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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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The first mention of rapid transit for Atlanta occurred in a series of regional planning reports prepared by the Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC) in 1950 and 1954. The 1950 report, named Up Ahead , and the 1954 report, named Now for Tomorrow , both primarily dealt with freeway planning, but both specifically mentioned the long-range need ...
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 ...
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 and its surrounding suburbs, from Sentinel-2A satellite, 2022. Atlanta encompasses 134.0 square miles (347.1 km 2), of which 133.2 square miles (344.9 km 2) is land and 0.85 square miles (2.2 km 2) is water. [85] The city is situated in the Deep South of the southeastern United States among the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.
The Atlanta Streetcar, also known as the Downtown Loop, opened after three years of construction and 18 month of delays on December 30, 2014. [ 17 ] The route runs 2.7 miles (4.3 km) east-west from Centennial Olympic Park to the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site , with tracks that converge at Woodruff Park .
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 ...