Question: ATL F Concourse Taxi Into City
Mar 27, 2015, 11:30 am
#16
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Try public transportation in Florida. Miami is bad, Orlando is worse, and Tampa is just a sliver shy of non-existent. To get from TPA to downtown (7.5 miles - 15-20 minutes by car) is a 51 minute ride on a bus that makes 39 stops.
Mar 27, 2015, 3:52 pm
#17
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Mar 27, 2015, 4:45 pm
#18
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There or the other 99% of places I need to go in ATL. 
I'm in the INC Prestige Lounge sitting next to a lovely expat couple who fly back to ATL frequently to see their grandchildren They often take a cab from F and swear cabs are there. I'll see when I land, although I have already arranged for a car to pick me up. After ~24 hours of flying, surety and convenience are winning out over cost.
I'll update what I see after I get home.
I'm in the INC Prestige Lounge sitting next to a lovely expat couple who fly back to ATL frequently to see their grandchildren They often take a cab from F and swear cabs are there. I'll see when I land, although I have already arranged for a car to pick me up. After ~24 hours of flying, surety and convenience are winning out over cost.
I'll update what I see after I get home.
Mar 27, 2015, 7:03 pm
#19
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Someday, Atlanta might actually get public transportation. Until then, anyone with options will choose something other than MARTA, with the exception of those very few who are going from the airport to a destination directly on the Red or Orange Lines. Public transportation is my choice in NYC, Philly, Chicago, Boston, Washington, Montreal, Amsterdam, Paris, Prague, Bangkok, Hong Kong and several other cities. If only our city/state leaders would visit one of those places and see how public transportation is supposed to work we might have a chance. Instead, we get the absolute, complete, unqualified failure the is MARTA, coupled with the new streetcar to nowhere. (It's as though city leaders thought The Simpson's monorail episode was a cast study to be followed.)
Apr 5, 2015, 8:16 am
#22
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^ I live in orlando and I've taken the bus once in 13 years. It's bloody horrible. Miami is meh, the metro is about 10 mins from my moms house and it runs to the airport so for me its perferct!
Apr 5, 2015, 11:31 am
#23
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