MARTA is taking steps to reduce the number of clients who receive free door-to-door service in an effort to curb the program’s costs as the number of eligible riders has risen 46% in a five-year period.
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MARTA retains service for disabled, medically fragile riders amid bus, train cutbacks
MARTA’ has retained services for medically fragile and disabled riders, though the number of drivers has been cut, as the agency reduces bus and rail service amid a dwindling ridership . No complaints about a lack of paratransit service have been reported.
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$100 Billion
On Jan. 11, MARTA CEO Jeff Parker stood before the audience of the 6th annual State of MARTA address announcing that within the next few decades the metro Atlanta area would need to invest $100 billion in new transit & developments to meet future needs by 2045.
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MARTA reaching tipping point over bus service for disabled riders
MARTA’s bus service for disabled riders is in the legal crosshairs. MARTA is to appear in federal court in Atlanta to defend its paratransit service just weeks after being told to scrub its privatized paratransit program and operate buses with MARTA employees.
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MARTA hasn’t decided on response to costly ruling regarding paratransit service
MARTA’s leadership has not determined if it will appeal a ruling that it must return its paratransit service to an in-house operation and compensate employees who lost wages or benefits as a result of the privatization of paratransit in 2016.
