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A newsletter about public transit and mobility justice in Atlanta. Making you smarta’ about MARTA :) Reader-supported. 🚏🚇🚌🚲♿️ trackingatlanta.ghost.io conductor: @alexb.on.computer not associated with MARTA

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Tracking Atlanta @trackingatl.bsky.social · Dec 5

All aboard the new Atlanta-centered transit newsletter!
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Tracking Atlanta

News about public transit and mobility justice in ATL.

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Tracking Atlanta @trackingatl.bsky.social · 8d

watsonnnthecorgi on ig

A corgi dressed up like a MARTA train car, standing on the East Lake MARTA platform

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 23d

Atlanta City Council meeting Oct. 6, 2025, live thread.

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Tracking Atlanta @trackingatl.bsky.social · Sep 22

is this banner usually on Amtrak

A red flag with “NONE SHALL PASS” written in sharpie. The O has a dot in the middle like an eye

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Tracking Atlanta @trackingatl.bsky.social · Sep 15

Great news!

Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · Sep 15

The Atlanta City Council selected Carden Wyckoff, a disability advocate, to fill the District 2 vacancy through the remainder of the term—104 days from today.

Meet Carden Wyckoff, Wheelchair Warrior at 6 MPH

photo courtesy of Carden Wyckoff Meet Carden Wyckoff. She calls herself a wheelchair warrior at six miles per hour. She’s everywhere, advocating for: curb cuts, access-for-all during construc…

travelingatthespeedofbike.com

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austin HELL ray @austinlouisray.bsky.social · Sep 11

How would @marisapk.bsky.social fix Atlanta?

Clean water is not simply a human right. It's a public good that we must provide and maintain as we continue to design our city for inclusivity.

ATL is thirsty. Let's bring back water fountains.

how-id-fix-atlanta.ghost.io/how-marisa-p...

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Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · Sep 11

Add Clark Atlanta... and out of precaution, Spelman is also doing a shelter im place. #HBCUs

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Tracking Atlanta @trackingatl.bsky.social · Sep 11

MARTA’s NextGen Bus Network Redesign will no longer go into effect in 2025, according to Atlanta News First.

www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/09/09/a...

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · Aug 28

BREAKING: The @ajc.com on Thursday said it plans to end its printed edition at the end of this year, accelerating its digital transformation amid a rapidly evolving media landscape. The final print edition will appear Dec. 31, a Wednesday.

www.ajc.com/business/202...

AJC to move to fully digital publication, phase out print Dec. 31

The AJC will continue to publish distinctive journalism every day and with urgency on its website, mobile app, as well as through video, podcasts and other digital platforms.

www.ajc.com

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Jeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · Aug 28

Massive walkout underway at CDC.

RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.

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Tracking Atlanta @trackingatl.bsky.social · Aug 24

Yikes!!

Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · Aug 23

Although the plan is not perfect, marta got a implement @humantransit.bsky.social's Bus Network Redesign plan ASAP because this is embarrassing

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Tracking Atlanta @trackingatl.bsky.social · Aug 21

MARTA is posting copaganda:(

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Mayor of MARTA @mayorofmarta.bsky.social · Aug 12

First time seeing a passenger workout while riding MARTA. Someone is using resistance bands on the train.
Taking transit allows people to do ANYTHING else other than driving.

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aly @aly.ruffruff.party · Aug 11

I am not kidding when I say I would die for a MARTA bus driver

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aly @aly.ruffruff.party · Aug 15

It’s still hilarious to me that MARTA special weekend schedules means they’re running heavy rail metro trains less frequently than my local bus lines

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · Aug 14

BREAKING: The marta board is appointing its Chief Legal Counsel, Jonathan Hunt as interim GM and CEO, effective immediately

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Sara Gregory @saraegregory.bsky.social · Aug 14

MARTA’s board picked an interim CEO, and a committee that will advise him, after a month-long process that apparently included four secret search committee meetings: www.ajc.com/news/2025/08...

MARTA names interim CEO after series of secret meetings

MARTA’s ad hoc CEO search committee met four times without public notice since July 17.

www.ajc.com

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Tracking Atlanta @trackingatl.bsky.social · Aug 12

My new bus system is integrated with the Transit app and it’s fantastic. I wish MARTA would do that! I know MARTA is developing a new app though

A screenshot of the transit app with bus routes that reads “Monterey-Salinas Transit upgraded you to Royale for free”

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a haunted house with a picket fence 👻 @alexb.on.computer · Aug 11

I was like “omg so cute, this bench has starfish on it” and then I realized it’s sneaky anti-homeless architecture :(

A curved bench with 3D starfish sculptures scattered on the surface

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · Jul 28

BREAKING: Four drive belts were discovered “missing” from the motors on a MARTA escalator that malfunctioned and left 21 people inside the Vine City station with injuries, according to a report from the state agency that oversees escalator and elevator safety.

(h/t @saraegregory.bsky.social)

State inspector finds belts ‘missing’ on MARTA’s Vine City escalator

According to the report, “It is unknown if the belts were missing at the time of the incident or if the belts came off the pulley due to the incident."

www.ajc.com

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Tracking Atlanta @trackingatl.bsky.social · Aug 2

Bummer — the art market I profiled in this week’s issue is canceled due to rain. ☔️

Instagram post from GVG ATL showing that Main Street Market this Sunday is cancelled

Tracking Atlanta @trackingatl.bsky.social · Aug 2

nothing like the marta train pulling into the station right as the bus you’re connecting to leaves :)

Tracking Atlanta @trackingatl.bsky.social · Aug 1

omg love!! what a fun fact too

Tracking Atlanta @trackingatl.bsky.social · Aug 1

The match4gaza donations mentioned in the recent newsletter have been met, but you can continue supporting The Sameer Project’s South Gaza fund here:

chuffed.org/project/1132...

South Gaza: Tents, Food & Water

**With Famine on the rise, we will significantly lower tent purchases and focus on food (rice and bread) and water over the next couple of weeks**

chuffed.org

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geneva @gdbee.bsky.social · Aug 1

Photo study, added a pigeon witch

Photo study painting of a Buc-ee's mascot sign with "KEEP GOING" written underneath where a city's name would be. There are mountains, trees and sunset clouds in the distance. A pigeon themed witch sits on the sign. Drawn by gdbeeart, Aug 2025

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Tracking Atlanta @trackingatl.bsky.social · Aug 1

in case you missed it: I’m moving to California but will be continuing the newsletter remotely!! I love Atlanta too much to abandon this project and I’m moving for personal/financial/family reasons

(but also after 10 years a break from Atlanta will be kinda nice)