Public transportation to Carter Center? (Atlanta, Decatur: apartments, rental, neighborhood)

[smiledoc1]

Hello,
I participate in the Sarasota section, but this is my first time in this section. Thank you in advance to those who come to my rescue.
My son will be a summer intern at the Carter Center on Freedom Parkway. He is currently a junior in college here in Massachusetts. His internship starts May 18th. He is a pretty resourceful young man, as he taught English last summer in China and traveled around on his own. He will be working in the China program at the Carter Center.
We have heard conflicting statements about public transportation in Atlanta, specifically about the bus routes to the Carter Center. There is a page listing different apartments to sublet, but I do not know if they are near bus lines. May I take the liberty of posting a few addresses and asking the opinion of the people on this board as to which would be most convenient by public transportation.
1)1836 Briarvista Way NE
2)Corner of N Druid Hills and Claremont.
3) Grant Park
4)Downtown Decatur " Walk 10 minutes to Decatur Sq, Shops, restaurants, and MARTA station."
5) Claremont Campus at Emory (Student Intern Housing Program)

Any other advice would be appreciated as well.

Thank you,
smiledoc1

[PKCorey]

All are close to bus transportation.

Downtown Decatur, he could walk to the train station or catch a bus to take him to Moreland Avenue so he can walk to the Carter Center.

If you use google, you can use the directions icon for transportation and it will give your directions to the Carter Center via mass transit.

good luck

[aries4118]

Originally Posted by smiledoc1

Hello,
I participate in the Sarasota section, but this is my first time in this section. Thank you in advance to those who come to my rescue.
My son will be a summer intern at the Carter Center on Freedom Parkway. He is currently a junior in college here in Massachusetts. His internship starts May 18th. He is a pretty resourceful young man, as he taught English last summer in China and traveled around on his own. He will be working in the China program at the Carter Center.
We have heard conflicting statements about public transportation in Atlanta, specifically about the bus routes to the Carter Center. There is a page listing different apartments to sublet, but I do not know if they are near bus lines. May I take the liberty of posting a few addresses and asking the opinion of the people on this board as to which would be most convenient by public transportation.
1)1836 Briarvista Way NE
2)Corner of N Druid Hills and Claremont.
3) Grant Park
4)Downtown Decatur " Walk 10 minutes to Decatur Sq, Shops, restaurants, and MARTA station."
5) Claremont Campus at Emory (Student Intern Housing Program)

Any other advice would be appreciated as well.

Thank you,
smiledoc1

With your choices, I recommend living in Grant Park or Downtown Decatur.



However, there may be some kind of direct shuttle from the Emory Campus area to the Carter Center. If there is, living on the Clairmont Campus of Emory would be his best bet. You might want to look into this (a direct shuttle).

(I lived on the Clairmont Campus in the late 90's/early 2000's...it was nice...and this was before they expanded and remodeled this part of the school!)

[atl-gal]

Go to the Marta (Atlanta's public transportation) website (MARTA - Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority) and you can type in the addresses of your beginning and ending locations and it will tell you how to get there by public transportation. That should help you in determining which addresses are accessible via public transportation and which have the shortest routes to the Carter Center.

[aries4118]

Originally Posted by atl-gal

Go to the Marta (Atlanta's public transportation) website (MARTA - Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority) and you can type in the addresses of your beginning and ending locations and it will tell you how to get there by public transportation. That should help you in determining which addresses are accessible via public transportation and which have the shortest routes to the Carter Center.

Good post and link. Very helpful for the OP.

[Iconographer]

Will he have a bike with him? My plan would be to live near the Decatur MARTA station, board my bike, get off at the Inman Park/Reynoldstown station, and make the short (and scenic) ride through Inman Park to Copenhill (location of the Carter Center).

MARTA > Using MARTA > How to Ride MARTA

[smiledoc1]

Thank you to all. He will not have a bike. He is an RA in the dorm, and must stay until graduation which is May 17th. The internship starts on the 18th so he will probably fly down with a couple of suitcases and my wife and I will probably drive down over Memorial Day weekend and bring him supplemental items like clean clothes <G>. The Decatur location looks promising and we might check it out next week when we are in Sarasota.
Does anyone have any knowledge about a rental complex, Spence Hall, 145 Spence Ave? What type of neighborhood would that be?
Once again, thank you to everybody who took the time to respond to my cry for help.

[smiledoc1]

One more question from the geographically challenged. To get to the Carter Center from the Decatur stop on the East Line, one would take the train west to 5 Points and then the bus NE to the Carter Center? I am trying to find the geographic relationship among the Carter Center and 5 Points and Decatur Station and the center of Atlanta.