Category: Transit

Exactly one week before MARTA’s first jurisdictional expansion since its inception, the agency invited Clayton County residents to a ribbon-cutting ceremony and Meet MARTA Day at the Riverdale Town Center. The event included remarks from U.S. Congressman David Scott, Clayton County Commission Chairman Jeffrey E. Turner, Riverdale Mayor Evelyn Wynn-Dixon, MARTA Board Chairman Robert L. […]

MARTA recently celebrated its successes and highlighted upcoming programs with regional thought leaders at its 2015 State of MARTA breakfast.

I get butterflies when I think about all the amazing potential Atlanta has; we just need to pull the trigger. Now, let’s get excited about transit and MARTA!

Atlanta is no longer a sleepy, southern town. It is a modern, international city with millions of citizens and it should have the transportation infrastructure commensurate with a global city of our size.

It’s unfortunate that the MARTA bus service is nearly invisible to non-users and that the learning curve is so large. With improved bus stops and information, MARTA bus can be as integral as MARTA rail.

Ridership gains can be made through the implementation of high quality circulators that take advantage of MARTA’s existing rail infrastructure to attract choice riders.

I would like to suggest a 15 day unlimited trips pass. We can called it the BI-PASS because it works in concert with the BI-Weekly Pay Period.

If the problem of public perception of MARTA throughout the metro area improved dramatically, we would see higher ridership.