Atlanta Streetcar

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| name = Atlanta Streetcar

| owner = MARTA

| locale = Atlanta, Georgia, United States

| transit_type = Streetcar

| lines = 1

| stations = 12

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| began_operation = {{Start date and age|2014|December|30}}

| character = At-grade street running

| stock = 4 × Siemens S70

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| headway = 15 minutes (planned avg.)

| system_length = {{convert|2.7|mi|km|abbr=on}}

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File:Atlanta Streetcar arriving at King Memorial Stop.jpg

The Atlanta Streetcar (also known as the Downtown Loop) is a streetcar line in Atlanta, Georgia. Testing on the line began in summer 2014{{cite web|url=http://streetcar.atlantaga.gov/news/revenue-service-update/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714144501/http://streetcar.atlantaga.gov/news/revenue-service-update/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |title=Revenue service update |publisher=Atlanta Streetcar |date=June 23, 2014 |access-date=December 23, 2014 }} with passenger service beginning as scheduled on December 30, 2014.{{cite news |author=David Wickert |url=http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/atlanta-streetcar-takes-first-trip/njcwL/ |title=Atlanta streetcar takes first trip |newspaper=Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=December 30, 2014 |access-date=December 30, 2014}}{{cite news |author=Thomas Wheatley |url=https://creativeloafing.com/content-218684-atlanta-streetcar-to-start-passenger-service-on |title=Atlanta Streetcar to start passenger service on Tuesday |newspaper=Creative Loafing Atlanta |date=December 23, 2014 |access-date=December 23, 2014}}{{cite news |author=Keith Laing |url=https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/228005-fed-supported-atlanta-streetcar-to-open-dec-30/ |title=Fed-supported Atlanta streetcar to open Dec. 30 |newspaper=The Hill |date=December 23, 2014 |access-date=December 23, 2014}}{{cite news|title=Atlanta Streetcar Enters Service|url=http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aptapt/issues/2015-01-09/2.html|access-date=April 12, 2015|work=Passenger Transport|publisher=American Public Transportation Association|date=January 9, 2015}}{{cite news|title=Atlanta meets New Year deadline: Streetcars return to the streets of Georgia after a 65-year break|work=Tramways & Urban Transit|publisher=LRTA Publishing|date=February 2015|location=UK|page=53}} In {{American transit ridership|annualdate}}, the line had {{American transit ridership|GA Atlanta MARTA LR annual}} rides, or about {{American transit ridership|GA Atlanta MARTA LR daily}} per weekday in {{American transit ridership|dailydateasof}}.

The Downtown Loop is the Phase 1 of the Atlanta Streetcar project, which is planning to expand onto the BeltLine surrounding central Atlanta. The project is the first regular passenger streetcar service in Atlanta since the original Atlanta streetcars were phased out in 1949.

Operations

= Route =

The Downtown Loop runs {{convert|2.7|mi|km}} east-west, serving 12 stops,{{cite web|url=http://streetcar.atlantaga.gov/about/ |title=A Better Way to Get Around |publisher=Atlanta Streetcar |access-date=December 30, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029090711/http://streetcar.atlantaga.gov/about/ |archive-date=October 29, 2014 }} from Centennial Olympic Park to the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site, with tracks that converge at Woodruff Park.{{cite news |author=Josh Green |url=http://atlanta.curbed.com/archives/2014/02/26/how-the-atlanta-streetcar-loop-looks-right-now.php |title=How The Atlanta Streetcar Loop Looks Right Now |newspaper=Curbed Atlanta |publisher=Vox Media Inc. |date=February 26, 2014 |access-date=March 10, 2014}} The route provides access to MARTA heavy rail lines at Peachtree Center.{{cite journal |author=Douglas John Bowen |url=http://www.railwayage.com/index.php/passenger/light-rail/marta-revises-atlanta-streetcar-contract.html |title=MARTA revises Atlanta streetcar contract |journal=Railway Age |publisher=Simmons-Boardman Publishing Inc. |date=May 14, 2013 |access-date=March 10, 2014}} The vehicle maintenance facility is located under the I-75/I-85 overpass on Edgewood Avenue{{cite news |author=Gregory Wallace |url=https://roughdraftatlanta.com/2012/11/01/downtown-streetcar-construction-on-track/ |title=Downtown streetcar construction on track |newspaper=Atlanta INtown Paper |publisher=Springs Publishing LLC |date=November 1, 2012 |access-date=March 10, 2014}}

The exact route is:

From the King Historic Site at Jackson Street and Auburn Avenue, westbound along Auburn Avenue to Peachtree Street.
North on Peachtree Street, stopping at Peachtree Center MARTA station, to Ellis Street.
West on Ellis Street to Carnegie Way.
Northwest on Carnegie Way to Andrew Young International Boulevard.
West on Andrew Young International Blvd. to Centennial Olympic Park Drive.
South on Centennial Olympic Park Drive to Luckie Street.
Southeast on Luckie Street, crossing Peachtree Street to Park Place.
South on Park Place to Edgewood Avenue.
East on Edgewood Avenue to Jackson Street.
North on Jackson Street to Auburn Avenue.{{cite web |url=http://streetcar.atlantaga.gov/where-will-the-streetcar-go/ |title=Where Will the Streetcar Go? |publisher=Atlanta Streetcar |access-date=March 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310061752/http://streetcar.atlantaga.gov/where-will-the-streetcar-go/ |archive-date=March 10, 2014 |url-status=dead }}

= Rolling stock =

The Atlanta Streetcar system uses Siemens S70 light rail vehicles (LRVs).{{cite web |url=http://streetcar.atlantaga.gov/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/as-factsheet1_july2013.pdf |title=Fact Sheet |publisher=Atlanta Streetcar |date=July 2013 |access-date=July 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131081431/http://streetcar.atlantaga.gov/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/as-factsheet1_july2013.pdf |archive-date=January 31, 2017 |url-status=dead }} A total of four S70 cars were purchased and were built at two different facilities; the cars themselves were built in Sacramento, California while most other major components, like the propulsion system, were assembled at a plant about {{convert|30|mi|km}} north of Atlanta, in Alpharetta.{{cite web|title=Siemens to build Atlanta streetcars|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2011/05/19/siemens-to-build-atlanta-streetcars.html|website=Atlanta Business Chronicle|publisher=American City Business Journals|access-date=August 2, 2016}}{{cite web|title=Siemens is supplying Atlanta with the American type S70 LRT vehicles|url=http://www.siemens.com/press/en/pressrelease/?press=/en/pressrelease/2011/mobility/IMO201105024.htm|website=Siemens.com|publisher=Siemens|access-date=August 2, 2016}} They were delivered in the first months of 2014 and are numbered 1001–1004.{{cite news|title=Worldwide Review (regular news section)|work=Tramways & Urban Transit|publisher=LRTA Publishing|date=April 2014|location=UK|page=175}}

History

= Atlanta Streetcar, Inc. =

Atlanta Streetcar, Inc. (ASC) is a non-profit organization founded in 2003 with the mission to bring streetcars back to downtown Atlanta. ASC's board members include the leaders of Georgia Tech and Georgia State University, MARTA, Georgia World Congress Center, Buckhead Community Improvement District, Buckhead Coalition, Underground Atlanta, Central Atlanta Progress, Woodruff Arts Center, and many local corporate business leaders as well.{{cite web |url=http://www.atlantastreetcar.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.who |title=Board of Directors |publisher=Atlanta Streetcar, Inc. |access-date=August 2, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070727021152/http://www.atlantastreetcar.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.who |archive-date=July 27, 2007 |url-status=dead }}

= Peachtree Corridor Partnership =

In the summer of 2007, a new privately funded group called the Peachtree Corridor Partnership was formed, with the goal of determining how best to move forward the proposed rebuilding of Peachtree Street as a more attractive and pedestrian-friendly thoroughfare.{{cite web|url=http://www.peachtreecorridor.org/partnership/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914054539/http://www.peachtreecorridor.org/partnership/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 14, 2009 |title=Collaboration to build a 'destination street' |publisher=Peachtree Corridor Partnership |year=2007 |access-date=November 15, 2009 }} The addition of a modern streetcar line was (and remains) one of the main components of the proposed transformation of the corridor, so many of the board members of ASC became members of the Peachtree Corridor Task Force, and the partnership eventually replaced the function of ASC as the organization advocating for a streetcar line along Peachtree Street.

In July 2009, the Atlanta city council approved funding a feasibility study to work out certain details of the proposed streetcar line in time to apply for federal economic-stimulus funds for the construction of such a line.{{cite news |author=Dave Williams |url=http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2009/07/20/daily22.html |title=Atlanta City Council OKs streetcar study |newspaper=Atlanta Business Chronicle |date=July 20, 2009 |access-date=November 15, 2009}} However, several council members later expressed doubts over whether the remainder of the funding necessary to bring the project to fruition was likely, particularly during a time of recession.{{cite news |author=Dave Williams |url=http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2009/10/12/daily5.html |title=Council members question streetcar funding |newspaper=Atlanta Business Chronicle |date=October 12, 2009 |access-date=November 15, 2009}}

= Downtown Loop route funded =

In September 2010, it was announced that Phase I of the Atlanta Streetcar Project had received $47 million in federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) II funding. The funding represents 8% of the overall TIGER II allotment, and will fund the construction of the downtown loop, not the Peachtree Corridor line, which is now regarded as Phase V of the project.{{cite web |url=http://usa.streetsblog.org/2010/10/15/tigers-biggest-bite-atlanta-streetcar-proposal-gets-47-million/ |title=TIGER's Biggest Bite: Atlanta Streetcar Proposal Gets $47 Million |website=Streetsblog USA |date=October 15, 2010 }}{{cite web |author=Jay Bookman |url=http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2010/10/15/streetcar-money-breaks-atlanta-transit-losing-streak/ |title=Streetcar money breaks Atlanta transit losing streak |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |publisher=Cox Media Group |date=October 15, 2010 |access-date=June 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714202128/http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2010/10/15/streetcar-money-breaks-atlanta-transit-losing-streak/ |archive-date=July 14, 2014}}

In May 2011, Siemens announced that it had won the $17.2 million contract to build the four streetcars that will run on the Downtown Connector line. They would be based on the company's S70 light rail vehicle platform, with the cars themselves being built in Sacramento, California, while other major components, including the propulsion system, were to be assembled at a Siemens plant about {{convert|30|mi|km}} north of Atlanta, in Alpharetta.

In February 2012, the city announced that the budget would increase from $70 million to $90 million. The city attributed the increase to:{{cite news |author=Jeremiah McWilliams |url=http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/atlanta-kicks-off-streetcar-1326751.html |title=Atlanta kicks off streetcar construction |newspaper=Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=February 1, 2012}}

about $9 million to purchase newer and more expensive streetcars that could last 20 years longer than the refurbished ones that were originally planned to be purchased
$4 million so that the Atlanta Regional Commission's Livable Centers Initiative could provide grants for sidewalk improvements and bicycle lanes.
Additional work by the water department to move water and sewer pipes

In March 2012, the MARTA Board of Directors formally approved the design-build contract with URS Corporation for the Atlanta Streetcar.{{cite journal |author=Doug DeLoach |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2012/03/30/atlanta-streetcar-design-build-phase.html?page=all |title=Atlanta Streetcar design-build phase begins |journal=Atlanta Business Chronicle |date=March 30, 2012 |access-date=August 30, 2014}}

= Construction and opening =

Groundbreaking for the project took place on February 1, 2012.{{cite journal |url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/urban/single-view/view/atlanta-streetcar-breaks-ground.html |title=Atlanta streetcar breaks ground |journal=Railway Gazette International |date=February 21, 2012 |access-date=July 1, 2014}} At that time, the line was projected to open in May 2013, but various delays pushed the opening back, first to summer 2014 and later to December. The first two S70 streetcars were delivered in February 2014 and began test runs on the line in the spring. The initial 2.7 mile loop cost $98M which was almost $30M higher than originally projected.

The {{convert|2.7|mi|km|adj=on}} loop opened for service on December 30, 2014, with all rides free until January 1, 2016.

= MARTA takeover =

By June 2018, MARTA agreed to take control and ownership of the streetcar; the route is planned to be integrated into a larger MARTA light rail system.{{cite news |title=MARTA To Take Over Atlanta Streetcar On July 1 |url=https://www.wabe.org/marta-to-take-over-atlanta-streetcar-on-july-1/ |access-date=June 29, 2018 |agency=WABE |date=June 6, 2018 }} Operations were placed under the control of the newly formed Office of Light Rail Operations on July 1, 2018.{{cite news |last1=King |first1=Michael |title=MARTA officially assumes operations of Atlanta Streetcar |url=https://www.11alive.com/article/traffic/marta-officially-assumes-operations-of-atlanta-streetcar/85-569604946 |access-date=July 1, 2018 |agency=11Alive |date=July 1, 2018}}

BeltLine expansion

In 2015, the city of Atlanta applied for a TIGER 7 grant in 2015 to fund an Atlanta BeltLine public transit expansion project, but was unsuccessful.{{cite web |date=May 27, 2015 |title=Atlanta seeks TIGER funding for streetcar connection to BeltLine |url=http://atlurbanist.tumblr.com/post/120037440839/atlanta-seeks-tiger-funding-for-streetcar |access-date=June 3, 2015 |website=ATL Urbanist}}

In November 2016, 71% of Atlanta voters approved a half-penny sales tax increase to fund More MARTA projects, projected to raise $2.5 billion over 40 years, to fund additional bus rapid transit lines, light rail, and infill stations.{{Cite web |title=MARTA |url=https://www.itsmarta.com/moremarta.aspx |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=www.itsmarta.com}}{{Cite news |last=Stafford |first=Leon |last2=Kass |first2=Arielle |title=MARTA tax increase begins in Atlanta, others follow in Fulton April 1 |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/local-govt--politics/marta-tax-increase-begins-atlanta-others-follow-fulton-april/WIqCWJlBSlDCMnYG4hrIaI/ |access-date=2025-04-19 |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |language=English |issn=1539-7459}}{{Cite news |last=Kass |first=Arielle |title=Fulton, Atlanta transportation taxes appear to win; MARTA approved |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/local-govt--politics/fulton-atlanta-transportation-taxes-appear-win-marta-approved/XdoaaJmBOa0oZyqFimhoLL/ |access-date=2025-04-19 |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |language=English |issn=1539-7459}} $66 million was allocated to buying the remaining right-of-way to complete the Atlanta BeltLine loop. The tax increase became effective in March 2017.

In October 2018, MARTA's board approved a concrete list of "More MARTA" projects, including $570 million to build a streetcar line on 15 miles of the Atlanta BeltLine, to fulfill the BeltLine's original vision as a multimodal transportation corridor offering light rail transit and urban trails.{{Cite web |title=22-Mile Loop of Pedestrian-friendly Transit on the Atlanta Beltline |url=https://beltline.org/learn/progress-planning/transit/ |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=Atlanta BeltLine |language=en |quote=Transit has always been at the core of the Atlanta Beltline. Conceived as a 22-mile transportation corridor where pedestrian-friendly light rail transit and urban trails coexist, the Beltline aims to create “whole communities” where people can easily access jobs, services, goods, amenities, and the City’s larger transit network without relying on cars. Every design, plan, and concrete pour on the Beltline has anticipated future transit. The rendering above is a concept of green transportation along the Beltline.}}{{cite news |last1=Keenan |first1=Sean |date=October 5, 2018 |title=After Beltline transit win, More MARTA project list is officially approved |url=https://atlanta.curbed.com/2018/10/5/17940638/beltline-transit-advocates-more-marta-board-revised-approved |access-date=December 11, 2018 |agency=Curbed}} The first phase of expansion, known as the Streetcar East Extension, was scheduled to begin operations in 2028.{{cite web |title=MARTA SELECTS FIRM FOR FINAL DESIGN OF STREETCAR EAST EXTENSION |url=https://www.itsmarta.com/marta-select-firm-for-streetcar-extension.aspx |website=itsmarta.com |publisher=Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority |access-date=21 February 2024 |ref=MARTA - final design phase}} The extension planned to extend streetcar tracks by 2 miles, east along Edgewood Avenue, Randolph St, and Auburn Ave, then north along the BeltLine to Ponce City Market, and five new light rail stations.{{cite web |last1=Green |first1=Josh |title=MARTA picks designer for streetcar extension into Atlanta BeltLine |url=https://atlanta.urbanize.city/post/marta-picks-designer-streetcar-extension-ponce-city-market-images |website=Urbanize Atlanta |publisher=Urbanize Media LLC |access-date=21 February 2024 |ref=Final Design}}{{Cite web |last=Green |first=Josh |date=2023-06-22 |title=MARTA picks designer for streetcar extension into Atlanta BeltLine {{!}} Urbanize Atlanta |url=https://atlanta.urbanize.city/post/marta-picks-designer-streetcar-extension-ponce-city-market-images |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=atlanta.urbanize.city |language=en}} In June 2023, MARTA selected a designer for the extension. In March 2024, the extension was estimated to cost $200 million.{{Cite web |last=Quinn |first=Patrick |date=2024-03-09 |title=BeltLine transit battle: Inside the design draft of MARTA’s Streetcar east extension line |url=https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2024/03/09/beltline-transit-battle-inside-design-draft-martas-streetcar-east-extension-line/ |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=Atlanta News First |language=en}} Construction was forecasted to begin in 2025.{{Cite web |last=Green |first=Josh |date=2025-03-13 |title=Atlanta mayor yanks support for eastside Beltline streetcar {{!}} Urbanize Atlanta |url=https://atlanta.urbanize.city/post/breaking-mayor-yanks-support-eastside-beltline-streetcar |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=atlanta.urbanize.city |language=en}}

In March 2025, Atlanta mayor Andre Dickens withdrew his support from the Streetcar East Extension, and reprioritized a streetcar extension into the Southside corridor instead.{{Cite web |last=Kelley |first=Collin |date=2025-03-13 |title=UPDATE: Dickens rejects new MARTA audit findings, 'reprioritizes' streetcar extension to Beltline |url=https://roughdraftatlanta.com/2025/03/13/dickens-marta-board-streetcar-extension/ |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=Rough Draft Atlanta |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Green |first=Josh |date=2025-03-13 |title=Atlanta mayor yanks support for eastside Beltline streetcar {{!}} Urbanize Atlanta |url=https://atlanta.urbanize.city/post/breaking-mayor-yanks-support-eastside-beltline-streetcar |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=atlanta.urbanize.city |language=en}} Various lobbying groups, including Better Atlanta Transit had lobbied against this extension, while advocates of BeltLine transit, including Beltline Rail Now criticized the late-breaking decision.

List of streetcar stations

Counter-clockwise loop between Centennial Olympic Park and King Historic District

Stop !Direction !Notes
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Centennial Olympic Park	Southbound	Serves Centennial Olympic Park, CNN Center, Georgia Aquarium, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, GWCC, National Center for Civil and Human Rights, State Farm Arena and World of Coca-Cola Terminus
{{anchor\|Luckie at Cone}}Luckie at Cone	Eastbound	Serves Fairlie−Poplar Historic District
Park Place	Southbound	Serves Woodruff Park and Underground Atlanta (walking distance)
Hurt Park	Eastbound	Serves Georgia State Capitol, Georgia State University and Hurt Park
Sweet Auburn Market	Eastbound	Island side platform in middle of street Serves Grady Hospital and Sweet Auburn Curb Market
{{anchor\|Edgewood at Hilliard}}Edgewood at Hilliard	Eastbound	In walking distance of Selena S. Butler Park
{{anchor\|King Historic District}}King Historic District	Westbound	Intersection of Auburn and Jackson Streets Serves Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park and Oakland Cemetery (walking distance)
{{anchor\|Dobbs Plaza}}Dobbs Plaza	Westbound	Platform located under the Downtown Connector (I-75/85) Serves Dobbs Plaza and Sweet Auburn
{{anchor\|Auburn at Piedmont}}Auburn at Piedmont	Westbound	Serves Calhoun Park
Woodruff Park	Westbound	Serves Woodruff Park
Peachtree Center	Northbound	Direct connection to MARTA rapid transit at Peachtree Center station Serves Peachtree Center district
{{anchor\|Carnegie at Spring}}Carnegie at Spring	Westbound	Serves Fairlie−Poplar Historic District Final stop before reaching terminus at Centennial Olympic Park stop

Criticism

Since opening for service, the Atlanta Streetcar has been criticized by officials and residents for its short route, safety, poor management, and lower-than-expected ridership. Although boosters have claimed that up to $2.5 billion worth of new development can be attributed to the streetcar, independent analysis shows that many of those projects (totaling at least $323 million) pre-date it, and others—such as the College Football Hall of Fame—had not taken the streetcar into consideration. Regardless, the streetcar has contributed to at least some economic growth; for example, Southeast Capital Companies stated that it directly influenced their decision to build residential housing near Edgewood Avenue, and the Atlantic Seafood Market saw business rise 10% in the months following the start of service.{{cite web |last1=Leslie |first1=Katie |last2=Simmons |first2=Andria |url=http://www.myajc.com/news/news/transportation/cling-clang-clunk-inside-the-atlanta-streetcars-fi/npnH7 |title=Cling Clang Clunk? Inside the Atlanta Streetcar's first year |date=December 19, 2015 |newspaper=Atlanta Journal-Constitution |access-date=May 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225064317/http://www.myajc.com/news/news/transportation/cling-clang-clunk-inside-the-atlanta-streetcars-fi/npnH7/ |archive-date=2015-12-25 |url-status=}}

In September 2015, officials from the Federal Transit Administration expressed concerns with the system's lack of safety, poor management, and failure to comply with requirements for reporting accidents. Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed and MARTA CEO Keith Parker have laid out steps to address those issues.{{cite web|last=Leslie |first=Katie |url=http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/fta-sends-stern-letter-to-city-marta-over-streetca/nnq38 |title=FTA sends stern letter to city, MARTA over Streetcar woes |website=Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=September 29, 2015 |access-date=May 29, 2016}}

On May 23, 2016, state officials sent a letter to then-mayor Kasim Reed and MARTA CEO Keith Parker threatening to shut down the streetcar unless the city fixed numerous problems with it that had been outlined in multiple then-recent audits.{{cite web | last = Wickert |first=David | url=http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/state-threatens-to-close-atlanta-streetcar/nrTt3/ | title=State threatens to close Atlanta streetcar | work=Atlanta Journal-Constitution | date=May 26, 2016 | access-date=June 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528093913/http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/state-threatens-to-close-atlanta-streetcar/nrTt3/ |archive-date=May 28, 2016 |url-status=}}

References

External links

{{Official website|https://www.itsmarta.com/Atlanta-Street-Car-Info.aspx|Atlanta Streetcar – official website}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110727170304/http://www.peachtreecorridor.org/ Peachtree Corridor Partnership homepage]
[http://www.atlantadowntown.com/_files/Atlanta-Streetcar-29Nov10.pdf Environmental Assessment for the Atlanta Streetcar, prepared by the City of Atlanta and MARTA for the US DOT] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928010858/http://www.atlantadowntown.com/_files/Atlanta-Streetcar-29Nov10.pdf |date=September 28, 2011 }}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20120103141322/http://www.beltline.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=XJcN3igR64U%3D&tabid=1826&mid=3460 Atlanta BeltLine, Inc., "Citywide Briefing on Transit Implementation Strategy & Transportation Investment Act Projects", Feb 17, 2011]

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