MARTA Reach is super cool. It’s basically public ride-share, providing service via 12 zones using a new @martatransit.bsky.social Reach app, that feels a lot like Uber/Lyft. Took the service and had a great experience, see the video or article! #atlanta #transportation #publictransportation

Its a huge year for @martatransit.bsky.social and @cityofatlantaga.bsky.social , it may be time to ditch your car. Watch now on SUPERBLOCK - links in bio. #publictransportation #atlanta

New video! Watch @ youtu.be/IHY-EhbqRzI Read @ superblock.media/video/marta-...

Been on hiatus from the videos, but back now with an announcement! I've renamed the channel, here is a quick update video for more: youtu.be/IkUk_JvLNxg Thank you for all the support the past few years on the videos, excited for the next chapter! New website too at superblock.media 🤞

The @atlantaciviccircle.org voting guide is extremely helpful for this election, get out there and vote if you haven't yet! atlantaciviccircle.o... #atlpol #gapol #atlanta #georgia

Don't forget to vote today in the Public Service Commissioner Runoff – if you care about lowering GA power prices! Since 2023, the average Georgia Power customer is paying $43 more each month! www.gpb.org/news/202...

INBOX: I'm looking at campaign finance disclosures for Atlanta municipal elections filed last week. It appears NIMBYs have coalesced around Courtney Smith as their preferred candidate for the open District 2 race, which covers the neighborhoods where the Streetcar East extension would have served.

In November 2024, before Mayor Dickens axed the project, Smith was still on the record that her NPU was “supportive of transit on the Beltline.” It took less than a week after the Portman donations went through for her to change her stance against MARTA, which operates the Atlanta Streetcar.

The Eastside Trail rail project is shovel ready. Why did the mayor do a 180 in March and scrap it? Why is ABI pushing for a low capacity autonomous pod pilot? GDOT is about to throw $9.5 billion (with a B) at a project on 285/400, so spare me the argument about the cost of rail. youtu.be/02y4_fd8jvY

Excellent video from Nathan on the importance of building rail along the Atlanta Beltline. ATL Mayor Dickens is flat wrong in his misguided vision... Transit works best where there is density and activity. The Eastside trail is exactly where you should build rail first.

Great new video by @nathandaven.com on what’s been going on with Beltline Rail and Mayor Andre Dickens. youtu.be/02y4_fd8jvY

this is really insidious stuff out to destroy the possibility of the atl beltline. great work @nathandaven.com

I was cited multiple times in this video by @nathandaven.com, particularly about how I revealed the astroturfing group Better Atlanta Transit's ties with Portman Holdings and a literal "Cop City"/ Tesla/ Delta/ gas station lobbyist

New video on #Atlanta Beltline Rail out now! This one went through 27 different revisions 😵‍💫😵‍💫 www.youtube.com/watc... You can also read it here on my website: www.nathandaven.com/...

Sneak peek for the next vid (very soon!!) #atlanta #beltline #transit

A few weeks ago, #Atlanta Beltline Inc posted a video doubling down on rail transit. Just tried to find it today, and now its deleted: youtube.com/watch?v=... Interesting... Luckily, I saved the video transcript before it was deleted: pastebin.com/Zg4frzSM

Does national #BikeToWork week include #MARTA?🚊🚲😁

I keep having to rewrite my next video since this anti-rail discourse gets even more and more stupid 😆

Before you have a heart attack due to this headline -- these autonomous shuttles would not operate *on* the Beltline. This is a proposal for shuttles that would operate on streets, connecting the SW Beltline to Atlanta University Center. www.ajc.com/news/atlanta...

oh my god this sucks so much

Walking from West End MARTA to the @letspropelatl.bsky.social Blinkies Ceremony definitely leaves something to be desired. Great event however and congrats to the award winners!

!! marta CEO Collie Greenwood has not had a single two-way conversation with any transit agency executive about their respective fiscal crises

marta is proposing these reduction in positions: -63% in centralized program management, -20% in capital program delivery, -14% in planning, -16% in centralized program management, and -24% in research & analysis! Mind you, nine years into more marta, zero voter-approved projects have been opened!

GDOT is launching a study on #passengerrail between #Atlanta and #Savannah. Fill out the survey here and make it known that yes GDOT, we want the damn trains! atlsavpassrail-gdot....

Massive win for Georgia

Yesterday's #JanesWalk around Downtown looking at prominent art installations! Led by @modatl and @AtlantaOCA 👏

❤️ bike rebate programs! (I helped film this! some very cool interviews!)

So the Southside Rail pivot is ALSO phase 2? I don't want to understate this but the #Atlanta Mayor's office is basically claiming the original 2018 More MARTA project list as their own vision, with the subtle change of delaying (prob eventually killing) trailside Eastside Rail.

The 'cop city' public safety training center officially opens today. Obviously there are many sad & tragic things to reflect on regarding the fight over this facility. Don't let this one get lost: Atlanta ignored its own City Design plan for the forest. www.threadatl.org/blog/2021/06...

1100 rental units and 1435 parking spaces. Really not good levels of parking for future Beltline Rail in this location but at least the NIMBY's got owned

The new @MARTAtransit tracker is extremely good. It allows you to track all busses and trains live on one map with great accuracy. tracker.itsmarta.com/ However, they didn't allow a PWA that allows you to install it as an app. Heres a userscript that can hack this to work:

The weekend illegal parking on Edgewood never ceases to amaze, we need a bike lane bounty program ASAP #atlanta

New video! Raleigh, NC is a great case study for a mid sized city dealing with a housing crisis. I got the opportunity to interview the exiting mayor and former city councilmember, @maryannbaldwin.bsky.social on the subject. This is my longest video yet! Watch now: youtu.be/98cwl6QJ7EU

Who wrote this, a car? We have a public transportation problem, unserious ah city 🤦‍♂️ atlanta.eater.com/20...

This stuff just goes so hard (via www.itsmarta.com/upl...)

This is a rendering of Beltline rail from ‼️1960‼️Atlanta could be a city that prioritizes a green, equitable future for working people — but instead, we’re decades behind where we need to be on public transit.

A copy of today's presentation has been obtained by @thexylom.com courtesy of @atlurbanist.bsky.social of @threadatl.bsky.social. The visuals and text clearly show The City of Atlanta's commitment to Eastside Streetcar Extension. drive.google.com/file/d/1_bpa...

feel like shit just want it back

Baffling how Andre Dickens is single handedly killing #Atlanta Eastside Beltline Rail, set for completion by 2028 after decades of study hell, in favor of more decades of study hell for Southside Beltline Rail (which has absolutely no funding or plans). TLDR - we all lose.

BREAKING: On a MARTA Board Meeting, Courtney English, Chief Policy Officer and Senior Advisor to Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, confirmed that the City of Atlanta will kill the Streetcar East Extension, but build BeltLine Rail on the Southside trail. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Txl...

New video! Over the holidays, I took Amtrak from Atlanta to Raleigh, and while Atlanta's service is pretty brutal, Charlotte northward is particularly incredible! Lets dive into the Piedmont/Carolinian service and how that came to be. Watch the video here: youtu.be/qh1B0F-O1hw

The Dickens administration is blaming the victim: www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/02/28/c...

3. According to BAT's privacy policy and terms of use, as of October 7th, 2024 your website is owned by Portman Holdings, a megadeveloper which owns and multiple properties along the BeltLine. Did Portman Holdings cause said gentrification after the passing of BeltLine Rail via More MARTA in 2016?

This videos a bit of a one-off! I've been exhausted by how terrible mainstream social media has become, and wanted to share how I've been tackling my NY res (no more doom scrolling😆): youtu.be/7LZB-cdVItk I've also opened a Patreon, check it out at patreon.com/nathandaven !

RIP Donald Shoup (shoupdogg.com), the legendary professor behind "The High Cost of Free Parking." hopefully we will continue to feel the impacts of his work for parking reform for decades to come!

Who is more stuck in traffic? The Waymo or the MARTA bus?

@flashes.blue app is really interesting! I think this is an interesting concept, bluesky can just be viewed in a Instagram like form factor

Great day for #bussing ‼️ #atlanta

From ACC’s housing reporter: It appears Partners for HOME, the city of Atlanta’s Continuum of Care service for the unhoused is already impacted by the White House’s federal grant freeze. We’re looking to see the impact across the metro region. Have tips or Qs? DM us or email info@ our URL.

Happy snowpocalypse 2025 #Atlanta! Really shows how much space we waste for cars. Pictured: a quiet, serene walk down Ponce de Leon Ave, normally a congested car sewer. 🌨️☃️