Comments on: MARTA Route 2 to Decatur and Braves Shuttle May Be Restored

By: Diane

Diane — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 18:15:49 +0000

I thought they were short-sighted to cancel the Braves Shuttle, which was always heavily used. They used to have too many buses idling too far before the games, but those were well-used buses.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:52:36 +0000

There is no private shuttle, but the law says that, since MARTA is a publicly supported agency, they can’t charge extra for theirs. The same law says that MARTA cannot do charter service.

By: Chira

Chira — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:43:03 +0000

Looks like they are talking about driving the #2 to Decatur station, so it would turn in/out
on Commerce and not cover anything but West Ponce… Still, I would welcome its return!

By: Marietta Mary

Marietta Mary — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:24:02 +0000

Used to take the #2 weekly to Druid Hills and back from the North Avenue Station; a bus I could always count on. Used the Braves Shuttle on several occasions, too. Glad to see some public dialog on this. Curious — just what private shuttle to the Stadium are they talking about? And yes, Alex, we do remember the route.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:58:45 +0000

Does anyone remember it’s route?

By: birah r.

birah r. — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 04:40:41 +0000

oh my god, please let this happen. i miss is so much. grocery shopping without the #2 is painful.

By: LowPo

LowPo — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 03:44:06 +0000

This is music to my ears!!! This route is usually much faster than the train to North Avenue, and I’ve really missed it since they’ve cut the route, along with many other of my fellow Decaturites. Wonderful news, will be at the hearing to support it!

By: Udog

Udog — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 23:20:58 +0000

We use to call that the “Number 2 Ponce”. When we were kids we’d catch it in Decatur and take it to the old Ponce de Leon Ballpark to watch the Crackers play. The stop at the ball park was literally 20 feet from the ticket booth. No parents, just us kids.