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The Project That Remade Atlanta Is Still a Work in Progress
Metropolis
June 27, 2025
For Atlanta to be great, city must invest in infrastructure beyond the Beltline
Atlanta Journal Constitution
June 20, 2025
In her recent AJC editorial, Candler Park resident and ThreadATL co-founder Lauren Welsh argues against paving the Beltline transit corridor as a path for wheeled devices. We agree with Lauren that the trail’s popularity isn’t a sign of success but a symptom of Atlanta’s city-wide lack of safe sidewalks, bike lanes, and transit options everywhere else. By treating the Beltline as a standalone “emerald necklace” park rather than a multi-modal corridor including the planned light rail transit and the path, some city leaders are thinking in silos and diverting attention (and scarce resources) away from the broader investments the city desperately needs. Lauren also rightly asserts that prioritizing the mayor’s latest whim, to pursue unfunded Southside rail planning over completing the Streetcar East Extension, only delays any meaningful transit progress citywide. Without integrated planning that weaves parks, the intended light rail transit, housing, and commerce together, the Beltline is becoming just a disconnected sidewalk amid massive parking garages.
Shuttling FIFA fans, no driver needed
Axios Atlanta
May 13, 2025
Press Release: Beltline Rail Now Responds to ABI Beep Autonomous Shuttle Pilot Program
Beltline Rail Now
May 12, 2025
Atlanta Beltline seeks funding for driverless vehicle pilot program
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
May 12, 2025
'I think the promise was broken.' South Atlanta residents weigh in on Beltline rail changes
Georgia Public Broadcasting
May 7, 2025
Redirecting focus of service away from Eastside Trail along Beltline would be a major setback, costing millions
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
May 4, 2025
"Halting this progress now would waste millions of dollars and set the project back significantly. Redirecting the focus to a different corridor would require another decade of study and design before construction could begin — essentially delaying any transit construction on the Beltline by 10-plus years.”- Beth McMillan, Director of Engagement Atlanta Beltline Inc 2007-2022 in Sunday's AJC. There is almost no major engagement effort that ABI undertook during the years it was designing the Beltline that did not involve Beth McMillan at its center. You can't fool her.
McMillan spoke out in the city's paper of record to call attention to what the Beltline has always been, what has been readied through decades and investment of millions of dollars, and what she believes is the key to the City's future-Beltline rail around ALL 22 MILES of the corridor.
We won't make progress if we stop where we are and throw all we've done away, according to McMillan. She urged Mayor Dickens to continue forward and not make a mistake with devastating consequences and to build Streetcar East to PCM AND the rest of Beltline transit as soon as we can.
Atlanta must go forwards — not backwards — when it comes to Beltline rail
Saporta Report
March 17, 2025
Mayor Dickens puts Beltline Eastside Trail transit on back burner
Axios Atlanta
March 14, 2025
Atlanta mayor reaffirms commitment to Beltline rail
Urbanize Atlanta
February 12, 2025
Discovering a version of the Beltline in Charlotte, N.C.
Saporta Report
November 21, 2024
Beltline Rail? A Conversation Between Walter Brown and Matthew Rao
Georgia State University Law Review
October 1, 2024
Beltline Rail Now on More MARTA Audit
August 19, 2024
Beltline light rail proponents press Dickens for support
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
August 17, 2024
Beltline Rail Now Announces Reynoldstown Banner
August 12, 2024
Advocacy group keeps up push for BeltLine rail
Saporta Report
July 11, 2024
Atlanta BeltLine’s proposed rail is at a crossroads
Atlanta Magazine - Josh Green
February 29, 2024
Time and time again, Atlantans have spoken: Build BeltLine rail
Saporta Report
October 23, 2023
BeltLine rail and trail on the Westside. (Rendering courtesy ABI.)
MARTA’s proposed budget keeps digging a hole into Atlanta’s expansion plans
Saporta Report
May 17, 2023
South side of the Beltline lined by new development // Photo by Arden Davis
BeltLine Development
Are we prioritizing transit and affordable housing?
3484 Magazine
Apr 18, 2023
'If not here, where?': Advocates continue push for BeltLine rail
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Apr 17, 2023
A MARTA train waits at an Atlanta underground station. The agency recently told the City Council that it would only actively pursue 9 of the 17 capital projects on its priority list. (ReanC/Shutterstock)
Atlanta’s Incredible Shrinking Transit Plan
Governing.com
March 14, 2023
Where the streetcar would deposit passengers at PCM's The Shed, returning the outdoor facility to its original rail-focused uses. Kimley-Horn/MARTA 2040; via Vimeo
Georgia Tech professor slams BeltLine rail idea; supporters fire back
Atlanta Urbanize
Feb 2, 2023
Is This Atlanta Streetcar 'The Worst Transit Project of All Time'?
Reason Sept 22, 2022
Atlanta leaders committed to fulfilling promise of rail on the BeltLine
Saporta Report
May 23, 2022
Study: Cost of Atlanta Beltline rail segment could be twice original estimate
Intown Atlanta
Feb 23, 2022
ATL BeltLine: Third rail of Atlanta’s 2021 elections, the dream too big to fail
Saporta Report
Oct 21, 2021
Mayoral candidates to discuss Atlanta Beltline Wednesday
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Oct 5, 2021
Atlanta mayoral candidates on BeltLine transit and other top transportation projects
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Aug 26, 2021
Atlanta city election forums on housing, transportation issues
Saporta Report
Aug 24, 2021
Streetcar extension to BeltLine draws excitement, but concerns on pace and equity
Saporta Report
June 5, 2021
BeltLine Light Rail: Interview with BRN Chair Matthew Rao (VIDEO)
CBS46
May 4, 2021
MARTA contracts for feasibility study of BeltLine rail
Reporter Newspapers
April 12, 2021
USDOT SEC BUTTIGIEG VISITS ATLANTA: FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE BILL A great fit for LIGHT RAIL
WSB Channel 2
April 6, 2021
MARTA’s Atlanta Beltline study worries transit supporters
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
March 25, 2021
Atlanta BeltLine tax district proposal heads to City Council amid business and transit criticisms
BUCKHEAD REPORTER
March 11, 2021
Opinion: City's Beltline Special Services District has two main problems
ATLANTA BUSINESS CHRONICLE
March 4, 2021
Beltline holding public meetings on tax increase that would fund completion of trail
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Feb 25, 2021
Affordable housing along Atlanta BeltLine overlooked in debate of plan by BeltLine Rail Now
SAPORTA REPORT
Feb 3, 2021
Beltline rail group and MARTA disagree on loop’s transit funding, timeline
Reporter Newspapers
Jan 28, 2021
BELTLINE RAIL NOW unveils $2.5 billion Beltline transit plan
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
January 27, 2021
MARTA’s budget crisis alarms Atlanta Beltline supporters
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
April 17, 2020
Beltline transit advocates: Crucial deadline for trail rail looms; speak up now
CURBED ATLANTA
Nov. 26, 2019
March planned for BeltLine Rail
Oct 1, 2019