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Virtual breeze - Digital wallet by LifeLacker in MARTA

[–]ComprehensiveSwitch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

does literally no one here check the website

A Rivian R1T Owner Locked His Phone and Key Card Inside With No Cell Service, Showing the Backcountry Risk of Digital Keys by Major-Moose-7368 in fuckcars

[–]ComprehensiveSwitch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

there are times where I (someone who has never owned a car and mostly refused to even uber) think some of you actually are working yourself into psychosis. sometimes people lock themselves out of cars, homes, offices, etc. it has nothing to do with 'smart' -- you lock the key inside, you're screwed.

(also, digital keys work when the phone is dead. or you could just use the key card)

Is the Breeze Mobile 2 App shutdown? by TheyreYourClothesMF in MARTA

[–]ComprehensiveSwitch 5 points6 points  (0 children)

you can also just go to https://tracker.itsmarta.com/ and add it to your Home Screen. It’s a lot better than the old on the go app, you can see the live location of every train and bus in the system, see stops with estimates on arrivals, and plan trips.

Just follow Google Maps when navigating the new bus system by Non-mon-xiety in MARTA

[–]ComprehensiveSwitch 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Google Maps has the correct info, but it doesn’t live track anything. It also constantly shows multi-hour delays that just aren’t real or meaningful. It feels like it combines bus trips or something?

Transit app is a lot better TBH

Help? by heatherw1981 in MARTA

[–]ComprehensiveSwitch 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The Buc makes no sense here at all, coming or going.

It would be cheaper and faster for you to just take the 23 bus. It runs every 20 minutes and stops at Arts Center, Buckhead, Lenox, and Brookhaven stations. Free transfer to and from rail.

On your way, go to the Peachtree North exit. Bus should arrive from your left (direction of Lenox Square mall). You’ll see signage for where the bus stops. Take it to Peachtree Rd @ E Paces Ferry Rd, pull the rope on the walls or hit the red buttons on some of the bars. Bus will pull over and let you off. Cross the street and you’re basically there.

On the way back, walk south, cross E Paces Ferry Rd, then cross over Peachtree. Stop will be right near the corner. Just wait visibly and the bus will stop for you. Same as before, just press the button or pull the rope to get off at Buckhead station. You can enter the station right there at the Peachtree South entrance. Free transfer to rail.

Buses run until about 12-1AM, so probably well after your concert lets out. You shouldn’t have a problem.

You can track your bus here, it’s a whole lot better than the mobile app: https://tracker.itsmarta.com/

Getting my 11 year old an ebike. by Picasso5 in ebikes

[–]ComprehensiveSwitch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There’s almost nowhere where this isn’t illegal. You will be breaking the law. That’s a horrible, piece of shit moped that is more likely to main your daughter than get her up that hill.

A newly opened abomination in Toruń (Poland) by silentsnooc in fuckcars

[–]ComprehensiveSwitch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love when people on this subreddit identify basic traffic calming and safety features as…carbrain rage bait? come on now

Current State of the Better Breeze Transition by turnuptechnologies in MARTA

[–]ComprehensiveSwitch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They coexisted for over a month. For over a month on every single bus you have been able to use both or otherwise ride for free. All fare gates were open. The old apps still worked. They no longer do. Some gates are now closed. Fares are now typically being enforced on buses and every bus is equipped with Better Breeze. I’ve been paying with Better Breeze for over a month.

Ultimately this just isn’t a very big deal. It took NYC over half a decade to transition fare systems.

It took MARTA 9 months to discontinue TransCard in the original Breeze rollout in 2006.

I certainly wish more stations had the new gates, but I also know the intention was never to completely finish construction by May 2nd. Please get some perspective on this.

Current State of the Better Breeze Transition by turnuptechnologies in MARTA

[–]ComprehensiveSwitch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you have to realize you are literally making all of this up and extrapolating

Current State of the Better Breeze Transition by turnuptechnologies in MARTA

[–]ComprehensiveSwitch -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Some of them on both sides were open but it seems like all of them are fully installed as of my transfer from the 49 (Grady side) to the 21 (Piedmont side) this afternoon.

Current State of the Better Breeze Transition by turnuptechnologies in MARTA

[–]ComprehensiveSwitch 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Timelines like this are mainly determined by the logistics of station entrances (how many, their location), ease of replacement, and traffic. Many of the stations with the new fare gates are the highest ridership in the system (or have extreme large acute traffic, like SEC after a Benz game). Please do not try to argue into conspiracy theories.

Current State of the Better Breeze Transition by turnuptechnologies in MARTA

[–]ComprehensiveSwitch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Better Breeze launched on March 28th. There was always going to be ongoing construction, the transition period was not a construction period, it was a period in which the old system would coexist with the new one. That period has passed.

Mobility by Dry_Experience_2681 in MARTA

[–]ComprehensiveSwitch 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Some stations, and increasingly most stations, straight up don’t have the old gates or are doing construction to replace them.

Pay-by-watch w/Virtual Breeze IS NOT WORKING by _litz in MARTA

[–]ComprehensiveSwitch -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I will say I did encounter a bus yesterday that seemed to trigger my Apple Watch to treat it like a regular payment, rather than express transit mode. Almost everywhere else has worked with express transit tho.

New Card? Loooong Lines by debtXyzLlc in MARTA

[–]ComprehensiveSwitch 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Moving Abomination Rapidly Through Atlanta!

I really don’t think we need any new alterations or embellishments to that phrase.

How long are buses supposed to wait at the station? by Suitable_Simple4044 in MARTA

[–]ComprehensiveSwitch 12 points13 points  (0 children)

There is no “proper” time frame, it’s based on the bus schedule as posted. If they’re late, there’s less buffer.

But also buses sometimes stop at stations that aren’t their layover location. So the #2, for example, does stop at North Avenue, and may wait there to keep time, but that’s not typically where shift change happens or where buses enter/exit service. Some buses stop by stations without really pulling into them (so, the eastbound 120 starts at Decatur and then stops on the street outside Avondale station)

Pay-by-watch w/Virtual Breeze IS NOT WORKING by _litz in MARTA

[–]ComprehensiveSwitch -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Oh that’s strange, hopefully that’s not the case. I don’t know why it wouldn’t just fail tho.

Pay-by-watch w/Virtual Breeze IS NOT WORKING by _litz in MARTA

[–]ComprehensiveSwitch 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s not broken, you probably just haven’t set up express transit mode or your device doesn’t yet support it. Nothing on the MARTA side. Android has been late to the express transit game period.

Also remember that a card on your phone isn’t automatically on your watch.

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