My recent column about a panhandling experience on a train at the airport station prompted MARTA’s police chief to write about the success of the transit agency’s Ride With Respect program. A Gwinnett businessman lobbies for an expansion of MARTA to that county. And an Atlanta attorney calls for improvements in truck fleets that could prevent deadly accidents — such as the recent I-16 tragedies — allegedly caused by tractor-trailer drivers who crashed into traffic standstills.

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A woman walks on the Beltline in Atlanta on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. The Beltline is in a tax allocation district. (Abbey Cutrer/AJC)

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Members of the conversion crew take a break as the main scoreboard is lowered to the floor to be worked on as the arena gets ready for the next concert at State Farm Arena, Thursday, October 2, 2025, in Atlanta. The crew was working on creating a stage for the Friday, Oct. 3 Maxwell concert. (Jason Getz/AJC)

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