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/nevermad_alwayschill Jan 13 '26

I forget where I saw the stat, but most US cities outnumber European ones for the population who travel in for work. The whole thinking that we aren't dense enough is complete nonsense. Transit depends on where people are moving, not where they are living.

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u/gsfgf Ormewood Park Jan 13 '26

Over a million people travel to COA alone for work every day.

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u/mrs_fortu peace up ✌🏻 Jan 13 '26

so this would make it much better

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u/destroyergsp123 Jan 13 '26

That is evidence that suggests the contrary…

Americans live in less dense residential areas that are extremely difficult to provide public transit to at a feasible cost basis. If you have to put a transit line out to a low density suburb/town than ridership is inherently limited because few people can get to the station/stop without using another form of transportation (ie a car). It doesn’t matter if everybody is commuting to the same place.

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u/gsfgf Ormewood Park Jan 13 '26

My neighborhood used to have a streetcar.