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MARTA is responding to those, including the mayor of Atlanta, who want them to postpone their $230 million Five Points Transformation Project because of a feared lengthy closure.
MARTA General Manager and CEO Jeffrey Parker died on Friday night from suicide after he stepped in front of an incoming train in the Atlanta area.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Atlanta, train headways were reduced to 15 minute intervals between trains during most weekday hours and 20 minutes at other times. [14] In August 2023, MARTA announced that frequencies would increase to every 12 minutes on all rail lines between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
On March 25, 2024, Andre Dickens, the mayor of Atlanta, announced plans for four new infill stations on the MARTA rail network. [7] On April 11, Dickens announced that one of those stations will be on the Blue Line: namely, Krog Street/Hulsey Yard, located on the Blue/Green Line's shared section.
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA / ˈ m ɑːr t ə /) is the principal public transport operator in the Atlanta metropolitan area.Formed in 1971 as strictly a bus system, MARTA operates a network of bus routes linked to a rapid transit system consisting of 48 miles (77 km) of rail track with 38 subway stations.
Drozt, who began his career as a bus driver, comes to the Tri-Cities from the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) where he served as deputy chief.
In March 2012, after considering bus, light rail and heavy rail rapid-transit options, [3] MARTA recommended a light rail option. [4] In Summer 2012, there was a referendum on a 1-cent sales tax to fund traffic and road improvements. If approved, the tax would have provided $700 million to fund rapid transit along the Clifton Corridor. [5]
A news helicopter captured footage of Atlanta-area police arresting a suspect wanted for shooting at least five people, one fatally, at a Midtown hospital on Wednesday. ... Update: Four injured in ...