MARTA Bus Rider

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MARTA Bus Rider

MARTA Bus Rider

@betterATL

I tweet abt trains, buses, and urban theology. ATL deserves good transit. car free since 2019!

Atlanta, GA Katılım Temmuz 2024
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MARTA Bus Rider@betterATL·
# of reporters DMing to interview abt the Juniper bike lane: 3 # of reporters who engaged in the “how big will World Cup be convo bc of my tweet:” also 3 # of reporters who showed any interest in the MARTA blue collar staff calling in their bosses at the board meeting: 0
urbanist slop hq@SlopHq

love when a city removes six parking spots to build a bike lane and the local news covers it like a natural disaster. “residents say they now have to park one block further away” brother someone got hit by a car on that road last month but yeah let’s center the parking experience

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MARTA Bus Rider@betterATL·
@ajlamesa My assumption is call outs. IMO, the worst cancellation days are actually very predictable. Mondays and rain tend to be pretty clear. Ofc rain and other weather impact driving for everyone, which impacts drivers reporting to their starting point and stuff. But yeah
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MARTA Bus Rider@betterATL·
Not sure when this started outside of the trunk stations… great to see MARTA bus times(on a well lit sign) out here last night in Decatur
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MARTA Bus Rider@betterATL·
@ajlamesa I believe their performance indicators underestimate the problem(they know this), so my thoughts are based on my own experience and just looking at their cancellation list.
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MARTA Bus Rider@betterATL·
@ajlamesa There are certainly individual routes where that is possible. Route 24(being cancelled is one that comes to mind). And on rainy days or after major events, that 50% is probably accurate for a good 10-15% of routes.
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Anthony LaMesa
Anthony LaMesa@ajlamesa·
@betterATL what % of scheduled buses would you estimate are actually operating right now on a daily basis?
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tyler⚙️🍉
tyler⚙️🍉@notsyllytyler·
Ugly and should not be allowed. We have commuter stations with massive parking garages that are never used. Park there, take the train to the stadium. Anything less is an abdication of both our duty to the environment and the project of keeping DC beautiful.
Cuneyt Dil@cuneytdil

The Commanders want to build massive parking decks, up to 110 feet or 11 stories tall, new filings show. Renderings don't do it justice but it'll poke out in the skyline. axios.com/local/washingt…

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kasey
kasey@kaseyklimes·
car dependency is not freedom
Heather Long@byHeatherLong

The cost of buying and owning a car has soared since the pandemic. Navy Federal's Cost of Car Ownership Index is +41% since January 2020 CPI is +26% since January 2020 Wages are +31% Almost every aspect of buying, owning, insuring and repairing a car has jumped. And now we are in the midst of another gas price shock. ‘It’s Just Crazy’: High Car Payments Make Ownership Feel Impossible by @onlykailyn nytimes.com/2026/03/16/bus…

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MARTA Bus Rider@betterATL·
Honestly crazy to talk about a candidate’s (maybe) conflict of interest, while you abuse your position… in a very clear example of a conflict of interest. And this is what like 40% of Jackson’s ads have been about!
Greg Bluestein@bluestein

Lt. Gov. Burt Jones took the rare step and used a Senate speech to take aim at Rick Jackson, his top GOP rival for governor. He’s pushing legislation that aims to bar candidates like Jackson from running for statewide office if they have state contracts. #gapol

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The Mezcal Monarch@_pancakegeorge·
andre dickens scrambling to fix the roads cause he was too busy putting up all the surveillance cameras we ain't ask for and approving a data center we were against and forcing cop city through against our wishes
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vivian@vivian39_·
If a city’s transportation policy requires every adult to own a $40,000 depreciating asset to get to work and participate in civic life, that is not freedom, that is a subsidy with extra steps. The next mayor needs to understand this in their bones. Not theoretically. Viscerally
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Darin Givens
Darin Givens@atlurbanist·
Downtown Atlanta's afternoon commute. Many Georgia leaders drive through this, to and from the Capitol. Is their bias against public transit (and cities) so harsh that they never think: "man, this stinks; maybe we should start providing state funds to MARTA" ?
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MARTA Bus Rider@betterATL·
@ajlamesa You can text MARTA PD. The question is whether there is someone on the other side to actually respond. Sometimes, it’s immediate. Other times, it’s been 20+ minutes.
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MARTA Bus Rider@betterATL·
We hear so much from Lady Bird & co about hypothetical loss of business. But the whole model for business on the Beltline was banking on traffic from something beyond pedestrians. What’s the economic cost of not building the Beltline as planned??
Your Next Best Friend@IamKingWilliams

This is why not building out beltline rail will actually kill the whole project… Developers and restauranteurs want the exclusivity of traditional suburbia, but cannot make up the volume with adjust that audience You need public transportation for that

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MARTA Bus Rider@betterATL·
Holy headways!!!! Also love the tap and go with a weekly fare cap. I haven’t had to think about how to access or use a train a single time.
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