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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.
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.
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.
It is the deepest station in the MARTA rail system, at 120 feet (37 m) below Peachtree Street. [3] It serves the Peachtree Center neighborhood of downtown Atlanta, and has access to Georgia State University via the Atlanta Streetcar. It is the first station north-northeast of the rail system hub at Five Points, and is one of the busiest ...
Atlanta-area police arrested Deion Patterson, 24, on Wednesday, who is accused of fatally killing one person and wounding another four in a mass shooting at a local hospital.. Police were able to ...
Along with Cobb, Gwinnett voted against MARTA in 1971 and thus was left out of a system. [3] The lack of sales tax revenue from the two counties stunted the growth of MARTA; however, GRTA, created by former Governor of Georgia Roy Barnes, has been seeking to create other solutions, such as transit for the entire Atlanta and surrounding areas.
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]