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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 · 18h

I’m not sure… I’d email MARTA!

Tracking Atlanta @trackingatl.bsky.social · 20h

If you take MARTA to your Halloween festivities tonight, you have atlyimby to thank for sending an email to MARTA’s CEO asking them not to single track on Halloween 😅 www.instagram.com/reel/DQcetva...

atlyimby on Instagram: "I don't even celebrate Halloween like that but I have places to be tomorrow. Thanks @martatransit #martaatlanta #halloween #atlanta…"

I don't even celebrate Halloween like that but I have places to be tomorrow. Thanks @martatransit #martaatlanta #halloween #atlanta #halloween2025 #publictransportation

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 1d

INBOX: Atlanta-based Southern Co., the parent of Georgia Power, saw profits climb 11.5% in the third quarter compared to the same period last year, the utility and energy conglomerate announced Thursday.

Election Day for two seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission is this upcoming Tuesday.

Juiced by data centers, Georgia Power parent company’s profits have jumped

Atlanta-based Southern Co., the parent of Georgia Power, saw profits climb 11.5% in the third quarter of 2025 compared to the same period last year.

www.ajc.com

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 1d

Wow: @ajc.com's Lautaro Grinspan reports that in just one week in October, ICE spent nearly $950,000 on ads in Atlanta — more spending than in any other U.S. city.

That amount would've been enough to provide SNAP benefits for over 20,000 Atlantans every month.

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Tracking Atlanta @trackingatl.bsky.social · 20h

a man in a shirt is standing in front of a white background with the words minor grammar mistake written on it .

Alt: minor grammar mistake

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Tracking Atlanta @trackingatl.bsky.social · 20h

photos from martatransit on instagram!

Tracking Atlanta @trackingatl.bsky.social · 20h

MARTA unveils a new bus wrap to celebrate to the 25th anniversary of OutKast’s album “Stankonia”

A MARTA bus in front of Atlanta’s Cascade skating rink. The bus is fluorescent thermal-camera-style orange, yellow, purple, and black, with an image of OutKast and the title “Stankonia” in yellow MARTA-like font. The unveiling is complete with a purple velvet rope and purple “red carpet”.

A Black woman holds up a Stankonia-themed commemorative Breeze card with the same image as the bus wrap. She is wearing a fluorescent orange fuzzy coat and has the Marta colors on her fingernail.

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Tracking Atlanta @trackingatl.bsky.social · 11d

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 · 25d

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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austie @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.

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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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