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WSB-TV: A narrow 4-3 Planning Commission vote advances Jamestown’s mixed-use redevelopment of the 100-acre North Point Mall site, including a proposed NHL-ready arena, toward City Council in two weeks.
Local
Atlanta News First: Both directions of the Perimeter between South Atlanta Road and Paces Ferry Road reopened Sunday night instead of the planned 5 a.m. Monday end time as crews finished concrete slab work.
Local
AJC: A Saturday morning Delta departure to Orlando turned back to Hartsfield-Jackson after fumes were reported in the flight deck; 199 customers and six crew left via slides on a taxiway.
Local
Assembly and outdoor-festival permits signed July 29 green-light free F1 and off-road demos on Hank Aaron Drive Aug. 1, with heavy road closures already underway.
Local
A Pittsburgh-to-Atlanta arrival aborted its landing Monday when the crew saw another aircraft on the runway, ending up about 1,800 feet from a departing Delta jet, according to Atlanta News First.
Local
A CSX freight train struck a semi-truck early Friday morning near Lee Street, sparking a fire and scattering cargo. MARTA rail service was temporarily suspended as safety crews inspected overhead structures.
Local
More than 268,000 passengers moved through the airport on Thursday, breaking a 2019 record and signaling a full recovery from the pandemic-era travel slowdown.
Local
The $87 million program will resurface 230 lane-miles of residential streets over the next two years — more than the past three years combined.
Local
After nearly a decade of planning and a half-billion dollars in spending, the two-mile missing segment between Oakland City and West End is on track to open by fall. But three key segments are still years away.
Opinion
If MARTA can run five-minute headways, deploy ambassadors at every station, and move 220,000 rail riders in a day, why can't it do that on a Tuesday in September?
Local
Wednesday's Morocco-Haiti match drove rail ridership to 2.3 times its normal weekday volume. Transit officials say the agency has moved 1.7 million passengers to World Cup events since June 11.
Local
After two years of community meetings and four rounds of revisions, MARTA's new bus map goes live August 24. Some routes double in frequency. Some disappear entirely.
Local
The agency had aimed to have its new railcars in service for the FIFA World Cup, but ongoing testing and safety certification requirements pushed the rollout past the June 11 start date.
Local
The south walkway is the latest piece of a billion-dollar effort to modernize aging stations — but World Cup preparations will pause the work next month
Local
Riders can now tap bank cards and mobile wallets at fare gates across the rail system
Local
Riders can now tap bank cards and mobile wallets at faregates and on buses as MARTA phases in its next-generation fare system.
Local
Redesigned routes promise more frequent service and shorter wait times across metro Atlanta
Local
The most comprehensive bus redesign since the 1970s triples high-frequency corridors and debuts Atlanta's first Bus Rapid Transit line.
Traffic
The 16-mile initiative will add dynamically priced express lanes and toll-free bus rapid transit access along one of metro Atlanta's most congested corridors
Local
New rideshare-style service fills transit gaps with app-based, on-demand rides in underserved areas
Local
Curb-to-curb microtransit service aims to bridge first-and-last-mile gaps ahead of broader bus network overhaul
Local
Bus detours are now in place as crews begin deconstructing the iconic concrete canopy. MARTA says the full transformation will take three years and $230 million, and includes a new public plaza, expanded retail, and a complete redesign of the station's bus loop.