Streetcars in Atlanta

From 1889–1901, the famed Nine-Mile Circle line ran from Downtown Atlanta to Ponce de Leon Springs and what is now Virginia Highland.

[8] In 2015, Buckhead business leaders and city councilpersons successfully had the portion of along Peachtree Rd, from Piedmont Hospital to Lenox Mall, removed from the long range plan.

In 2005, MARTA analyzed - in addition to the BeltLine - the "C-Loop" (C-shaped rail line) linking Emory University, Lindbergh Center, Atlantic Station, Georgia Tech, the Georgia Dome, the AUC, Turner Field, Grant Park, and proceeding eastward along I-20 to South DeKalb Mall.

The route originated from the efforts of Reps. John Lewis, Denise Majette and Cynthia McKinney, who obtained funding from the Dept.

In June 2011 the Gwinnett, Cobb, and North Fulton Chambers of Commerce held a summit to promote light rail transit in the northern metropolitan area.

A view of a horsecar on Peachtree Street in 1882
Atlanta streetcar, 1910. Pay-as-you-enter cars were being introduced at the time
Map of Atlanta's streetcar system in 1924
Map of Atlanta's streetcar system and other transit in 1946
Streetcar routes that would have been funded by 1-cent sales tax, which was voted down in July 2012