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City Hall & Transportation Reporter — Elena reports on Atlanta's daily commute, transit fights (MARTA is her first love), and the city budget. She learned to read a council agenda before s
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A CSX freight train struck a semi-truck early Friday morning near Lee Street, sparking a fire and scattering cargo. MARTA rail service was temporarily suspended as safety crews inspected overhead structures.
Traffic
The airport expects more than 370,000 travelers on its busiest day and is urging passengers to arrive 2.5 hours early for domestic flights and 3 hours early for international. The rush runs through July 7.
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More than 268,000 passengers moved through the airport on Thursday, breaking a 2019 record and signaling a full recovery from the pandemic-era travel slowdown.
Politics
The 11-4 vote authorizes emergency overflow capacity, case management, and medical screening for the city's two shelter sites through the end of the fiscal year. The mayor is expected to sign.
Local
The $87 million program will resurface 230 lane-miles of residential streets over the next two years — more than the past three years combined.
Local
After nearly a decade of planning and a half-billion dollars in spending, the two-mile missing segment between Oakland City and West End is on track to open by fall. But three key segments are still years away.
Opinion
If MARTA can run five-minute headways, deploy ambassadors at every station, and move 220,000 rail riders in a day, why can't it do that on a Tuesday in September?
Local
Wednesday's Morocco-Haiti match drove rail ridership to 2.3 times its normal weekday volume. Transit officials say the agency has moved 1.7 million passengers to World Cup events since June 11.
Local
After two years of community meetings and four rounds of revisions, MARTA's new bus map goes live August 24. Some routes double in frequency. Some disappear entirely.
Local
The agency had aimed to have its new railcars in service for the FIFA World Cup, but ongoing testing and safety certification requirements pushed the rollout past the June 11 start date.
Local
Riders can now tap bank cards and mobile wallets at fare gates across the rail system
Local
Redesigned routes promise more frequent service and shorter wait times across metro Atlanta
Local
New rideshare-style service fills transit gaps with app-based, on-demand rides in underserved areas