Douglas Nagy
@dougnagy.bsky.social
Atlanta | Walking, Biking, Transit
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marta has now failed in five major events in the past eight months.
❌ Pride Parade
❌ St. Patrick's Parade
❌ Shakira
❌ Peachtree Road Race
❌ Beyonce
Atlanta is not ready for the World Cup: unnavigable for tourists, unusable for crowds and suburbanites, unsafe for everyday riders.
❌ Pride Parade
❌ St. Patrick's Parade
❌ Shakira
❌ Peachtree Road Race
❌ Beyonce
Atlanta is not ready for the World Cup: unnavigable for tourists, unusable for crowds and suburbanites, unsafe for everyday riders.
9 injured in chaos at MARTA station after leaving Beyoncé concert
People were moving down an escalator just past midnight early Tuesday morning when someone screamed, officials said.
www.ajc.com
July 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
marta has now failed in five major events in the past eight months.
❌ Pride Parade
❌ St. Patrick's Parade
❌ Shakira
❌ Peachtree Road Race
❌ Beyonce
Atlanta is not ready for the World Cup: unnavigable for tourists, unusable for crowds and suburbanites, unsafe for everyday riders.
❌ Pride Parade
❌ St. Patrick's Parade
❌ Shakira
❌ Peachtree Road Race
❌ Beyonce
Atlanta is not ready for the World Cup: unnavigable for tourists, unusable for crowds and suburbanites, unsafe for everyday riders.
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I don’t know how Marta expects to host the world cup. this peachtree experience has been dismal so far. waiting 20 min for a train we can fit on
July 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I don’t know how Marta expects to host the world cup. this peachtree experience has been dismal so far. waiting 20 min for a train we can fit on
Lots of Louis Vuitton on this train, but only one MARTA shirt. Bonjour, y’all. 💙🧡💛
#ParisMetro #Atlanta
#ParisMetro #Atlanta
June 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Lots of Louis Vuitton on this train, but only one MARTA shirt. Bonjour, y’all. 💙🧡💛
#ParisMetro #Atlanta
#ParisMetro #Atlanta
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marta Dekalb County board member Shayna Pollock is now questioning the merits of said "retreat" and how this discussion of budget concerns behind closed doors and without cameras (except mine) would affect transparency moving forward
May 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
marta Dekalb County board member Shayna Pollock is now questioning the merits of said "retreat" and how this discussion of budget concerns behind closed doors and without cameras (except mine) would affect transparency moving forward
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These are projections more consistent with an agency in managed decline, who plans to offload responsibilities to consultants, than with an agency planning a billion-dollar expansion
May 9, 2025 at 1:53 PM
These are projections more consistent with an agency in managed decline, who plans to offload responsibilities to consultants, than with an agency planning a billion-dollar expansion
“MARTA was a great galvanizer of dreams… a major force of prosperity… And we need continued boldness.”
- Bill Ide, MARTA Launch Team 1970s
- Bill Ide, MARTA Launch Team 1970s
April 1, 2025 at 2:14 AM
“MARTA was a great galvanizer of dreams… a major force of prosperity… And we need continued boldness.”
- Bill Ide, MARTA Launch Team 1970s
- Bill Ide, MARTA Launch Team 1970s
Just got my hands on a 1975 magazine declaring: “Atlanta Transit: It WILL be built” “MARTA gets moving” 🧡💙💛
March 27, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Just got my hands on a 1975 magazine declaring: “Atlanta Transit: It WILL be built” “MARTA gets moving” 🧡💙💛
My favorite Spanish word is PUEBLEAR—wandering through small towns and soaking in their charm. As a former Main Street manager, I’m grateful for a lovely Sunday of puebleando in Alabama! #UnionSprings #Samson #Tuskegee
March 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
My favorite Spanish word is PUEBLEAR—wandering through small towns and soaking in their charm. As a former Main Street manager, I’m grateful for a lovely Sunday of puebleando in Alabama! #UnionSprings #Samson #Tuskegee
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How a #transit system dies:
“…he had to step over human waste at the Dunwoody station…he was accompanying his mother-in-law from the airport when a nut pulled a gun on him and others.”
That’s a former #Atlanta Dep. Transportation Commissioner.
#MARTA needs a fix.
www.ajc.com/opinion/colu...
“…he had to step over human waste at the Dunwoody station…he was accompanying his mother-in-law from the airport when a nut pulled a gun on him and others.”
That’s a former #Atlanta Dep. Transportation Commissioner.
#MARTA needs a fix.
www.ajc.com/opinion/colu...
TORPY: Why does MARTA go where folks aren’t going?
Less than 30 million people rode MARTA’s rail last year. By comparison, almost 62 million did in 2019, the year before the pandemic.
www.ajc.com
March 12, 2025 at 11:02 PM
How a #transit system dies:
“…he had to step over human waste at the Dunwoody station…he was accompanying his mother-in-law from the airport when a nut pulled a gun on him and others.”
That’s a former #Atlanta Dep. Transportation Commissioner.
#MARTA needs a fix.
www.ajc.com/opinion/colu...
“…he had to step over human waste at the Dunwoody station…he was accompanying his mother-in-law from the airport when a nut pulled a gun on him and others.”
That’s a former #Atlanta Dep. Transportation Commissioner.
#MARTA needs a fix.
www.ajc.com/opinion/colu...
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More Marta has to pay for “more” not just for regular “Marta” services
The new MARTA report is an attempt to rewrite history and rewind mistakes that have been made.
I agree with @andreforatlanta.com and stand by the original City audit
The new MARTA report is an attempt to rewrite history and rewind mistakes that have been made.
I agree with @andreforatlanta.com and stand by the original City audit
Report: New MARTA audit disputes financial claims made by the city
A new audit of the More MARTA capital fund program shows that the transit agency owes $865,630 rather than the $70 million claimed in last year's audit from the City of Atlanta. ]According to WABE, the City of Atlanta claims the…
A new audit of the More MARTA capital fund program shows that the transit agency owes $865,630 rather than the $70 million claimed in last year's audit from the City of Atlanta. ]According to WABE, the City of Atlanta claims the…
Report: New MARTA audit disputes financial claims made by the city
A new audit of the More MARTA capital fund program shows that the transit agency owes $865,630 rather than the $70 million claimed in last year's audit from the City of Atlanta. ]According to WABE, the City of Atlanta claims the transit agency overshot its operational budget by $70 million for expansion projects funded by a city sales tax. The city hired accounting firm Mauldin & Jenkins to conduct the audit.
roughdraftatlanta.com
March 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
More Marta has to pay for “more” not just for regular “Marta” services
The new MARTA report is an attempt to rewrite history and rewind mistakes that have been made.
I agree with @andreforatlanta.com and stand by the original City audit
The new MARTA report is an attempt to rewrite history and rewind mistakes that have been made.
I agree with @andreforatlanta.com and stand by the original City audit
I’ve designed my life to avoid Atlanta traffic.
Come ride with me.
Come ride with me.
March 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I’ve designed my life to avoid Atlanta traffic.
Come ride with me.
Come ride with me.
Local journalism is essential for accountability. Grateful for AJC and Sara Gregory coverage of MARTA’s challenges—reading it now while commuting on MARTA.
We have rail ridership data through 2024 now and it’s down compared to 2023. But MARTA says the drop doesn’t reflect actual ridership, only continued issues with fare gates that are either a) broken in the open position b) aren’t recording Breeze taps as a ride www.ajc.com/news/atlanta...
MARTA train ridership fell in 2024 despite gains nationally
Only two cities saw ridership fall more compared to the prior year, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution analysis of monthly ridership reports from the FTA.
www.ajc.com
March 4, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Local journalism is essential for accountability. Grateful for AJC and Sara Gregory coverage of MARTA’s challenges—reading it now while commuting on MARTA.
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Higher ridership = more revenue 💰 The newly revised budget proposal shows an increase of $20M for FY26 & a projected increase of $29M in FY27 from our Dec proposal. #wmata #MetroBoardMeeting
February 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Higher ridership = more revenue 💰 The newly revised budget proposal shows an increase of $20M for FY26 & a projected increase of $29M in FY27 from our Dec proposal. #wmata #MetroBoardMeeting
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Atlanta is doable if your office is near a station and you're intentional about where you live. And don't have dependents. And can deal with the *reactions* you'll get if you tell people you voluntarily take MARTA.
January 30, 2024 at 12:32 AM
Atlanta is doable if your office is near a station and you're intentional about where you live. And don't have dependents. And can deal with the *reactions* you'll get if you tell people you voluntarily take MARTA.
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Remember the MARTA employee hit by a train in October? The watchman tasked with alerting maintenance workers to oncoming trains was focused on other work, according to the NTSB's preliminary report. The injured employee needed a below-the-knee amputation: www.ajc.com/news/atlanta...
Report: Watchman doing other work before MARTA train hit worker
MARTA employee hit by train had leg amputated below the knee.
www.ajc.com
December 5, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Remember the MARTA employee hit by a train in October? The watchman tasked with alerting maintenance workers to oncoming trains was focused on other work, according to the NTSB's preliminary report. The injured employee needed a below-the-knee amputation: www.ajc.com/news/atlanta...
OFF THE RAILS: 10+ hrs since a derailment, 48 hrs since a station fire. MARTA CEO has said nothing to reassure riders about our safety.
December 4, 2024 at 11:07 PM
OFF THE RAILS: 10+ hrs since a derailment, 48 hrs since a station fire. MARTA CEO has said nothing to reassure riders about our safety.