MARTA Metro

Red, Gold, Blue, and Green Lines - Weekend daytime frequencies (before approximately 9:00 PM) will increase from every 20 minutes to every 15 minutes. Schedules will be revised on all lines. Visit www.itsmarta.com for more information. Additional Red Line service change - All weekend trips continue to Airport Station.

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.

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.

A love letter to riding the MARTA bus On nights when ride-share surge pricing and drunk drivers rule Atlanta’s streets, the bus is an absolute haven, particularly in rail-service dead zones. Thanks to lopsided budget requirements that pri...

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

No. And it's worked out best for Summerhill and the Braves (though I personally won't pay to attend a Braves game as long as there's no viable transit there).

City: Downtown streetcar will extend to Eastside Trail—but not in it Westward extension could also link to Georgia Tech, Atlanta University Center, per project leaders

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

The Atocha train station in Madrid has a garden inside.

EY is relocating to Midtown, but probably not to this building

MARTA to host final NextGen Bus Network public meetings MARTA wants to ensure the public gets a chance to discuss the planned bus changes this week.

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To clarify, there is another parking lot (!) on the other side of the closed one that is the main lot for the station. I didn't feel like walking over there for a pic, but it's more than sufficient for this station's daily needs.

Across the street from here another MARTA lot that was vacant for years was developed into a mixed use TOD about 8 years ago. Seems nothing has happened with TOD on MARTA property of late.

Here's the smaller rear lot, which gets some use (not much on Fridays anymore), but it wasn't repaved.

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 $$

Subway Fare Evasion Down, City Cracks Down on Violations Subway fare evasion continues to go down the drain, as city officials ramp up efforts to curb fare-beating and ensure fair payment across the MTA system.

NYC: “Subway fare evasion decreased by 26% over the past six months…The data, which highlights the effectiveness of strategies implemented by the MTA, shows a decline from 14% of subway riders evading fares to just 10%.” www.amny.com/news/subway-...

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

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.

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It's likely that illegal fare evasion (which they do cite) is a bigger problem than the broken gates, at least at some stations. I'm skeptical they have the will to tackle that problem.

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.

I saw other reporting that listed also Lawsons General Hospital. That was a WW2 era hospital that is now the CDC campus in Chamblee.

Apparently, several Atlanta fed buildings, and the Chamblee CDC and IRS campuses are on the list to be sold, but the list was taken down from the GSA site.

With federal workers back downtown, MARTA sees a bump in ridership About 20,000 more train trips were reported last week compared to the same week a year prior.

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...

Mentions the bus tracking being different than rail and that bus ridership is up (and, I'd add, harder to evade the fare on a bus ).

Haven't experienced those kinds of delays, but agree about the Breeze machines. After getting used to it, the Breeze payment app is easier to use.

MARTA train ridership fell in 2024 despite gains nationally Only two cities saw ridership fall more compared to the prior year, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution analysis of monthly ridership reports from the FTA.

www.ajc.com/news/atlanta...

There is supposed to be a follow up to this story with some explanation of the weekend service cuts. My guess is it involves overtime pay and call outs.

The AJC article about this mentions that bus ridership was up. That follows as bus ridership isn't tracked by fares (confirmed by the reporter in a reply). However, those machines are often not operable and not collecting fares either.

And the used market for them is getting flooded with buyers remorse.

Yeah, I know any comparison to Berlin and its fantastic system is a bit absurd, but better than looking to Charlotte for answers...ahem. Group travel is a big challenge in terms of cost-effectiveness vs cars, even vs Uber. Are these issues ever even considered?

Wonder if they have an official estimate of fare evasion percentage? I've heard it's as high as 40 percent.

Group Tickets If you are travelling in a group, you can save with the Group Tickets.

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).

I was once told by a MARTA employee that bus ridership is tracked by cameras onboard not by fare taps (and those fare machines are often inoperable as well). Maybe you can confirm?