Editing Sandy Springs, Georgia (section)

==Infrastructure==

===Major roads and expressways===
Highways include Georgia 400, I-285, [[United States Highway 19|U.S. 19]], and [[Georgia State Route 9|Georgia 9]].

Roads include [[Spalding Drive]] and [[Roswell Road]].

In 2008, the Sandy Springs Traffic Management Center was founded, and traffic cameras were installed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sandyspringsga.org/City-Departments/Public-Works/Capital-Improvement-Projects|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110129010045/http://www.sandyspringsga.org/City-Departments/Public-Works/Capital-Improvement-Projects|url-status=dead|title=Capital Improvement Projects|archive-date=January 29, 2011}}</ref>

===Mass transit===
The major provider of [[mass transit]] is [[Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority|MARTA]], which operates a [[heavy rail]] [[rapid transit]] line and several bus lines through Sandy Springs. The city is served by the [[Medical Center (MARTA station)|Medical Center]], [[Sandy Springs (MARTA station)|Sandy Springs]] and [[North Springs (MARTA station)|North Springs]] stations. The [[Georgia Regional Transportation Authority]] also operates express buses from the North Springs station (which has its own ramps to and from 400) to other counties.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

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File:North Springs Station at Night.jpg|North Springs MARTA Station overlooking GA 400
File:MARTA Bus Stop.jpg|MARTA Bus Stop on Roswell Road
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===Police and fire===
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The Sandy Springs Police Department is the city's police department<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sandy Springs Police Department |url=https://www.sandyspringsgapolice.gov/ |access-date=}}</ref> and took over services from Fulton County in 2006, with 86 original police officers recruited from various police agencies from all over the State of Georgia. The department 149 full-time sworn officers, 11 part-time officers, and 23 civilians. The department answered 124,374 calls for service and made 3,390 arrests in 2020.

The city's fire department began operations in 2006. The department consists of 113 full-time firefighters, and handled 17,000 responses to 8,205 calls for service.