MARTA Ride
Rode in today from the Inman Park station. Thinking about my history with this station gives the lie to the notion that only people without cars would ride MARTA. When I lived in Little Five Points, I had a car but I still walked the mile to this station (when I didn't ride the #3 or the #16 bus.) A very pleasant time in my MARTA history because I wasn't dependent on any one route or train, and I could drive if the weather was bad. I once drove to Inman Park when an ice storm was threatening; that evening my car was iced in and I walked home. I'll never forget that walk home, the dark white of it with the warmth of the houses of Inman Park (for my money, the most beautiful part of Atlanta). And the walk in the next morning was also beautiful.
Inman Park is the westernmost station on the East Line with free parking; King Memorial used to be but the lot closed down several years ago. This is one aspect of my MARTA riding that will be different from most other folks': on days when I have someplace to be after work (today it's play rehearsal) I'll drive as far in as I can to minimize the chance for MARTA to ruin my evening. The commute was about as perfect as it could get today. The drive in on McClendon is one of my favorites and traffic was light, and I even got a seat on the train.