The Brookings Institute has ranked Atlanta 91st out of 100 metropolitan areas for overall access to mass transit, according to a study released Thursday. It found transit access worst in the South, and best in the West.

Metro residents with transit access could only reach 21.7 percent of the region’s jobs within 90 minutes, ranking metro Atlanta 85th out of 100, according to the report.

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Derek Dooley speaks at a campaign stop next to Gov. Brian Kemp, second from left, and First Lady Marty Kemp, left, at a parking lot of Dawson Hall on the University of Georgia campus before Georgia’s season football opener against Marshall, Saturday, August 30, 2025, in Athens, Ga. Kemp endorsed Republican Derek Dooley in Georgia’s 2026 U.S. Senate race. (Jason Getz / AJC)

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An aerial view captures a large area under construction for a new data center campus on Thursday, May 29, 2025. Developed by QTS, the data center campus near Fayetteville is one of the largest under construction in Georgia. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

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