Sunday, Jul. 1 marks a transfer of control of the troubled downtown transit line from the City of Atlanta.
The streetcar was free to ride until 2016, but ridership fell dramatically once a $1 charge went into effect. There were threats made by the Georgia Department of Transportation to shut the line down over unaddressed concerns with the system. Problems were addressed by the city, as ridership increased 16 percent last year. But the first three months of this year, passenger trips were off nearly a third compared to the same time in 2017.
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