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Here for discussion on ways to improve the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority ridership experience. Criticism, appreciation, information are welcome. Ideological politics are not. Not employed by or affiliated with MARTA.
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INBOX: The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority has pledged to increase daytime weekend service to the highest levels seen in two decades, beginning April 19th. For the first time, marta will run Red Line trains to the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport all weekend.

submitted 75 days ago • 2 comments

I've ridden this line. Funny story, I got on going the wrong direction and went three stops before getting off to go the other way. Still wasted less than ten minutes. Almost inconceivable here.

submitted 65 days ago • 1 comment

For me, it's the #19. Currently endangered due to Nextgen route cuts. www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture...

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

I guess this means no transit ON the Beltline for at least a decade. atlanta.urbanize.city/post/beltlin...

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

The Atocha train station in Madrid has a garden inside.

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

Stealing this from a post on the other site, my #8 MARTA improvement: utilize the unused parking lots. This one in Chamblee has been closed for over a year. They repaved it 6 months ago...for what?! Some time ago a Chamblee official suggested the Chamblee library relocate here. Love that idea but $$

submitted 103 days ago • 3 comments

Get it done, MARTA. The biggest indirect improvement they could make to the (paying) ridership experience.

submitted 103 days ago • 0 comments

If MARTA really is having a widespread problem with the devices that count riders at rail stations, they need to be upfront and transparent about it in a proactive way and let everyone know what the need is, what the cost is, and how soon it can be fixed. 1/2

submitted 104 days ago • 1 comment

Also the lack of shovels in the ground for projects the funding was approved for nearly ten years ago. I'm not in ATL, but I understand why trust would be eroded.

submitted 105 days ago • 0 comments

MARTA saw a slight bump in rail ridership last week - the first week federal employees were required back in offices: www.ajc.com/news/atlanta...

submitted 105 days ago • 1 comment

sbahn.berlin/en/tickets/a... My #7 MARTA improvement I'd like to see: make family and group travel more affordable. MARTA allows small children to ride for free, but that's about it. Some systems, Berlin for ex, offer group discounts (and at off peak times even two adults can travel on one fare).

submitted 106 days ago • 1 comment

One of the reasons I had fare gate improvements at #1 on my list of non-service expansion upgrades MARTA needs to make. In the meantime, fare gate enforcement seems to be non-existent.

submitted 106 days ago • 1 comment

Okay, but some of these locations, CDC for ex, have only basic bus service. www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/02/26/m...

submitted 107 days ago • 1 comment

www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

submitted 112 days ago • 0 comments

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl7c... Precovid rankings here so maybe different now. MARTA not mentioned but they were in bottom ten in other rankings I've seen. BART a surprise #2 but their distance-based fares a factor. MARTA needs improvement here as outside funding likely constrained for now.

submitted 113 days ago • 2 comments

INBOX: Atlanta-area Democrats have introduced HR 312 at the Georgia State House, which would commend marta CEO Collie Greenwood. Collie Greenwood has lost half of marta's pre-COVID ridership, second-worst among major cities. The system did not run normally for any two consecutive weekends in 2024.

submitted 113 days ago • 2 comments

Ah weekends...

submitted 115 days ago • 0 comments

MARTA is taking steps to future-proof the new railcars for full autonomous operation. MARTA signed a $500M contract w/ the manufacturer of the new railcars for CBCT system. A step towards autonomation. www.itsmarta.com/marta-improv...

submitted 118 days ago • 0 comments

Yep.

submitted 118 days ago • 0 comments