Beltline, Atlanta and Eastside

Dickens rejects new MARTA audit findings, pulls support of streetcar extension on Eastside Trail
Mayor Andre Dickens appeared at the MARTA Board of Directors meeting on March 13 to reject the findings of a new spending audit and to announce he was pulling his support for the streetcar extension to the Atlanta Beltline Eastside Trail.
GA: Atlanta Mayor Dickens pulls support for starting Beltline rail on Eastside trail
Mayor Andre Dickens said Thursday he no longer wants the first phase of Beltline light rail to go alongside the Eastside Trail, backing off plans he supported during his
Atlanta mayor pulls back support for eastside Beltline rail service
Mayor Andre Dickens withdrew his support for beginning phase one of the Beltline light rail project on the eastside, instead pushing for streetcar expansion to the southside.
Atlanta Mayor Dickens pulls support from Streetcar East extension onto Beltline
Mayor Andre Dickens no longer supports extending the Atlanta Streetcar onto the Beltline, senior staff said Thursday.
Atlanta News First at 7: City proposes extending downtown Atlanta streetcar to the south instead of east
City officials have changed their plans for a proposed MARTA streetcar extension to the BeltLine. The original design draft connected the streetcar in downtown Atlanta to the Eastside Trail. But in a MARTA Board of Directors meeting on Thursday,
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens wants to change course on Beltline rail
The mayor is opposed to starting the build-out of a Beltline rail network with the proposed streetcar extension that would run along the Eastside Trail.
City, MARTA hash out audit spat; make progress on Five Points station plans
The City of Atlanta was previously accused of delaying permits for MARTA to proceed with construction on the Five Points ...
Atlanta mayor announces changing ‘vision’ of streetcar, Beltline access at MARTA board meeting
Mayor Andre Dickens said the city’s planning and “vision” of the streetcar service and the Beltline was changing, including ...
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New report says MARTA owes $865K to Atlanta, not $70 million as city's audit claims
MARTA is pushing back on an independent audit commissioned by the City of Atlanta that claims the transit agency has shorted $70 million for expansion projects funded by a city sales tax. A new ...
Witness describes chaotic scene in deadly shooting near West End MARTA station
MARTA Police said their officers and Atlanta Police are responding to the incident, which happened around 9:10 p.m. near the ...
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More MARTA report: fund shortchanged $865K, not $70M as city audit claimed
MARTA officials have long objected to the accounting method used by the city’s auditors and reiterated that point to legislators on the transit agency’s oversight committee.
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Clayton County Residents Urged to Provide Feedback on MARTA's NextGen Bus Network Plan by March 16
MARTA is overhauling its bus network in Clayton County and seeks public feedback by March 16 on the NextGen plan to better ...
MARTA ridership data more than 1 million below travel forecast, but officials disagree. Here’s why
ATLANTA — The latest publicly available MARTA rider data shows that across all forms of transit, the transport agency saw a 1 ...
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Fewer Atlantans are taking the train, but MARTA says numbers are off
Ridership on MARTA trains has dropped in the last year, according to new data from the Federal Transit Administration.