Re: [85attendees] Initial Atlanta experiences

[Samantha Sau Man Lo <[e-mail]>]

I never have good experience with the taxis in Atlanta.

The only problem with MARTA is at night, if you need to walk from the
station to the hotel, it will be a little bit "scary." I suggest people to
walk in groups in downtown at night.

-- Samantha

On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Melinda Shore
<[e-mail]>wrote:

> On 11/4/2012 11:06 AM, Ted Lemon wrote:
> > On Nov 4, 2012, at 2:53 PM, Nagesh Javali <[e-mail]>
> > wrote:
> >> Fastest taxi ride from airport, almost as fast as plane; and taxi
> >> driver was rude...
> > For those who have not yet arrived, a MARTA weekly pass is about $25.
> > Signage in the airport is terrible; on the Delta side of baggage
> > claim, walk in the direction of higher numbered baggage claim carts
> > and look toward the middle of the building, and you will see the
> > train station.   Unless you brought a ton of baggage, the walk from
> > the MARTA station (Peachtree) to the hotel is easy.
>
> For those taking a taxi, the experience seems to be highly dependent
> on what time of day you arrive.  I arrived at rush hour on Friday and
> the trip from the airport was hellish.  MARTA's going to run at
> roughly the same speed during rush hour as any other time, although it
> may be a lot more crowded.
>
> Melinda
>
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