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City finalizes Summerhill Red Bull Showrun permits for Saturday
Assembly and outdoor-festival permits signed July 29 green-light free F1 and off-road demos on Hank Aaron Drive Aug. 1, with heavy road closures already underway.
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MARTA detours Rapid A-Line in Summerhill for Red Bull Showrun
A continuous bus detour runs from 9 p.m. Wednesday through 6 p.m. Sunday around Hank Aaron Drive as the Formula 1 exhibition prepares for a Saturday window on Atlanta’s southside.
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MARTA moved about 1.7 million riders during Atlanta's first two weeks of World Cup events
MARTA says it carried approximately 1.7 million riders to four World Cup matches and nine FIFA Fan Festivals between June 11 and the end of the group stage, with June 24 — Morocco vs. Haiti — the system's single busiest day of the tournament.
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Atlanta closes the World Cup with free Piedmont Park final watch party and Ludacris concert
Piedmont Park hosts a free, daylong celebration Sunday for the Spain-Argentina World Cup final, with the match on a giant screen at 3 p.m. and Atlanta rapper Ludacris scheduled to perform around 6 p.m.
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MARTA bus delays in southwest Fulton continue through Monday morning rush
Riders on Routes 178, 184, 191 and 194 should expect delays of up to 45 minutes through Monday morning as I-285 lane and ramp closures continue.
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MARTA warns of bus delays as I-285 lane closures begin Friday night
Several MARTA bus routes in southwest Fulton County will face significant delays through Monday morning due to lane and ramp closures on I-285.
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MARTA opens new dedicated bus lane on Cleveland Avenue in East Point
A two-mile bus-only lane opened Tuesday on Cleveland Avenue between Main Street and Stonewall Avenue, cutting peak-hour bus travel times by up to 25 percent.
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MARTA Ridership surges during World Cup group stage
The transit agency moved roughly 1.7 million people to World Cup events during the first two weeks of the tournament, with one day alone accounting for 220,000 rail customers.
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MARTA: Let us drive you to the Peachtree Road Race
MARTA is increasing rail service and offering extra bus shuttles for the 57th running of the Peachtree Road Race and the Peachtree Health & Fitness Expo at Lenox Square.
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MARTA launches new Mobility paratransit app and web platform powered by RideCo
MARTA Mobility customers can now book, change or cancel paratransit trips through a new smartphone app, a redesigned web portal or by calling the call center. Routes are automatically recalculated every 20 seconds.
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Atlanta catches its breath on World Cup off-day as city crews reset for Round of 32
The last group-stage match at Mercedes-Benz Stadium — Congo DR vs. Uzbekistan — wrapped Friday. The next match is July 1. In between, sanitation teams are cleaning up, MARTA is holding five-minute frequencies, and fan zones across the metro remain open.
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Freight train collides with semi-truck in Southwest Atlanta, disrupting MARTA service
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.
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Opinion: The World Cup showed MARTA what it can be — now keep it up
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?
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MARTA shatters single-day ridership record as 220,000 rail riders flood system for World Cup
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.
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MARTA board approves long-delayed bus network redesign. Here's what's changing in August.
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.
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Atlanta Crime Down 14% This Year, but Transit Violence Keeps Public on Edge
Robberies, burglaries and car thefts have plummeted, yet a string of random attacks on MARTA has complicated the city's public safety narrative
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World Cup Atlanta: What to know before kickoff — from security perimeters to MARTA extra service
Atlanta hosts eight matches starting Monday, including a semifinal. The city has spent two years and $300 million on security, transit, and infrastructure. Here's how to navigate it.
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MARTA postpones new CQ400 railcar debut, misses World Cup target
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.
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MARTA Opens New Pedestrian Bridge at East Lake Station as Rehab Program Hits Stride
The south walkway is the latest piece of a billion-dollar effort to modernize aging stations — but World Cup preparations will pause the work next month
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MARTA Flips the Switch on Better Breeze Contactless Fare System
Riders can now tap bank cards and mobile wallets at fare gates across the rail system
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MARTA's Better Breeze System Brings Contactless Payments to Atlanta Transit
Riders can now tap bank cards and mobile wallets at faregates and on buses as MARTA phases in its next-generation fare system.
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MARTA Rolls Out NextGen Bus Network in Biggest Overhaul Since the 1970s
Redesigned routes promise more frequent service and shorter wait times across metro Atlanta
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MARTA's NextGen Bus Network Launches April 18, Bringing Biggest Overhaul in Decades
The most comprehensive bus redesign since the 1970s triples high-frequency corridors and debuts Atlanta's first Bus Rapid Transit line.
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MARTA Launches Reach On-Demand Microtransit in 12 Zones Across Metro Atlanta
New rideshare-style service fills transit gaps with app-based, on-demand rides in underserved areas
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MARTA Reach Rolls Out On-Demand Service Across 12 Metro Atlanta Zones
Curb-to-curb microtransit service aims to bridge first-and-last-mile gaps ahead of broader bus network overhaul
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MARTA resumes the long-awaited transformation of Five Points Station, the heart of downtown Atlanta's transit system
Bus detours are now in place as crews begin deconstructing the iconic concrete canopy. MARTA says the full transformation will take three years and $230 million, and includes a new public plaza, expanded retail, and a complete redesign of the station's bus loop.