the marta fees are I believe for a monthly pass is $26 for a discounted monthly rate... you'll have to buy a card every month to ride the train/bus... Turner field used to be busy and parking used to be a BITCH.. but they opened up the whole parking lot for students recently and they re lined it to make like a 100 more spots or so, so parking is not a problem. During the baseball season, if you do, in fact park your car at turner field, the buses will post a sign how long your car can be there, like day games you have to leave around 3/4pm.. I believe.. and they'll tell you when you can't park there during the season..

a cheap residence like? you can always try METROPOINTE LOFTS.. there are alot of student housing/apartments in that area to look at... I still wish I lived in ATL, but I don't