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Hartsfield-Jackson sets new record for busiest day in airport history
More than 268,000 passengers moved through the airport on Thursday, breaking a 2019 record and signaling a full recovery from the pandemic-era travel slowdown.
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Elena Vásquez
City Hall & Transportation Reporter — Elena reports on Atlanta's daily commute, transit fights (MARTA is her first love), and the city budget. She learned to read a council agenda before s
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Atlanta City Council passes $19M emergency package for migrant shelter overflow
The 11-4 vote authorizes emergency overflow capacity, case management, and medical screening for the city's two shelter sites through the end of the fiscal year. The mayor is expected to sign.
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DeKalb County embarks on largest road repaving program in a decade
The $87 million program will resurface 230 lane-miles of residential streets over the next two years — more than the past three years combined.
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BeltLine's Southside trail gap is finally closing. Here's what's opening — and what isn't.
After nearly a decade of planning and a half-billion dollars in spending, the two-mile missing segment between Oakland City and West End is on track to open by fall. But three key segments are still years away.
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MARTA board approves long-delayed bus network redesign. Here's what's changing in August.
After two years of community meetings and four rounds of revisions, MARTA's new bus map goes live August 24. Some routes double in frequency. Some disappear entirely.