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[KevinKorell]

Emory University news center, 9/11/18:

 

Proposed MARTA light rail line would ease Clifton Corridor traffic

 

 

That traffic gridlock that can turn your Clifton Road commute into a frustrating slog?

 

Atlanta Regional Commission planners saw it coming almost 60 years ago, when they recommended a rail connection to Emory University in their 1961 regional transit plan map — long before the Clifton Corridor would emerge as the region’s second-largest employment center and the thriving economic powerhouse that it is today. 

 

 

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[KevinKorell]

WSB Radio, Atlanta, GA, 9/27/18:

 

 

MARTA plan boosts Atlanta Beltline, cuts funding for Emory line

 

 

MARTA would spend more than half a billion dollars to build light rail along the Atlanta Beltline under a final transit expansion plan unveiled Thursday.

 

 

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[KevinKorell]

Atlanta Loop, 11/9/18:
 

Emory University considers kicking in $60 million for Clifton Corridor light rail project

The Clifton Corridor light rail project, which would connect MARTA’s Red/Gold and Blue lines, connecting Lindbergh Station to Avondale Station, will be an expensive undertaking.

  
 
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[KevinKorell]

There goes another potential LRT line, possibly resurfacing as BRT.   From Atlanta, GA Journal-Constitution,  3/30/22:

 

 

     MARTA considers rapid buses for Atlanta’s Clifton Corridor  

 

 

MARTA is reconsidering plans for light rail on another key Atlanta transit corridor — the latest indication that the agency’s plans for a major rail expansion may not come to pass.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Decaturish,  4/12/22:

 

 

 

    MARTA looking at light rail, bus line options to expand the Clifton corridor  

 

 

 

MARTA is looking at adding light rail lines linking the Lindbergh and Avondale stations to expand the Clifton corridor. The Clifton Corridor Transit Initiative would provide service to one of the region’s most congested areas serving Emory University, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and a variety of medical institutions.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Decaturish, 7/28/22:

 

 

    Bus line or light rail is the future of MARTA in Clifton corridor  

 

 

MARTA is narrowing down options for a transportation plan that’s more than a decade in the making – connecting Lindbergh Center station to DeKalb County by way of the Clifton Road corridor. 

 

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[KevinKorell]

Saporta Report, 11/18/22:

 

 

   Public seeks more bus-versus-rail info for MARTA’s Clifton Corridor options  

 

 

Reactions to MARTA’s latest Clifton Corridor options from more than 100 attendees of two public meetings this week centered on local impacts and bus-versus-rail comparisons that aren’t yet available.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Reporter newspapers, 11/21/22:

 

 

  MARTA presents one light-rail, two bus options for Clifton Corridor      

 

 

MARTA is proposing one light-rail line and two bus rapid transit routes for its Clifton Corridor transit line that would connect Buckhead’s Lindbergh Center Station to the Avondale station near downtown Decatur.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Bad news....

 

From Atlanta, GA Journal-Constitution, 2/13/23:

 

 

  Agency opts for bus rapid transit on line from Lindbergh to Avondale station    

 

 

MARTA has opted to go with rapid buses instead of light rail for its Clifton Corridor transit line in Atlanta and DeKalb County, the agency announced Monday.

 

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