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Transportation Grades:
Quick StatsBest Ways to Get Around Town
- A cab
- The Stingerette
- Your car
How to Get to the Airport
- A cab ride to the airport costs about $30.
- Cab
- Car
- MARTA train service
College Prowler Take
MARTA (Metropolitan Atlanta Regional Transit Authority) is available from campus via multiple bus routes that incorporate campus streets, and rapid rail lines are reasonably accessible from campus. Bus routes from campus transport students to the Midtown (10th Street) and North Avenue rail stops, from which students can travel to Hartsfield International Airport, Lenox Mall, and an array of other locations. A rail map and schedule of bus routes is available at www.itsmarta.com. Most students, though, don’t like to use the public transportation. Driving and bumming rides from friends are generally the preferred method of getting around, if you can manage it. But, if you need to use public transportation, it is there.
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Anonymous says:  |
The Stinger can get you around...
The Stinger can get you around campus. The Stingerette can get you off campus to a fairly close location. Otherwise, think MARTA. |
Anonymous says: |
I enjoy using MARTA because it’s...
I enjoy using MARTA because it’s easy, and it gets me to the mall and the airport. Those are the only places I use it for, though. |
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If you live on East Campus, the...
If you live on East Campus, the MARTA station is a block away. If you live on West Campus, there’s a campus bus that will take you to the nearest MARTA subway station. MARTA will take you almost anywhere downtown and a few places out of town, including straight into the Atlanta airport. It’s really, really clean and safe. I’ve ridden by myself to the Atlanta airport very early in the morning and felt perfectly safe. |
Anonymous says: |
MARTA is nice because it goes...
MARTA is nice because it goes straight into the airport. I have a car, so going to the airport is one of the only times I use it. The problem with MARTA is that it basically has a north/south line and an east/west line; that’s about it. Of course, it has buses that take you to more places, but many places in town seem like you have to take both the subway and a bus to get there, not just get off the subway and be there. |
Anonymous says: |
MARTA is pretty good and cheap. It...
MARTA is pretty good and cheap. It takes you near lots of places but not directly to them. Taxis are not like New York. In fact, you won’t really see them unless you’re in Buckhead. Mainly, the upperclassmen have cars, and they’d be willing to take you places. |
Public Transportation
You can also pick up bus and train schedules at the campus information desk. MARTA (Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority) (404) 848-5000 www.itsmarta.com
Taxi Cabs
Atlanta Checker Cab
(404) 351-1111
Atlanta Lenox Taxi
(404) 885-1658
Buckhead Safety Cab
(404) 875-3777
Decatur Best
(404) 289-6603
Dekalb Taxi
(770) 723-0640
Greyhound
The Atlanta Greyhound Station is located in Downtown Atlanta and is next to a MARTA train station. Atlanta Greyhound Station 232 Forsyth St., Atlanta (404) 584-1728
Amtrak
The Amtrak station in Atlanta isn’t that far from campus. Atlanta Amtrak Train Station 1688 Peachtree St. NW, Atlanta (800) USA-RAIL www.amtrak.com
Airport
Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport (877) 285-7275
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