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Today, Atlanta commuters primarily choose to travel by car. 2022 census estimates show that, of workers commuting within the city, about 68% drove alone, 8% carpooled, and 5% used public transportation. [1] Atlanta has a reputation for bad traffic and has been ranked among the worst cities for commuters. [12]
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Timeline of mass transit in Atlanta: 1871 Richard Peters and George Adair run the first streetcars on the Atlanta Street Railway Company 1872 West End & Atlanta Street Railroad Company formed 1878 Adair sells out to Peters 1879 Gate City Street Railroad Company formed 1882 Metropolitan Street Railroad Company formed 1883 Fulton County Street Railroad Company formed 1886 Joel Hurt forms the ...
The heavy reliance on automobiles for transportation in Atlanta has resulted in traffic, commute, and air pollution rates that rank among the worst in the country. [420] [421] [422] The City of Atlanta has a higher than average percentage of households without a car. In 2015, 15.2 percent of Atlanta households lacked a car, and increased ...
Obverse of Atlanta Transit Company token, with logo. Reverse of Atlanta Transit Company, which says "Going your way every day. One Fare." The Atlanta Transit Company (ATC) was a public transport operator based in Atlanta, Georgia, which existed from 1950 to 1972. It was the immediate predecessor of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit ...
These reports viewed transit as a means to shaping and planning the future of the Atlanta region, as well as maintaining Atlanta's role as a regional center in the southeast. The third report, titled Rapid Atlanta was published in 1960 by the Atlanta Transit System which proposed a $59 million first phase of a 16-mile (26 km) rapid transit system.
Pages in category "Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Atlanta claimed to be the country's busiest airport, with more than two million passengers passing through in 1957 and, between noon and 2 p.m. each day, it became the world's busiest airport. [22] (The April 1957 OAG shows 165 weekday departures from Atlanta, including 45 between 12:05 and 2:00 PM and 20 between 2:25 and 4:25 AM.)