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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.
The 1965 Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Act [1] was authored by State Senator Ben F. Johnson of DeKalb County. [2] In March of that year it was passed by the Georgia legislature setting up a rapid transit agency but required ratification by the five counties.
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority operates a number of bus routes in the Atlanta metro region. The main system operates in Fulton, DeKalb, and Clayton Counties, although some routes travel into other suburban counties. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 32,285,600, or about 109,900 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024.
History of Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority This page was last edited on 11 July 2024, at 03:03 (UTC). Text is ...
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. Before that he was general ...
The following is a list of all heavy rail rapid transit systems in the United States. It does not include statistics for bus or light rail systems; see: List of United States light rail systems by ridership for light rail systems. All ridership figures represent unlinked passenger trips, so line transfers on multi-line systems register as ...
Metropolitan Atlanta: MARTA's (Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority) bus system serves a wider area than the rail system, serving areas in Fulton, Clayton, and DeKalb counties such as the cities of Roswell and Alpharetta in North Fulton, along with South DeKalb and Jonesboro and Morrow in Clayton.
Midtown is an underground subway station in Atlanta, Georgia, serving the Red and Gold lines of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system. Located in Midtown Atlanta, 5,644 daily fares were collected at the gates [4] as of 2013.