA ramps.
Concerned about ICE's $45 billion plan to convert warehouses into immigration detention centers? This is what they'll look like inside. From ICE's plan for the Social Circle, GA facility. Each little dot: a person. www.socialcirclega.gov/home/showpub...
WAIT HOLD UP ALYSA LIU WAS ONE OF THE IN-TRAIN ANNOUNCERS FOR THE MUNI METRO L TARAVAL RELAUNCH WTFFFF
BART@bart.gov · 6mo agoCongrats to BART rider and Oakland legend Alysa Liu on winning a gold medal at the Olympics and making the Bay Area proud!
Congrats to BART rider and Oakland legend Alysa Liu on winning a gold medal at the Olympics and making the Bay Area proud!
Drivers on some roads in Decatur will notice lower speed limits. The speeds were reduced on College Avenue, Scott Boulevard, South Candler Street, Clairemont Avenue and Commerce Drive.
Lower speed limits on state routes go into effect in Decatur
Drivers on some roads in Decatur will notice lower speed limits. The speeds were reduced on College Avenue, Scott Boulevard, South Candler Street, Clairemont Avenue and Commerce Drive.
decaturish.com
GEORGIA — “beloved teacher” Dr. Linda Davis killed in a car crash as ICE chased a man through the streets: www.wtoc.com/2026/02/16/s... Even the ICE release (which blames Dems🤔) says his only crime was being undocumented: www.ice.gov/news/release...
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The Atlanta Community Press Collective needs you to help us raise $65,000 to keep delivering the news that matters to Atlantans.
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I got to use the streetcar today! After I had a great lunch from Afro Dish at the Municipal Market and bought some groceries at one of the produce stands at the Market, I took the streetcar a couple of stops so I could be a little closer for my walk back home. $1 (paid on the Breeze app). Worth it.
IF ONLY ATLANTA HAD THE MONEY TO BUILD A SIMILAR PROJECT WITH TRAMS ON GRASS, SEPARATED FROM CARS 👀
Circula en bici@circulaenbici.bsky.social · 6mo agoAsí se conecta🥰 el barrio de Salburua (+- 22.000 habitantes ) con el centro de la ciudad de Vitoria. 4 km 12 min en 🚲o 🚋
ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.
Savannah teacher killed in crash by man fleeing from ICE
According to the Chatham County Police Department, Monday morning’s fatal crash was the result of a chase between Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and a suspect.
wtoc.com
Join us tomorrow at noon, near 225 Peachtree Street, for a press conference to demand the city fulfill its promise to build a raised crosswalk. In addition, please sign the petition calling for change. RSVP and sign: www.letspropelatl.org/peachtreepre...
Peachtree Crosswalk Press Conference
PRESS CONFERENCE RSVP Why This Event Lives have already been lost crossing Peachtree Street. The City of Atlanta has approved safety designs for this location, including a raised crosswalk that has ...
letspropelatl.org
With approved designs and funding in place, yet no sign of action, we say: a safer Peachtree Street should not be this difficult — nor this delayed. With lives lost at this very spot, additional delay will put more people at risk for injury and death.
at a vigil for the victims of ICE at the VA hospital in east atlanta
Hey Georgia folks, is your employer on this list of firms with ICE/CBP contracts?
Georgia companies poised to bring in $10 billion from ICE and Border Patrol contracts
As public outrage mounts over federal immigration operations, new analysis shows a key Southern state is home to companies that could bring in more than $10 billion to assist Border Patrol and ICE.
facingsouth.org
I'd love for this (from last weekend) to not be about winter weather and instead just be a general statement about keeping cars off the road. 😅
Atlanta’s overall population is about 46% Black, but its homeless population was about 80% Black last year. Metro Atlanta’s homeless population has been on the rise for the past three years. atlanta.capitalbnews.org/atlanta-home...
Atlanta Homeless Population Continues to Rise, PIT Count Shows - Capital B News - Atlanta
Unhoused men expressed gratitude for aid workers as they shared their stories about living on the streets.
atlanta.capitalbnews.org
The group bike ride for Alex Pretti is about to depart in Minneapolis, stopping at his memorial, then Renee Good’s, and finishing at the VFW. If you can join, hop on anywhere. It’s a warm 17° & sunny! I’ve never seen this many cyclists for a group ride. ⚡️✊🏽⚡️🚲⚡️✊🏽⚡️ #RIPPretti
Atlanta, your voice matters. Join the Restoration Memorial and Preserve Master Plan meeting to share ideas for the former Atlanta Prison Farm site and help shape its future as a public memorial and green space. Feb. 7 | 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Coan Park Recreation Center
Colorful sunset over Downtown Atlanta, as seen tonight from the window of an in-motion MARTA bus.
