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![Mythbuster 4: Beltline rail is just the start of a streetcar system](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64cbd9b5ec937b74d5c2667b/1720450500978-E8CLYJTPS0NPCIG7MV0H/Atlanta_Streetcar_System_Map.jpg)
Mythbuster 4: Beltline rail is just the start of a streetcar system
In 2014, Atlanta Beltline Inc. came up with the Atlanta Streetcar System as a way to justify Beltline rail. Events since have rendered the plan obsolete, leaving the case it made for the Beltline loop in tatters.
![Our Five Points lesson — Atlanta needs a mobility plan](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64cbd9b5ec937b74d5c2667b/1719585970483-HRFV24JDP7JIX1HHIG2G/5+points+station+exterior.jpg)
Our Five Points lesson — Atlanta needs a mobility plan
The controversy over MARTA’s Five Points Station revamp is doing us all at least one favor. It’s exposed the absolute mess that passes for mobility planning in Atlanta.