BeltLine's Southside trail gap is finally closing. Here's what's opening — and what isn't.

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 18:00:00 -0400

The Atlanta BeltLine’s Southside trail — long mocked as the gap where the city’s signature greenway project abruptly ends in southwest Atlanta — is finally within sight of completion.

Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. confirmed Wednesday that the two-mile segment between the Oakland City MARTA station and the West End MARTA station is on track to open to pedestrians and cyclists by mid-October, ahead of the originally promised 2027 deadline.

For the residents of some of the city’s most park-poor neighborhoods, the news is real. It’s also a long time coming.

MARTA board approves long-delayed bus network redesign. Here's what's changing in August.

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 19:00:00 -0400

MARTA’s board of directors voted 8–2 Thursday to approve the long-delayed NextGen Bus Network redesign — the first top-to-bottom overhaul of the agency’s bus map in roughly 40 years.

The new network goes live August 24.

If you ride MARTA buses in Atlanta, your route is almost certainly changing. Here’s what to know.

What’s getting better

The redesign follows a “high-frequency grid” model that has become standard in peer cities like Houston, Seattle, and Denver. The principle: concentrate service on a smaller number of routes that run every 15 minutes or better, every day, all day.

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BeltLine's Southside trail gap is finally closing. Here's what's opening — and what isn't.

MARTA board approves long-delayed bus network redesign. Here's what's changing in August.

What’s getting better