Anyone know the story here?

Seems pretty valuable to me

Hey y’all, I went to the Beltline Transit meeting about an hour ago! Here’s a summary for those who couldn’t attend. They also posted the presentation online as well. Most of the information is on the powerpoint but there were some neat in-person charts such as the routes placed over a satellite view of the city, and “how far can I get from ____ in 30 minutes”. There was a great turnout as well, the room was full of people!

- SW & SE alignments are the same. Gap between Boulevard and Glenwood is a known concern. As if a station will fill it is TBD, theres some tax situation with a nearby property + the 40ft elevation difference.

- NW Alignment LPA is the CSX route alongside the existing freight corridor. Highest ridership, highest speeds, lowest capital cost, direct Piedmont Hospital connection, etc. The least complicated of the three.

- The first infill station they’re working on is Murphy Crossing. They’re going to determine everything related to that such as design and alternatives.

- Beltline Loop, North Loop, South Loop lines, each with 20 minute headaways (so 10 since the entire thing is interlined).

- Ridership projections of 4.2M. With 40% transit dependent and 60% choice.

- Cost estimates still the same. Wont change until the future if need be.

- 22 miles of LRT still the end goal.

- (Edit, forgot): They’re going to re-engage with the community regarding Crosstown West. I think they needed to adjust some things since they haven’t really done anything regarding it in 10 years. Based on the most recent map the routing has been slightly adjusted.

- They aim to release the full completed study by the end of this year. This was the 4th and final public outreach event. This is “the most about Beltline transit we’ve ever known” which is a milestone. They have a clear vision for the entire loop.

NO MENTION OF STREETCAR EAST, BUT FROM THE STAFF I ASKED:

- Not much information known beyond the Mayor’s announcement. Best way to get information and make our voices heard is to show up to meetings and keep contacting our elected officials.

Edit: I did not include the matching grant of $1.25 million (https://www.ajc.com/news/2026/06/atlanta-beltline-study-biased-toward-autonomous-shuttles-complaint-alleges/) in my calculations. It's unclear if that $1.25 is in-kind or actual explicit costs. I've updated the web page and workbooks in the github repo to reflect both the known $1.75 million cash grant and the total $3 million reported cost.

So, with a total cost of $3 million, this brings the per rider cost to $191 for July 2026 🫠

From an Open Records Act request to the Atlanta Beltline, I requested ridership data on the ATL Spoke service for June and July, 2026. Why? Because I kept seeing empty or near-empty shuttles crawling their way to/from West End MARTA and Lee+White.

I wanted to keep an open mind on if ATL Spoke was a viable interim measure to Beltline rail. But to me, intuitively, spending $1.75m on a slow-moving robot bus vanity project seemed like a fairly bad idea.

Spoiler alert: It's probably a very bad idea and waste of money, and most likely 6x to 9x the cost of providing the same service via a MARTA bus.

With the Beltline's public meeting tonight on "Citywide Conversation: Beltline Transit Study (In-Person)", I wanted to get this out before then.

I have a write-up on my analysis and findings at https://mikehikes.github.io/beep-analysis/

For the technically inclined, and/or to check or correct my work: https://github.com/mikehikes/beep-analysis

(AI was used as a helper to speed up my work, but all text and code was human-reviewed.)

Didn't take long for these guys to go full tech overlord levels of evil.

Requesting nonprofits to relocate from downtown to reduce the unhoused population, all to improve their ROI for development in an area they knew very well was home to these nonprofits and unhoused, is repulsive imo. But why stop there when you can implore the city to spend money on robot-police dogs to "deter homeless people from public camping?"

Quotes from the article:

“The next time you’re about to make a donation to a shelter or outreach organization downtown, ask them when they’re going to relocate outside of downtown,” Cummings suggested."

"Cummings said people avoid downtown Atlanta because of “uncomfortable situations,” like getting harassed or asked for money. He called out the lack of police and homeless people in the area."

"In the SoDo vision, robot dogs can deter homeless people from public camping, or prevent evening break-ins. “We need robots, APD and MARTA to enforce the existing law,” Cummings said."

So glad Invest Atlanta partners with these guys...

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• Metro Atlanta Discord
• r/atlevents to see local events/meetups around town
• How To Meet People

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APS Forward 2040

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