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词条 Atlanta Streetcar
释义

  1. Operations

      Route    Rolling stock  

  2. History

      Atlanta Streetcar, Inc.    Peachtree Corridor Partnership    Downtown Loop route funded   Construction and opening  MARTA takeover 

  3. Expansion

  4. List of streetcar stations

  5. Criticism

  6. See also

  7. References

  8. External links

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The Atlanta Streetcar or Downtown Loop is a streetcar line in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

The Downtown Loop is the Phase 1 of the Atlanta Streetcar project, which is planning to expand onto the BeltLine surrounding central Atlanta. It was planned to start service in late spring of 2014, but was delayed.[3] Testing on the line began in summer 2014[4] with passenger service beginning as scheduled on December 30, 2014.[5][6][7][8][9]

The project is the first regular passenger streetcar service in Atlanta since the original Atlanta streetcars were phased out in 1949.

Operations

Route

The Downtown Loop runs {{convert|2.7|mi|km}} east-west, serving 12 stops,[10] from Centennial Olympic Park to the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site, with tracks that converge at Woodruff Park.[11] The route provides access to MARTA heavy rail lines at Peachtree Center.[12] The vehicle maintenance facility is located under the I-75/I-85 overpass on Edgewood Ave.[13]

The exact route is:

  • From the King Historic Site at Jackson St. and Auburn Ave., westbound along Auburn Ave. to Peachtree St.
  • North on Peachtree St., stopping at Peachtree Center MARTA station, to Ellis St.
  • West on Ellis St. to Carnegie Way
  • Northwest on Carnegie Way to Andrew Young International Blvd.
  • West on Andrew Young International Blvd. to Centennial Olympic Park Dr.
  • South on Centennial Olympic Park Dr. to Luckie St.
  • Southeast on Luckie St., crossing Peachtree St. to Park Place.
  • South on Park Place to Edgewood Ave.
  • East on Edgewood Ave. to Jackson St.
  • North on Jackson St. to Auburn Ave.[14]

Rolling stock

The Atlanta Streetcar system uses Siemens S70 light rail vehicles (LRVs).[15] A total of four S70 cars were purchased[9] and were built at two different facilities; the cars themselves were built in Sacramento, California while most other major components, like the propulsion system, were assembled at a plant about 30 miles north of Atlanta, in Alpharetta.[16][17] They were delivered in the first months of 2014 and are numbered 1001–1004.[18]

History

Atlanta Streetcar, Inc.

Atlanta Streetcar, Inc. (ASC) is a non-profit organization founded in 2003 with the mission to bring streetcars back to downtown Atlanta. ASC's board members include the leaders of Georgia Tech and Georgia State University, MARTA, Georgia World Congress Center, Buckhead Community Improvement District, Buckhead Coalition, Underground Atlanta, Central Atlanta Progress, Woodruff Arts Center, and many local corporate business leaders as well.[19]

Peachtree Corridor Partnership

In the summer of 2007, a new privately funded group called the Peachtree Corridor Partnership was formed, with the goal of determining how best to move forward the proposed rebuilding of Peachtree Street as a more attractive and pedestrian-friendly thoroughfare.[20] The addition of a modern streetcar line was (and remains) one of the main components of the proposed transformation of the corridor, so many of the board members of ASC became members of the Peachtree Corridor Task Force, and the partnership eventually replaced the function of ASC as the organization advocating for a streetcar line along Peachtree Street.

In July 2009, the Atlanta city council approved funding a feasibility study to work out certain details of the proposed streetcar line in time to apply for federal economic-stimulus funds for the construction of such a line.[21] However, several council members later expressed doubts over whether the remainder of the funding necessary to bring the project to fruition was likely, particularly during a time of recession.[22]

Downtown Loop route funded

In September 2010, it was announced that Phase I of the Atlanta Streetcar Project had received $47 million in federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) II funding. The funding represents 8% of the overall TIGER II allotment, and will fund the construction of the downtown loop, not the Peachtree Corridor line, which is now regarded as Phase V of the project.[23][24]

In May 2011, Siemens announced that it had won the $17.2 million contract to build the four streetcars that will run on the Downtown Connector line. They would be based on the company's S70 light rail vehicle platform, with the cars themselves being built in Sacramento, California, while other major components, including the propulsion system, were to be assembled at a Siemens plant about 30 miles north of Atlanta, in Alpharetta.[16][17]

In February 2012, the city announced that the budget would increase from $70 million to $90 million. The city attributed the increase to:[25]

  • about $9 million to purchase newer and more expensive streetcars that could last 20 years longer than the refurbished ones that were originally planned to be purchased
  • $4 million so that the Atlanta Regional Commission's Livable Centers Initiative could provide grants for sidewalk improvements and bicycle lanes.
  • Additional work by the water department to move water and sewer pipes

In March 2012, the MARTA Board of Directors formally approved the design-build contract with URS Corporation for the Atlanta Streetcar.[26]

Construction and opening

Groundbreaking for the project took place on February 1, 2012.[25][27] At that time, the line was projected to open in May 2013, but various delays pushed the opening back, first to summer 2014 and later to December.[9] The first two S70 streetcars were delivered in February 2014[18] and began test runs on the line in the spring.

The {{convert|2.7|mi|km|adj=on}} loop opened for service on December 30, 2014,[5] with all rides free until January 1, 2016.[8][9]

MARTA takeover

{{As of|June 2018}}, MARTA has agreed to take control and ownership of the streetcar, whereupon the route will be integrated into a larger MARTA light rail system.[28] Operations were placed under the control of the newly formed Office of Light Rail Operations on July 1, 2018.[29]

Expansion

There are plans to extend the streetcar to Bankhead MARTA Station, via Luckie Street and Donald Lee Hollowell Pkwy, and east to Piedmont Park. The City of Atlanta is applying for a TIGER 7 grant to extend the current loop east, {{convert|1.6|mi|km}} to Irwin St and the entrance of the BeltLine.[30] Costs are estimated at $62.7 million.

The 2018 spending plan calls for tracks to be extended and integrated in to future BeltLine light rail operations.[31]

List of streetcar stations

Counter-clockwise loop between Centennial Olympic Park and King Historic District
StopDirectionNotes
Centennial Olympic Park Southbound ·Serves Centennial Olympic Park, CNN Center, Georgia Aquarium, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, GWCC,

National Center for Civil and Human Rights, State Farm Arena and World of Coca-Cola
·Terminus

Luckie at Cone Eastbound ·Serves Fairlie−Poplar Historic District
Park Place Southbound ·Serves Woodruff Park and Underground Atlanta (walking distance)
Hurt Park Eastbound ·Serves Georgia State Capitol, Georgia State University and Hurt Park
Sweet Auburn Market Eastbound ·Island side platform in middle of street
·Serves Grady Hospital and Sweet Auburn Curb Market
Edgewood at Hilliard Eastbound ·In walking distance of Selena S. Butler Park
King Historic District Westbound ·Intersection of Auburn and Jackson Streets
·Serves Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site and Oakland Cemetery (walking distance)
Dobbs Plaza Westbound ·Platform located under the Downtown Connector (I-75/85)
·Serves Dobbs Plaza and Sweet Auburn
Auburn at Piedmont Westbound ·Serves Calhoun Park
Woodruff Park Westbound ·Serves Woodruff Park
Peachtree Center Northbound ·Direct connection to MARTA rapid transit at Peachtree Center station
·Serves Peachtree Center district
Carnegie at Spring Westbound ·Serves Fairlie−Poplar Historic District
·Final stop before reaching terminus at Centennial Olympic Park stop

Criticism

Since opening for service, the Atlanta Streetcar has been criticized by officials and residents for its short route, safety, poor management, and lower-than-expected ridership. Although boosters have claimed that up to $2.5 billion worth of new development can be attributed to the streetcar, independent analysis shows that many of those projects (totaling at least $323 million) pre-date it, and others—such as the College Football Hall of Fame—had not taken the streetcar into consideration. Regardless, the streetcar has contributed to at least some economic growth; for example, Southeast Capital Companies stated that it directly influenced their decision to build residential housing near Edgewood Avenue, and the Atlantic Seafood Market saw business rise 10% in the months following the start of service.[32]

In September 2015, officials from the Federal Transit Administration expressed concerns with the system's lack of safety, poor management, and failure to comply with requirements for reporting accidents. Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed and MARTA CEO Keith Parker have laid out steps to address those issues.[33]

On May 23, 2016, state officials sent a letter to Kasim Reed and MARTA CEO Keith Parker threatening to shut down the streetcar unless the city fixed numerous problems with it that had been outlined in multiple then-recent audits.[34]

See also

  • Light rail in the United States
  • Streetcars in North America
  • Nine-Mile Circle streetcar line to Virginia Highland
  • Timeline of mass transit in Atlanta
  • MARTA

References

1. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.apta.com/resources/statistics/Documents/Ridership/2017-q3-ridership-APTA.pdf | title = Transit Ridership Report Third Quarter 2017 | publisher = American Public Transportation Association| format = pdf | via = http://www.apta.com/resources/statistics/Pages/ridershipreport.aspx | date = November 17, 2017 | accessdate = March 22, 2018}}
2. ^{{cite news |last1=Schield |first1=Aubrey |title=What to expect on an Atlanta Streetcar ride |url=https://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/what-to-expect-on-an-atlanta-streetcar-ride/ |accessdate=December 10, 2018 |agency=Atlanta Magazine |date=August 1, 2014}}
3. ^{{cite news |author=Veronica Griffin |url=http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/24747174/atlanta-streetcar-makes-a-small-detour |title=Atlanta Streetcar makes a small detour |newspaper=CBS46 News |publisher=WorldNow and WGCL-TV |date=February 17, 2014 |accessdate=March 10, 2014}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://streetcar.atlantaga.gov/news/revenue-service-update/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714144501/http://streetcar.atlantaga.gov/news/revenue-service-update/ |dead-url=yes |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |title=Revenue service update |publisher=Atlanta Streetcar |date=June 23, 2014 |accessdate=December 23, 2014 }}
5. ^1 {{cite news |author=David Wickert |url=http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/atlanta-streetcar-takes-first-trip/njcwL/ |title=Atlanta streetcar takes first trip |newspaper=Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=December 30, 2014 |accessdate=December 30, 2014}}
6. ^{{cite news |author=Thomas Wheatley |url=http://clatl.com/freshloaf/archives/2014/12/23/atlanta-streetcar-to-start-passenger-service-on-tuesday |title=Atlanta Streetcar to start passenger service on Tuesday |newspaper=Creative Loafing Atlanta |date=December 23, 2014 |accessdate=December 23, 2014}}
7. ^{{cite news |author=Keith Laing |url=http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/228005-fed-supported-atlanta-streetcar-to-open-dec-30 |title=Fed-supported Atlanta streetcar to open Dec. 30 |newspaper=The Hill |date=December 23, 2014 |accessdate=December 23, 2014}}
8. ^1 {{cite news|title=Atlanta Streetcar Enters Service|url=http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aptapt/issues/2015-01-09/2.html|accessdate=April 12, 2015|work=Passenger Transport|publisher=American Public Transportation Association|date=January 9, 2015}}
9. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|title=Atlanta meets New Year deadline: Streetcars return to the streets of Georgia after a 65-year break|work=Tramways & Urban Transit|publisher=LRTA Publishing|date=February 2015|location=UK|page=53}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://streetcar.atlantaga.gov/about/ |title=A Better Way to Get Around |publisher=Atlanta Streetcar |date= |accessdate=December 30, 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029090711/http://streetcar.atlantaga.gov/about/ |archivedate=October 29, 2014 }}
11. ^{{cite news |author=Josh Green |url=http://atlanta.curbed.com/archives/2014/02/26/how-the-atlanta-streetcar-loop-looks-right-now.php |title=How The Atlanta Streetcar Loop Looks Right Now |newspaper=Curbed Atlanta |publisher=Vox Media Inc. |date=February 26, 2014 |accessdate=March 10, 2014}}
12. ^{{cite journal |author=Douglas John Bowen |url=http://www.railwayage.com/index.php/passenger/light-rail/marta-revises-atlanta-streetcar-contract.html |title=MARTA revises Atlanta streetcar contract |journal=Railway Age |publisher=Simmons-Boardman Publishing Inc. |date=May 14, 2013 |accessdate=March 10, 2014}}
13. ^{{cite news |author=Gregory Wallace |url=http://www.atlantaintownpaper.com/2012/11/downtown-streetcar-construction-on-track/ |title=Downtown streetcar construction on track |newspaper=Atlanta INtown Paper |publisher=Springs Publishing LLC |date=November 1, 2012 |accessdate=March 10, 2014}}
14. ^{{cite web |url=http://streetcar.atlantaga.gov/where-will-the-streetcar-go/ |title=Where Will the Streetcar Go? |publisher=Atlanta Streetcar |accessdate=March 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310061752/http://streetcar.atlantaga.gov/where-will-the-streetcar-go/ |archive-date=March 10, 2014 |dead-url=yes }}
15. ^{{cite web |url=http://streetcar.atlantaga.gov/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/as-factsheet1_july2013.pdf |title=Fact Sheet |publisher=Atlanta Streetcar |date=July 2013 |accessdate=July 1, 2014}}
16. ^1 {{cite web|title=Siemens to build Atlanta streetcars|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2011/05/19/siemens-to-build-atlanta-streetcars.html|website=Atlanta Business Chronicle|publisher=American City Business Journals|accessdate=August 2, 2016}}
17. ^1 {{cite web|title=Siemens is supplying Atlanta with the American type S70 LRT vehicles|url=http://www.siemens.com/press/en/pressrelease/?press=/en/pressrelease/2011/mobility/IMO201105024.htm|website=Siemens.com|publisher=Siemens|accessdate=August 2, 2016}}
18. ^1 {{cite news|title=Worldwide Review (regular news section)|work=Tramways & Urban Transit|publisher=LRTA Publishing|date=April 2014|location=UK|page=175}}
19. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.atlantastreetcar.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.who |title=Board of Directors |publisher=Atlanta Streetcar, Inc. |accessdate=August 2, 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070727021152/http://www.atlantastreetcar.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.who |archivedate=July 27, 2007 |deadurl=no }}
20. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.peachtreecorridor.org/partnership/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914054539/http://www.peachtreecorridor.org/partnership/ |dead-url=yes |archive-date=September 14, 2009 |title=Collaboration to build a 'destination street' |publisher=Peachtree Corridor Partnership |year=2007 |accessdate=November 15, 2009 }}
21. ^{{cite news |author=Dave Williams |url=http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2009/07/20/daily22.html |title=Atlanta City Council OKs streetcar study |newspaper=Atlanta Business Chronicle |date=July 20, 2009 |accessdate=November 15, 2009}}
22. ^{{cite news |author=Dave Williams |url=http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2009/10/12/daily5.html |title=Council members question streetcar funding |newspaper=Atlanta Business Chronicle |date=October 12, 2009 |accessdate=November 15, 2009}}
23. ^{{cite web |author= |url=http://usa.streetsblog.org/2010/10/15/tigers-biggest-bite-atlanta-streetcar-proposal-gets-47-million/ |title=TIGER’s Biggest Bite: Atlanta Streetcar Proposal Gets $47 Million |website=Streetsblog USA |date=October 15, 2010 |accessdate=}}
24. ^{{cite web |author=Jay Bookman |url=http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2010/10/15/streetcar-money-breaks-atlanta-transit-losing-streak/ |title=Streetcar money breaks Atlanta transit losing streak |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |publisher=Cox Media Group |date=October 15, 2010 |accessdate=June 3, 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714202128/http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2010/10/15/streetcar-money-breaks-atlanta-transit-losing-streak/ |archivedate=July 14, 2014}}
25. ^1 {{cite news |author=Jeremiah McWilliams |url=http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/atlanta-kicks-off-streetcar-1326751.html |title=Atlanta kicks off streetcar construction |newspaper=Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=February 1, 2012}}
26. ^{{cite journal |author=Doug DeLoach |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2012/03/30/atlanta-streetcar-design-build-phase.html?page=all |title=Atlanta Streetcar design-build phase begins |journal=Atlanta Business Chronicle |date=March 30, 2012 |accessdate=August 30, 2014}}
27. ^{{cite journal |url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/urban/single-view/view/atlanta-streetcar-breaks-ground.html |title=Atlanta streetcar breaks ground |journal=Railway Gazette International |date=February 21, 2012 |accessdate=July 1, 2014}}
28. ^{{cite news |title=MARTA To Take Over Atlanta Streetcar On July 1 |url=https://www.wabe.org/marta-to-take-over-atlanta-streetcar-on-july-1/https://www.wabe.org/marta-to-take-over-atlanta-streetcar-on-july-1/ |accessdate=June 29, 2018 |agency=WABE |date=June 6, 2018}}
29. ^{{cite news |last1=King |first1=Michael |title=MARTA officially assumes operations of Atlanta Streetcar |url=https://www.11alive.com/article/traffic/marta-officially-assumes-operations-of-atlanta-streetcar/85-569604946 |accessdate=July 1, 2018 |agency=11Alive |date=July 1, 2018}}
30. ^{{cite web|url=http://atlurbanist.tumblr.com/post/120037440839/atlanta-seeks-tiger-funding-for-streetcar |title=Atlanta seeks TIGER funding for streetcar connection to BeltLine |website=ATL Urbanist |date=May 27, 2015 |accessdate=June 3, 2015}}
31. ^{{cite news |last1=Keenan |first1=Sean |title=After Beltline transit win, More MARTA project list is officially approved |url=https://atlanta.curbed.com/2018/10/5/17940638/beltline-transit-advocates-more-marta-board-revised-approved |accessdate=December 11, 2018 |agency=Curbed |date=October 5, 2018}}
32. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.myajc.com/news/news/transportation/cling-clang-clunk-inside-the-atlanta-streetcars-fi/npnH7 |title=Cling Clang Clunk? Inside the Atlanta Streetcar’s first year |date=December 19, 2015 |accessdate=May 29, 2016}}
33. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/fta-sends-stern-letter-to-city-marta-over-streetca/nnq38 |title=FTA sends stern letter to city, MARTA over Streetcar woes |website=Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=September 29, 2015 |accessdate=May 29, 2016}}
34. ^{{cite web | author=David Wickert | url=http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/state-threatens-to-close-atlanta-streetcar/nrTt3/ | title=State threatens to close Atlanta streetcar | work=Atlanta Journal-Constitution | date=May 26, 2016 | accessdate=June 3, 2016 }}

External links

{{Attached KML |display=title,inline}}{{Commons category|Atlanta Streetcar}}
  • {{Official website|http://www.theatlantastreetcar.com|Atlanta Streetcar – official website}}
  • Peachtree Corridor Partnership homepage
  • Environmental Assessment for the Atlanta Streetcar, prepared by the City of Atlanta and MARTA for the US DOT
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20120103141322/http://www.beltline.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=XJcN3igR64U%3D&tabid=1826&mid=3460 Atlanta BeltLine, Inc., "Citywide Briefing on Transit Implementation Strategy & Transportation Investment Act Projects", Feb 17, 2011]
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