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[KevinKorell]

Atlanta Magazine, 3/6/15:

 

 

Six lessons from riding the Atlanta Streetcar for eight weeks

 

Since January 12, I’ve made the Atlanta Streetcar my primary commute option. This experiment amounted to 25 workday commutes by trolley, for a total of 47 trips. (Shouldn’t that be 50 trips, you ask? Indeed. But a few times I walked one leg of the route—not voluntarily. More on that shortly.) So, what’s it been like?

 

Well, find out here.

[KevinKorell]

Curbed Atlanta, 3/10/15:

 

 

 

 

Streetcar Observations

 

 

Following up on thoughts gleaned from a week of streetcar commuting, one dedicated Atlanta magazine writer has written another article chronicling two months of her crosstown journeys.

 

 

This one

[Sloan]

 

 

Streetcar Projects Suffer a Bumpy Ride

 

ATLANTA—A gleaming blue streetcar glides along a narrow 2.7-mile loop here, picking up and dropping off passengers near downtown parks, restaurants and the home where Martin Luther King, Jr. was born.

http://www.wsj.com/a...ride-1441050123

[Sloan]

 

 

Atlanta Streetcar | Desire or Disaster?

 

ATLANTA - The Atlanta Streetcar has had its critics railing on the project for its $100 million price tag and its myriad of mistakes.  Supporters say it's one piece to reforming Atlanta's transportation puzzle.  Now, some of its funding is on the ballot under a larger transportation vote.

http://www.11alive.c...aster/348144204

[Sloan]

 

 

Atlanta Streetcar ridership plummets, and many don’t pay

 

Ridership on the Atlanta Streetcar plummeted 58 percent last year as the city began charging to ride.

http://www.myajc.com...ugtp7WqLgHbARI/