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Alternatives to public transit

15 May

While MARTA is famous for being MARTA, there are lots of other little lesser-known transportation services running in metro Atlanta that are realer than the streetcar, BeltLine’s transit component, and Stonecrest monorail – for example, Buford Highway’s jitneys, Decatur’s pedicabs, and the Jesus Come Into My Life bus service. We’ve seen these buses traveling in a pack through Downtown before, but were never fast enough with the camera phone to capture the moment.

Then this weekend a map/transit nerd reader who shares with us an appreciation for Google Maps’ street view sent us this:

While you’re googling the Jesus Come Into My Life bus schedule and routes, watch the first minute or so of the following super 8 footage to see MARTA rail in the very early 1980s.

Caught on Street View

30 Nov

I mean, of course there is a man wandering across four lanes of moving traffic by Woodruff Park! I have neither the time nor patience to whiz through some of the major thoroughfares of the city on Google Maps, but I bet this kind of thing gets captured by the Street Viewmobile a lot considering the real-life frequency.

Previously: Google Freak View

Google Freak View

8 Mar

While trying to find that ice cream truck graveyard in Castleberry Hill in order to tip off Atlanta Food Carts (sign the petition!), I happened across this startling animal on Walker Street. What is this thing?
Okay, it is probably a pony…but still.

Here was another fascinating Google Maps Street View discovery cruising down Moreland: THE FURBUS.


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