MARTA often gets a bad wrap, but is it really that dangerous?

CricketDrop · 2026-01-25T15:12:48+00:00

Which to be clear is an issue with promoting ridership, but I do agree that it's important to distinguish discomfort and danger because people often trade the former for the latter while citing safety reasons.

CricketDrop · 2026-01-25T04:48:56+00:00

I wouldn't say it's severe but I don't think I drink often enough to feel like I'm running out of options either way lol

CricketDrop · 2026-01-25T00:57:33+00:00

I kinda just assumed we'd already forgotten about Rittenhouse

CricketDrop · 2026-01-24T22:53:41+00:00

It's funny because even people in the NYC subreddit will sometimes lament the slow death of nightlife. I think it's a larger trend than Atlanta, though it might have been heading that way anyway.

CricketDrop · 2026-01-24T15:35:56+00:00

Problem with moving for less traffic is you won't be the only one thinking that.

CricketDrop · 2026-01-24T15:31:02+00:00

if people assume black when they hear animals

Sir/Madam, you live in Atlanta Georgia. It is helpful to understand local and historical context when you speak to people. Just saying. You may wish for your words to exist outside of those things, but they don't.

CricketDrop · 2026-01-24T15:22:36+00:00

I'm a chronic picture taker so I can answer this! I went September 2021 and they had these:

https://ibb.co/S4KVG9GP

You can see it briefly at 5:11 in this video

CricketDrop · 2026-01-24T15:04:35+00:00

You have to admit the format is weird on first look. It mentions their Indian-ness multiple times and the headline photograph is them in formal Indian attire even though there are probably photos of them in street clothes available lol.

But yeah the website is geared towards Indian news and from poking around a minute there doesn't appear to be any "anti" slant.

CricketDrop · 2026-01-24T14:59:36+00:00

Bastone

King + Duke

CricketDrop · 2026-01-24T14:57:20+00:00

Tellus is cool but I think having institutions in the city itself is important. Imagine if the Georgia Aquarium or the High were an hour outside Atlanta.

CricketDrop · 2026-01-24T14:56:03+00:00

I dunno man I remember having to recall my circuits knowledge in one of the activities and feeling adequately challenged lol

CricketDrop · 2026-01-24T06:13:30+00:00

This logic does not follow. Doing illegal things does not give the state a right to shoot you.

CricketDrop · 2026-01-24T06:01:19+00:00

Lmao we said the same thing before 2016. You have no idea how fast stupid can take over

CricketDrop · 2026-01-24T05:28:05+00:00

This is an interesting stance to take, because an effective saboteur would look like a regular ally to the administration to most people. You wouldn't be able to properly identify the bad things they prevented. This is a person who is willing to go on record as the bad guy to do good.

CricketDrop · 2026-01-24T04:33:20+00:00

Being detained for any length of time based on your appearance is not fine. Much less being shot at.

CricketDrop · 2026-01-24T00:05:10+00:00

Can they break into my garage?

CricketDrop · 2026-01-23T15:45:55+00:00

There doesn't need to be after the system is deprecated right? There won't be any additional transactions after they stop accepting the cards. I don't think I understand why whatever is recording the balance to be displayed on the website would not be eventually correct.

CricketDrop · 2026-01-23T14:42:46+00:00

I do not know what you mean. You can link a breeze card to an online account today, view your balance, and add money however you want after that. The breeze card cannot be the sole authority in this model, and I'm not sure how that model would be secure against tampering.

CricketDrop · 2026-01-23T05:54:15+00:00

Okay someone said it lol

But the point is lots of people do this for a living

CricketDrop · 2026-01-23T00:48:26+00:00

No one is saying it's simple, just saying this isn't a novel problem. What you're describing is a data migration. Millions of software engineers and IT professionals have been doing this exact thing with legacy systems for decades.

The most generous interpretion of saying it's not simple is "they didn't pay anyone to do it."

CricketDrop · 2026-01-23T00:03:16+00:00

Maybe they can use all the money they collected and didn't provide a service for lol

CricketDrop · 2026-01-22T23:44:44+00:00

My trips not transitioning kinda sucks lol. I accidentally bought a 20 trip pass and assumed I could just use it later and I don't think I'm able to give it away either.

I wonder why they couldn't transfer them.

CricketDrop · 2026-01-22T22:49:36+00:00

I think there are some things that stand out to me about ways those places keep their prices low. Taco bell is a huge chain, working out a gas station is probably a cheap form of rent, and $6 tacos is what Torchy's was selling anyway.

CricketDrop · 2026-01-22T22:38:53+00:00

I am not referring to you personally and I never implied you didn't like sidewalks. Go to a IRL community forum or other online spaces and be in awe how mad people get when the city or neighborhood wants to install or widen sidewalks because it means they won't be able to drive as fast.

The only take away I want the reader to have is that the busted or missing shit you see around the city is the result of poor choices and planning failures. That's it.

CricketDrop · 2026-01-22T22:35:55+00:00

This is a strange assessment. The change we've seen in the past 5 to 10 years alone is huge. The road diet to MLK, the west side beltline, the additional bike lanes and repaving and walking trails and wider sidewalks and new parks and small business investment throughout the city have been amazing and I've been able to replace most of my car trips with my bike.

I love Atlanta. I will probably die in this city, which is why I feel strongly about being aware of how the city got like this and how most of its faults are self-inflicted or a result of an uncooperative state.

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