- Count the tiny mice scampering around the track bed
- Try to remember when the information displays in the station last worked
- Try to figure out whether you could walk to the next station in 20 minutes
- Move out of the way so that guy can use the outlet behind you to charge his phone
- Think about just going back outside to catch the bus to where you’re going, but then remember that that bus route was eliminated last year
- Decline to buy socks/DVDs/a half-fare card/incense/a 9-volt battery
- Wonder what the life span of a transit station-dwelling pigeon is
- Be glad you’re not sitting next to the guy holding forth on what’s really in the Bible/the Constitution/the tax code/the water
- Wonder how anyone gets up to the ceiling to change the light bulbs over the tracks
- Check your phone to see how long you’ve been waiting now (See Item 2)
Tag Archives: rail
Things to do for 20 minutes on a single-tracking Sunday
13 AugWeekend Workarounds: MARTA on NYE
28 DecPhoto by jeff_golden on Flickr
If your Saturday afternoon plans involve a trip on the route 1, 16, 32, 110 or 186 bus, check out the re-routes (PDF) that are planned for 12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. that day. The Chic-Fil-A Bowl parade will be borrowing parts of Peachtree Street, Andrew Young International Boulevard and Marietta Street during those times.
Street closures for the Peach Drop at Underground start at 4:00 p.m. Saturday afternoon. That means service on routes 1, 3, 13, 16, 32, 42, 49, 51, 55, 74, 110, 155 and 186 will be diverted (PDF) from downtown to other stations from 4:00 p.m. until the end of service that night.
The good news is that if you somehow manage to get where you’re going despite all the celebratory circumventions, rail service will be extended that night, with the last trains in all directions departing Five Points Station at 2:00 a.m. Sunday.
More info at MARTA’s site.
More MARTA service changes. Yes, really.
18 DecA new set of service changes go into effect at MARTA today.
Flickr photo by Lance McCord
Affected bus routes are:
2 – Ponce de Leon Avenue / Moreland Avenue
4 – Thomasville / Moreland Avenue Route
58 – Atlanta Industrial / Hollywood Road
66 – Lynhurst Drive / Barge Road Park & Ride
120 – East Ponce de Leon Avenue / Tucker
The announcement also says that early morning trips on the Red Line will be “adjusted to provide a consistent frequency” on weekdays. Has anyone ever even looked at a rail schedule?
The Oppidan Omnibus 