Mayor Andre Dickens said Thursday he no longer wants the first phase of Beltline light rail to go alongside the Eastside Trail, backing off plans he supported during his campaign.

The original design draft connected the streetcar in downtown Atlanta to the Eastside Trail. But in a MARTA Board of Directors meeting on Thursday, Courtney English, the city’s chief policy officer ...

Instead, he's intent on expanding Atlanta's streetcar to reach Murphy's crossing. "We are committed to building rail on the Beltline," said Courtney English, Dickens' top advisor. "However ...

City officials say they are committed to building rail connections, but are nixing a prior plan to extend the streetcar ...

He told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution the mayor ... including the planned station at Murphy Crossing. Little progress has been made on those stations since then, and the original mixed ...