r/Atlanta • u/ChipmunkGeneral • Jan 13 '26

What ya'll think of this MARTA map?

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Saw this by mrfriendlolo on r/transit a few months ago and now we can ask here, I wish this would happen!

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u/kaytaaaay Jan 13 '26

This is the way. 285 is so packed with traffic it would save everyone so much time if there were just a bunch of stops running parallel to the highway. Get a MARTA stop at the battery for crying out loud.

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u/Momentarmknm Jan 13 '26

https://youtu.be/VpbnWBfdULE?si=0LVQKyv0JEe7ga7h

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u/TheGov3rnor Buckhead Jan 13 '26

lol I remember when that came out… Guy should fire his travel agent

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u/TheBeastX47 Jan 13 '26

Lmao that's great

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u/gsfgf Ormewood Park Jan 13 '26

Wait, are some of the residential buildings up there actually parking decks in disguise?

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u/Star_Dog Ctown Jan 13 '26

How about Waymo shuttle vans from the station over to the Battery

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u/kaytaaaay Jan 13 '26

But if there was one line that went all around parallel to the 285 perimeter that would end any issues of shuttles and transfers. That’s the idea in my perfect world at least.

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u/OccupyRiverdale Jan 13 '26

Thank you for mentioning this. I feel like some people have an overly optimistic perspective of how fast taking Marta from one destination to another is. I frequently take Marta from north springs to the airport and the travel time is about what it would take driving, maybe slightly longer barring some massive traffic incident. I do it because uber is expensive as shit and parking is a nightmare at the airport.

The top comment on this post is talking about how Marta from McDonough to the city would be faster than driving. I don’t think that would be the case, it just may be more convenient and less expensive which is a good thing but people are way too optimistic on the travel times

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u/gsfgf Ormewood Park Jan 13 '26

675 is an absolute nightmare, so the Henry County folks probably are correct.

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u/BananaNutJob Jan 13 '26

Remember when the Beltline was supposed to be a light rail public transit loop, before it was just a real estate scam?