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  • MARTA is an okay way to get around Atlanta. It's cheap, but doesn't run all night and you'll need to take buses to get to most places. There is a train station at the airport, and there are stations located in downtown, midtown, and buckhead. If you're staying in these places, then I suggest taking MARTA.

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    MARTA (Buses & Subway): Use Marta to get around
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  • This is a good way to get around the Atlanta area, which is quite large! If there is a Marta Station in the area you are staying, which there is near most hotels then try this instead of renting a car because traffic here is unreal. You can even take Marta to a Braves or Falcons game to avoid the traffic. Check out the website below for all the details.

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    MARTA (Buses & Subway): MARTA is easy to use
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  • Train Approaches in MARTA Five Point Station - Atlanta
    Train Approaches in MARTA Five
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    The MARTA station located at the airport is the southernmost in the north-south line of the system. The other line is the east-west line, and these two lines converge at the center of downtown at the Five Points Station. MARTA tickets can be purchased with cash or credit card at easy to use kiosk machines, but there are friendly attendants ready to help visitors make their purchase. I purchased a $4- ticket, providing a round trip trip to Five Points. The tickets are electronically coded and are used to enter and exit the boarding part of the station, so save your ticket carefully. However, the tickets don't appear to be magnetically encoded, and they don't go through a card reader machine. The passenger simply waves the card over a special detection machine to open the gate. Security at MARTA appears very good despite the dominant population of sometime intimidating hiphop-style African-American youth at the stations and downtown. Police security is very good. The trains still had seats during my rush hour trip to downtown. Keep moving and the street people outside the MARTA stations won't even approach you for a handout. Link below can provide route planning help.

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    MARTA (Buses & Subway): Atlanta's Subway
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  • I was suprised that Atlanta had a subway system. It is very simple... only about 6 stops and it goes in a straight line through downtown and midtown Atlanta. It runs parallel to Peach Tree St.

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    MARTA (Buses & Subway): Atlanta has the city transit...
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  • Atlanta has the city transit called MARTA (Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority). This is a subway train as well as the bus.
    http://www.itsmarta.com/index1.asp
    Marta is public transit but beats try to get through Atlanta traffic and for less than $2.

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    MARTA (Buses & Subway): The best way to get around...
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  • The best way to get around Atlanta is by using the MARTA rail line which has over 30 stations all across metro Atlanta. You have the South line which takes you to their Airport station. you have the North Line which takes you to Midtown station and visit Margareth Mitchells house author of the book 'Gone with the wind', further more you have Buckhead station. Step out at Buckhead station and experience the nightlife district of Atlanta. You can also step out at Buckhead station to visit the Lenox Square Mall and the Phips Plaza Mall. Further North with Marta Rail you can step out at Dunwoody Station, you can step out this station for the Perimeter Mall which offers excellent shopping. On the West line you can step out at one of the stations to visit the Stone Mountain National Park and Atlanta Metro Zoo.

    Five points is the name of the central station of the MARTA rail line located in the center of downtown Atlanta. At the fivepoints station both the North, East, West and South line meet. It is also the bussiest rail station of all of Metro Atlanta. Some stations do offer you the advantage of parking your car. So if you want to avoid the congested traffic around Atlanta park your car at MARTA's rail station and take the rail train.

    What impresses me the most is that the trains do come every 5 minutes and can move you quickly through metro Atlanta. If you are an out of state or foreign visitor make sure you purchase a weekly MARTA ticket which can be bought at their counter at Hartsfield Ineternational Airport. If you buy the MARTA ticket you can use the rail as often as you like without having to pay 2 tokens each time you want to use the train. So buy a MARTA WEEK train ticket and save yourself some expenses.

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    MARTA (Buses & Subway): MARTA
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  • MARTA is an acronym for the Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority.
    Traffic is brutal around the Atlanta Metro area, but you do have other options. MARTA gives you the ability to avoid the road and hop on the rails.

    One way tokens are $1.75
    Weekly passes are $13 (Monday - Sunday)
    Weekend passes are $9 (Friday - Sunday_

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    MARTA (Buses & Subway): MARTA: the Metro Atlanta Rapid...
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  • MARTA: the Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority.
    To go by car in the rush hours can be extremely boring.

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    MARTA (Buses & Subway): Atlanta has one of the biggest...
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  • Atlanta has one of the biggest international airports in the US. Home to a huge Delta airlines hub. One can connect to lots of cities around the nation. All major airlines are represented.
    When in a budget, if you are not renting a car at the airportdon't have a lot of luggage and your hotel is DownTown, Buckhead, or Perimeter area, a good way to save on taxi fare is to take the Marta rail to a station close to your hotel and then take a taxi the rest of the way. This could be the differnece between a $35.00 taxi cab ride and a $10.oo ride. You can do the same on the way back.
    The rail station is rigth there at the airport terminal and it costs $1.25 one way. There are also limosine services that beleive it or not are cheaper than taxies. the only draw back is most times one has to make advance reservations. But when you do they will be waiting for you at the south end of the terminal. I can take a limo from the airport to the North Druid Hills area for $24.00 and it's a limo folks, you ride in style, a taxie costs me about $32.00. Over all I recommend to rent a car if you are going to stay any time in the city. Although the traffic is horrendous, if you come from another big city you should not have any trouble. I noticed that Atlantans drive very fast, but over all are mostly good drivers when compared to say my home town, Miami,fl.

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    MARTA (Buses & Subway): MARTA -- it's smarta! Perhaps...
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  • MARTA -- it's smarta!

    Perhaps you're familiar with the slogan of our top-notch public transportation. If not, don't worry; most Atlantans aren't either. The trains actually go most places you'd want to visit, but only during sporting events do most Atlantans take the train. I take it every day, but I'm a questionable eco-friendly schmuck who doesn't see the need to get into traffic every day.

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