A map from the city’s presentation to MARTA shows the mayor’s light rail priorities. His proposed phase one would be to extend the streetcar to the Eastside trail.

A map showing how new light rail would link with the downtown streetcar. Courtesy of MARTA. Building a multi-billion-dollar light rail system around a bottleneck will choke the entire network.

A map showing how new light rail would link with the downtown streetcar. Courtesy of MARTA Not every part of Atlanta would benefit from light rail, however, and instead would be better served by ...

MARTA’s heavy rail system has followed much the same map for decades. MARTA would like to add a light rail on parts of the Atlanta Beltline; on a line southwest toward Greenbriar; ...

Last week, MARTA seemed to make an effort to realize the rail project. The agency’s board approved continuing the advancement of two projects — a light rail line along the Clifton Corridor in west ...

ATLANTA — Channel 2 Action News is getting a look at what a light rail transit system could look like along the Atlanta BeltLine. During a quarterly meeting on Thursday, members of the Atlanta ...

ATLANTA — MARTA once touted light rail as the future of transportation in the metro Atlanta area. Now the transit agency has pulled the plug on yet another light rail project.

Some metro Atlanta leaders who got an up close and personal look at Dallas’ light rail system recently are concerned about Atlanta’s future. One leader who talked to 11Alive about the trip ...

Atlanta OKs streetcar purchase funds Written by William C. Vantuono , Editor-in-Chief The Atlanta City Council moved forward with planning the Atlanta streetcar project by voting to approve $9 million ...