![]() MARTA has the power to decide who may whiz and who must hold it.Īs it turns out, working class people and people of color also need to use the restroom. South Line – Traveling south from Five Points, West End (W2) is the only Atlanta rail station with a public restroom available. Traveling east from Five Points, commuters must travel to Decatur rail station (E6) to use a public restroom. The Bankhead Station, which splits off from the West Line, also has an open restroom.Įast Line – None of the east line rail stations located in Atlanta have a restroom available. Traveling west from Five Points, commuters must “hold it” until they reach the end of the line H.E. West Line – Only one of the five rail stations have a restroom available. North Line – Restrooms are open at five of the seven rail lines between Peachtree Center (N1) and Lenox (N7) rail stations. Two are one the West Line and one is one the South Line. Within the City of Atlanta, nine stations have open public restrooms.įive of them are on the North Line. Nine of the twenty-four MARTA rail stations located in Atlanta have restrooms available.Īccording to calculations by Atlanta Progressive News, commuters on MARTA’s North rail line have five times greater access to public restrooms than those traveling East, West, and South rail lines. Of MARTA’s 38 rail stations, only sixteen currently have open restrooms. ![]() Holmes, Indian Creek, Kensington, Lindbergh, Midtown, North Avenue, North Springs, Peachtree Center, and West End.” In recent weeks, MARTA announced “ Changes to Public Restroom Availability” on its website: “As of August 26, 2020, Restrooms are available at Arts Center, Avondale, Bankhead, College Park, Decatur, Doraville, Five Points, H.E. Given the fact that the North Lines tend to disproportionately serve MARTA riders who are White and affluent and that the East, West, and South Lines tend to serve MARTA riders who are people of color and working class, this distribution of restrooms is racist and classist. (APN) ATLANTA - MARTA’s open public restrooms are disproportionately located on the MARTA North Lines (Doraville and North Springs Lines), whereas few restrooms are open on MARTA’s East, West, and South Lines. Plans call for removing a large canopy to open up the facility, creating a more welcoming public plaza, and potentially reconnecting Marietta and Alabama streets.By Adrian Coleman, Special to Atlanta Progressive News In June, MARTA announced a $150-million overhaul of its Five Points station, the system’s downtown nucleus. Some of the more significant changes are planned in the heart of downtown. It will aim to enhance rider safety with more lighting and wayfinding, while using “materials that are easier to maintain, making stations cleaner and safer for riders,” according to a MARTA announcement this week. Indian Creek provides a link into the city for riders who live east of DeKalb County, with an average weekly ridership of about 10,000.īeyond that station, the $300-million rebab program will be rolled out across several years. The expected cost for that work, as designed by Axis Infrastructure, is $10 million, which is being funded by DeKalb County’s penny sales tax. All signage and damaged concrete will also be replaced, according to MARTA officials. Improvements at Indian Creek station, MARTA’s easternmost terminus on the Blue Line, will include new public restrooms, tile cladding on the concourse level, new landscaping, and a lighted walkway from the parking lot into the station. But along with Indian Creek, the first phase will cover College Park, Five Points, Lenox, Arts Center, H.E. The kickoff for the agency’s systemwide Rail Station Rehabilitation Program is scheduled Monday at the Indian Creek rail station, where a groundbreaking ceremony is expected to signal that MARTA’s push for broader renovations has begun.Īll 38 rail stations in MARTA’s system will eventually be part of the program, the agency says. ![]() From Buckhead to Atlanta’s Westside and the airport, MARTA is gearing up to implement $300 million worth of upgrades to train stations with changes both decorative and transformative.
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