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{{Short description|Streetcar line in Atlanta, Georgia}}
{{About|the modern streetcar system in Atlanta|the first-generation 19th and 20th century streetcar system in Atlanta|Streetcars in Atlanta}}
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| image2= Atlanta_Streetcar_logo.svg
| image = Atlanta Streetcar.JPG
| name = Atlanta Streetcar
| owner = [[MARTA]]
| locale = [[Atlanta]], Georgia, United States
| transit_type = [[Tram|Streetcar]]
| lines = 1
| stations = 12
| annual_ridership = {{American transit ridership|GA Atlanta MARTA LR annual}} ({{American transit ridership|annualdate}}){{American transit ridership|annualcitation}}
| daily_ridership = {{American transit ridership|GA Atlanta MARTA LR daily}} ({{American transit ridership|dailydate}}){{American transit ridership|dailycitation}}
| began_operation = {{Start date and age|2014|December|30}}
| character = At-grade [[street running]]
| stock = 4 × [[Siemens S700 and S70|Siemens S70]]
| train_length = 1 car
| headway = 15 minutes (planned avg.)
| system_length = {{convert|2.7|mi|km|abbr=on}}
| track_gauge = {{Track gauge|ussg|allk=on}}
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[[File:Atlanta Streetcar arriving at King Memorial Stop.jpg|thumb|right|A streetcar turning onto Auburn Avenue from Jackson Street, approaching the King Historic District stop, in 2017]]
The '''Atlanta Streetcar''' (also known as the '''Downtown Loop''') is a [[Tram|streetcar]] line in [[Atlanta]], Georgia. Testing on the line began in summer 2014<ref name="testing">{{cite web|url=http://streetcar.atlantaga.gov/news/revenue-service-update/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714144501/http://streetcar.atlantaga.gov/news/revenue-service-update/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |title=Revenue service update |publisher=Atlanta Streetcar |date=June 23, 2014 |access-date=December 23, 2014 }}</ref> with passenger service beginning as scheduled on December 30, 2014.<ref name="AJC-first-trip">{{cite news |author=David Wickert |url=http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/atlanta-streetcar-takes-first-trip/njcwL/ |title=Atlanta streetcar takes first trip |newspaper=[[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]] |date=December 30, 2014 |access-date=December 30, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Thomas Wheatley |url=https://creativeloafing.com/content-218684-atlanta-streetcar-to-start-passenger-service-on |title=Atlanta Streetcar to start passenger service on Tuesday |newspaper=Creative Loafing Atlanta |date=December 23, 2014 |access-date=December 23, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Keith Laing |url=https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/228005-fed-supported-atlanta-streetcar-to-open-dec-30/ |title=Fed-supported Atlanta streetcar to open Dec. 30 |newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |date=December 23, 2014 |access-date=December 23, 2014}}</ref><ref name="PT-2015Jan">{{cite news|title=Atlanta Streetcar Enters Service|url=http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aptapt/issues/2015-01-09/2.html|access-date=April 12, 2015|work=Passenger Transport|publisher=[[American Public Transportation Association]]|date=January 9, 2015}}</ref><ref name="TAUT-2015Feb">{{cite news|title=Atlanta meets New Year deadline: Streetcars return to the streets of Georgia after a 65-year break|work=[[Tramways & Urban Transit]]|publisher=LRTA Publishing|date=February 2015|location=UK|page=53}}</ref> In {{American transit ridership|annualdate}}, the line had {{American transit ridership|GA Atlanta MARTA LR annual}} rides, or about {{American transit ridership|GA Atlanta MARTA LR daily}} per weekday in {{American transit ridership|dailydateasof}}.

The Downtown Loop is the Phase 1 of the Atlanta Streetcar project, which is planning to expand onto the [[Atlanta Beltline|BeltLine]] surrounding central Atlanta. The project is the first regular passenger streetcar service in Atlanta since the [[Streetcars in Atlanta|original Atlanta streetcars]] were phased out in 1949.

== Operations ==

=== Route ===

The '''Downtown Loop''' runs {{convert|2.7|mi|km}} east-west, serving 12 stops,<ref name="about">{{cite web|url=http://streetcar.atlantaga.gov/about/ |title=A Better Way to Get Around |publisher=Atlanta Streetcar |access-date=December 30, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029090711/http://streetcar.atlantaga.gov/about/ |archive-date=October 29, 2014 }}</ref> from [[Centennial Olympic Park]] to the [[Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site]], with tracks that converge at [[Woodruff Park]].<ref name=curbed>{{cite news |author=Josh Green |url=http://atlanta.curbed.com/archives/2014/02/26/how-the-atlanta-streetcar-loop-looks-right-now.php |title=How The Atlanta Streetcar Loop Looks Right Now |newspaper=Curbed Atlanta |publisher=[[Vox Media Inc.]] |date=February 26, 2014 |access-date=March 10, 2014}}</ref> The route provides access to [[MARTA]] heavy rail lines at [[Peachtree Center (MARTA station)|Peachtree Center]].<ref name=railwayage>{{cite journal |author=Douglas John Bowen |url=http://www.railwayage.com/index.php/passenger/light-rail/marta-revises-atlanta-streetcar-contract.html |title=MARTA revises Atlanta streetcar contract |journal=Railway Age |publisher=Simmons-Boardman Publishing Inc. |date=May 14, 2013 |access-date=March 10, 2014}}</ref> The vehicle maintenance facility is located under the I-75/I-85 overpass on Edgewood Avenue<ref name=atlmaint>{{cite news |author=Gregory Wallace |url=https://roughdraftatlanta.com/2012/11/01/downtown-streetcar-construction-on-track/ |title=Downtown streetcar construction on track |newspaper=Atlanta INtown Paper |publisher=Springs Publishing LLC |date=November 1, 2012 |access-date=March 10, 2014}}</ref>

The exact route is:

* From the [[Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site|King Historic Site]] at Jackson Street and Auburn Avenue, westbound along Auburn Avenue to [[Peachtree Street]].
* North on Peachtree Street, stopping at Peachtree Center MARTA station, to Ellis Street.
* West on Ellis Street to Carnegie Way.
* Northwest on Carnegie Way to Andrew Young International Boulevard.
* West on Andrew Young International Blvd. to Centennial Olympic Park Drive.
* South on Centennial Olympic Park Drive to Luckie Street.
* Southeast on Luckie Street, crossing Peachtree Street to Park Place.
* South on Park Place to Edgewood Avenue.
* East on Edgewood Avenue to Jackson Street.
* North on Jackson Street to Auburn Avenue.<ref name=route>{{cite web |url=http://streetcar.atlantaga.gov/where-will-the-streetcar-go/ |title=Where Will the Streetcar Go? |publisher=Atlanta Streetcar |access-date=March 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310061752/http://streetcar.atlantaga.gov/where-will-the-streetcar-go/ |archive-date=March 10, 2014 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

=== Rolling stock ===

The Atlanta Streetcar system uses [[Siemens S70]] light rail vehicles (LRVs).<ref name="LRV">{{cite web |url=http://streetcar.atlantaga.gov/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/as-factsheet1_july2013.pdf |title=Fact Sheet |publisher=Atlanta Streetcar |date=July 2013 |access-date=July 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131081431/http://streetcar.atlantaga.gov/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/as-factsheet1_july2013.pdf |archive-date=January 31, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  A total of four S70 cars were purchased<ref name="TAUT-2015Feb" /> and were built at two different facilities; the cars themselves were built in [[Sacramento, California]] while most other major components, like the [[propulsion system]], were assembled at a plant about {{convert|30|mi|km}} north of Atlanta, in [[Alpharetta]].<ref name="ATL Business Chron. Article">{{cite web|title=Siemens to build Atlanta streetcars|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2011/05/19/siemens-to-build-atlanta-streetcars.html|website=Atlanta Business Chronicle|publisher=American City Business Journals|access-date=August 2, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Siemens Press Release">{{cite web|title=Siemens is supplying Atlanta with the American type S70 LRT vehicles|url=http://www.siemens.com/press/en/pressrelease/?press=/en/pressrelease/2011/mobility/IMO201105024.htm|website=Siemens.com|publisher=Siemens|access-date=August 2, 2016}}</ref> They were delivered in the first months of 2014 and are numbered 1001–1004.<ref name="TAUT-2014Apr">{{cite news|title=Worldwide Review (regular news section)|work=[[Tramways & Urban Transit]]|publisher=LRTA Publishing|date=April 2014|location=UK|page=175}}</ref>

== History ==

=== Atlanta Streetcar, Inc. ===
Atlanta Streetcar, Inc. ('''ASC''') is a [[non-profit]] organization founded in 2003 with the mission to bring [[streetcar]]s back to downtown Atlanta. ASC's board members include the leaders of [[Georgia Institute of Technology|Georgia Tech]] and [[Georgia State University]], [[Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority|MARTA]], [[Georgia World Congress Center]], Buckhead Community Improvement District, Buckhead Coalition, [[Underground Atlanta]], [[Central Atlanta Progress]], [[Woodruff Arts Center]], and many local corporate business leaders as well.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.atlantastreetcar.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.who |title=Board of Directors |publisher=Atlanta Streetcar, Inc. |access-date=August 2, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070727021152/http://www.atlantastreetcar.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.who |archive-date=July 27, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Peachtree Corridor Partnership ===
In the summer of 2007, a new privately funded group called the '''Peachtree Corridor Partnership''' was formed, with the goal of determining how best to move forward the proposed rebuilding of Peachtree Street as a more attractive and pedestrian-friendly thoroughfare.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peachtreecorridor.org/partnership/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914054539/http://www.peachtreecorridor.org/partnership/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 14, 2009 |title=Collaboration to build a 'destination street' |publisher=Peachtree Corridor Partnership |year=2007 |access-date=November 15, 2009 }}</ref> The addition of a modern streetcar line was (and remains) one of the main components of the proposed transformation of the corridor, so many of the board members of ASC became members of the Peachtree Corridor Task Force, and the partnership eventually replaced the function of ASC as the organization advocating for a streetcar line along Peachtree Street.

In July 2009, the Atlanta city council approved funding a feasibility study to work out certain details of the proposed streetcar line in time to apply for  [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009|federal economic-stimulus]] funds for the construction of such a line.<ref>{{cite news |author=Dave Williams |url=http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2009/07/20/daily22.html |title=Atlanta City Council OKs streetcar study |newspaper=[[Atlanta Business Chronicle]] |date=July 20, 2009 |access-date=November 15, 2009}}</ref> However, several council members later expressed doubts over whether the remainder of the funding necessary to bring the project to fruition was likely, particularly during a time of recession.<ref>{{cite news |author=Dave Williams |url=http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2009/10/12/daily5.html |title=Council members question streetcar funding |newspaper=[[Atlanta Business Chronicle]] |date=October 12, 2009 |access-date=November 15, 2009}}</ref>

=== Downtown Loop route funded ===
In September 2010, it was announced that Phase I of the Atlanta Streetcar Project had received $47 million in federal [[Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery]] (TIGER) II funding.  The funding represents 8% of the overall TIGER II allotment, and will fund the construction of the downtown loop, not the Peachtree Corridor line, which is now regarded as Phase V of the project.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://usa.streetsblog.org/2010/10/15/tigers-biggest-bite-atlanta-streetcar-proposal-gets-47-million/ |title=TIGER's Biggest Bite: Atlanta Streetcar Proposal Gets $47 Million |website=Streetsblog USA |date=October 15, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Jay Bookman |url=http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2010/10/15/streetcar-money-breaks-atlanta-transit-losing-streak/ |title=Streetcar money breaks Atlanta transit losing streak |newspaper=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]] |publisher=Cox Media Group |date=October 15, 2010 |access-date=June 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714202128/http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2010/10/15/streetcar-money-breaks-atlanta-transit-losing-streak/ |archive-date=July 14, 2014}}</ref>

In May 2011, [[Siemens]] announced that it had won the $17.2&nbsp;million contract to build the four streetcars that will run on the Downtown Connector line. They would be based on the company's [[Siemens S70|S70 light rail vehicle platform]], with the cars themselves being built in [[Sacramento, California]], while other major components, including the propulsion system, were to be assembled at a Siemens plant about {{convert|30|mi|km}} north of Atlanta, in [[Alpharetta]].<ref name="ATL Business Chron. Article" /><ref name="Siemens Press Release" />

In February 2012, the city announced that the budget would increase from $70 million to $90 million. The city attributed the increase to:<ref name="ajc020112">{{cite news |author=Jeremiah McWilliams |url=http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/atlanta-kicks-off-streetcar-1326751.html |title=Atlanta kicks off streetcar construction |newspaper=[[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]] |date=February 1, 2012}}</ref>
* about $9 million to purchase newer and more expensive streetcars that could last 20 years longer than the refurbished ones that were originally planned to be purchased
* $4 million so that the Atlanta Regional Commission's Livable Centers Initiative could provide grants for sidewalk improvements and bicycle lanes.
* Additional work by the water department to move water and sewer pipes

In March 2012, the MARTA Board of Directors formally approved the design-build contract with [[URS Corporation]] for the Atlanta Streetcar.<ref name=AtlantaBC-2012Mar>{{cite journal |author=Doug DeLoach |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2012/03/30/atlanta-streetcar-design-build-phase.html?page=all |title=Atlanta Streetcar design-build phase begins |journal=[[Atlanta Business Chronicle]] |date=March 30, 2012 |access-date=August 30, 2014}}</ref>

=== Construction and opening ===
Groundbreaking for the project took place on February 1, 2012.<ref name="ajc020112" /><ref name="RWG">{{cite journal |url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/urban/single-view/view/atlanta-streetcar-breaks-ground.html |title=Atlanta streetcar breaks ground |journal=[[Railway Gazette International]] |date=February 21, 2012 |access-date=July 1, 2014}}</ref> At that time, the line was projected to open in May 2013, but various delays pushed the opening back, first to summer 2014 and later to December.<ref name="TAUT-2015Feb" /> The first two S70 streetcars were delivered in February 2014<ref name="TAUT-2014Apr" /> and began test runs on the line in the spring. The initial 2.7 mile loop cost $98M which was almost $30M higher than originally projected. 

The {{convert|2.7|mi|km|adj=on}} loop opened for service on December 30, 2014,<ref name="AJC-first-trip" /> with all rides free until January 1, 2016.<ref name="PT-2015Jan" /><ref name="TAUT-2015Feb" />

=== MARTA takeover ===
By June 2018, [[MARTA]] agreed to take control and ownership of the streetcar; the route is planned to be integrated into a larger MARTA [[light rail]] system.<ref>{{cite news |title=MARTA To Take Over Atlanta Streetcar On July 1 |url=https://www.wabe.org/marta-to-take-over-atlanta-streetcar-on-july-1/ |access-date=June 29, 2018 |agency=WABE |date=June 6, 2018 }}</ref> Operations were placed under the control of the newly formed Office of Light Rail Operations on July 1, 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last1=King |first1=Michael |title=MARTA officially assumes operations of Atlanta Streetcar |url=https://www.11alive.com/article/traffic/marta-officially-assumes-operations-of-atlanta-streetcar/85-569604946 |access-date=July 1, 2018 |agency=11Alive |date=July 1, 2018}}</ref>

== Expansion ==
Plans call for the Streetcar line to be extended along the [[Atlanta BeltLine]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Keenan |first1=Sean |title=After Beltline transit win, More MARTA project list is officially approved |url=https://atlanta.curbed.com/2018/10/5/17940638/beltline-transit-advocates-more-marta-board-revised-approved |access-date=December 11, 2018 |agency=Curbed |date=October 5, 2018}}</ref> The first phase of expansion, known as the Streetcar East Extension, is currently in final design and scheduled to begin operation in 2028.<ref>{{cite web |title=MARTA SELECTS FIRM FOR FINAL DESIGN OF STREETCAR EAST EXTENSION |url=https://www.itsmarta.com/marta-select-firm-for-streetcar-extension.aspx |website=itsmarta.com |publisher=Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority |access-date=21 February 2024 |ref=MARTA - final design phase}}</ref> The extension will see tracks extended east along Edgewood Avenue, Randolph St, and Auburn Ave, then north along the BeltLine to [[Ponce City Market]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Green |first1=Josh |title=MARTA picks designer for streetcar extension into Atlanta BeltLine |url=https://atlanta.urbanize.city/post/marta-picks-designer-streetcar-extension-ponce-city-market-images |website=Urbanize Atlanta |publisher=Urbanize Media LLC |access-date=21 February 2024 |ref=Final Design}}</ref> The project is expected to cost $230 million, and is fully funded by the More MARTA tax, approved by voters in 2016. The City applied for a TIGER 7 grant in 2015 to fund the project, but was unsuccessful.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://atlurbanist.tumblr.com/post/120037440839/atlanta-seeks-tiger-funding-for-streetcar |title=Atlanta seeks TIGER funding for streetcar connection to BeltLine |website=ATL Urbanist |date=May 27, 2015 |access-date=June 3, 2015}}</ref>

There are also plans to extend the streetcar to west to Bankhead MARTA Station. {{cn|date=February 2024}}

== List of streetcar stations ==
''Counter-clockwise loop between Centennial Olympic Park and King Historic District''
{| class="wikitable"
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| colspan=3 style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Atlanta Streetcar map.svg|600px]]
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!Stop
!Direction
!Notes
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|Centennial Olympic Park || Southbound || Serves [[Centennial Olympic Park]], [[CNN Center]], [[Georgia Aquarium]], [[Mercedes-Benz Stadium]], [[Georgia World Congress Center|GWCC]], [[National Center for Civil and Human Rights]], [[State Farm Arena (Atlanta)|State Farm Arena]] and [[World of Coca-Cola]]<br />Terminus
|-
|{{anchor|Luckie at Cone}}Luckie at Cone || Eastbound || Serves [[Fairlie–Poplar, Atlanta|Fairlie−Poplar Historic District]]
|-
|Park Place || Southbound || Serves [[Woodruff Park]] and [[Underground Atlanta]] (walking distance)
|-
|Hurt Park || Eastbound || Serves [[Georgia State Capitol]], [[Georgia State University]] and [[Hurt Park (Atlanta)|Hurt Park]]
|-
|Sweet Auburn Market || Eastbound || Island side platform in middle of street<br />Serves [[Grady Hospital]] and [[Sweet Auburn Curb Market]]
|-
|{{anchor|Edgewood at Hilliard}}Edgewood at Hilliard || Eastbound || In walking distance of [[Selena Sloan Butler|Selena S. Butler]] Park
|-
|{{anchor|King Historic District}}King Historic District || Westbound || Intersection of Auburn and Jackson Streets<br />Serves [[Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park]] and [[Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta)|Oakland Cemetery]] (walking distance)
|-
|{{anchor|Dobbs Plaza}}Dobbs Plaza || Westbound || Platform located under the [[Downtown Connector]] (I-75/85)<br />Serves [[John Wesley Dobbs|Dobbs Plaza]] and [[Sweet Auburn]]
|-
|{{anchor|Auburn at Piedmont}}Auburn at Piedmont || Westbound || Serves Calhoun Park
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|Woodruff Park || Westbound || Serves [[Woodruff Park]]
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|Peachtree Center || Northbound || Direct connection to [[Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority|MARTA]] rapid transit at [[Peachtree Center station]]<br />Serves [[Peachtree Center]] district
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|{{anchor|Carnegie at Spring}}Carnegie at Spring || Westbound || Serves [[Fairlie–Poplar, Atlanta|Fairlie−Poplar Historic District]]<br />Final stop before reaching terminus at Centennial Olympic Park stop
|}

== Criticism ==
Since opening for service, the Atlanta Streetcar has been criticized by officials and residents for its short route, safety, poor management, and lower-than-expected ridership. Although boosters have claimed that up to $2.5 billion worth of new development can be attributed to the streetcar, independent analysis shows that many of those projects (totaling at least $323 million) pre-date it, and others—such as the College Football Hall of Fame—had not taken the streetcar into consideration. Regardless, the streetcar has contributed to at least some economic growth; for example, Southeast Capital Companies stated that it directly influenced their decision to build residential housing near Edgewood Avenue, and the Atlantic Seafood Market saw business rise 10% in the months following the start of service.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myajc.com/news/news/transportation/cling-clang-clunk-inside-the-atlanta-streetcars-fi/npnH7 |title=Cling Clang Clunk? Inside the Atlanta Streetcar's first year |date=December 19, 2015 |access-date=May 29, 2016}}</ref>

In September 2015, officials from the [[Federal Transit Administration]] expressed concerns with the system's lack of safety, poor management, and failure to comply with requirements for reporting accidents. Atlanta mayor [[Kasim Reed]] and MARTA CEO Keith Parker have laid out steps to address those issues.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/fta-sends-stern-letter-to-city-marta-over-streetca/nnq38 |title=FTA sends stern letter to city, MARTA over Streetcar woes |website=Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=September 29, 2015 |access-date=May 29, 2016}}</ref>

On May 23, 2016, state officials sent a letter to (then mayor) [[Kasim Reed]] and MARTA CEO Keith Parker threatening to shut down the streetcar unless the city fixed numerous problems with it that had been outlined in multiple then-recent audits.<ref>{{cite web | author=David Wickert  | url=http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/state-threatens-to-close-atlanta-streetcar/nrTt3/ | title=State threatens to close Atlanta streetcar | work=Atlanta Journal-Constitution | date=May 26, 2016 | access-date=June 3, 2016 }}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Light rail in the United States]]
* [[Streetcars in North America]]
* [[Nine-Mile Circle]] streetcar line to [[Virginia Highland]]
* [[Timeline of mass transit in Atlanta]]
* [[Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority|MARTA]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
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{{Commons category|Atlanta Streetcar}}
* {{Official website|https://www.itsmarta.com/Atlanta-Street-Car-Info.aspx|Atlanta Streetcar – official website}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110727170304/http://www.peachtreecorridor.org/ Peachtree Corridor Partnership homepage]
* [http://www.atlantadowntown.com/_files/Atlanta-Streetcar-29Nov10.pdf Environmental Assessment for the Atlanta Streetcar, prepared by the City of Atlanta and MARTA for the US DOT] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928010858/http://www.atlantadowntown.com/_files/Atlanta-Streetcar-29Nov10.pdf |date=September 28, 2011 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120103141322/http://www.beltline.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=XJcN3igR64U%3D&tabid=1826&mid=3460 Atlanta BeltLine, Inc., "Citywide Briefing on Transit Implementation Strategy & Transportation Investment Act Projects", Feb 17, 2011]

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