MARTA: SETTING ATLANTA IN MOTION BY BUS AND RAIL

SINCE PURCHASING THE ATLANTA TRANSIT SYSTEM IN FEBRUARY, 1971 THE METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY HAS BEEN BUSY IMPLEMENTING AND PLANNING AN EXPANDED TRANSIT SERVICE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF FULTON AND DEKALB COUNTIES, THE TWO COUNTIES THAT APPROVED THE MARTA PROGRAM IN NOVEMBER, 1971. SO FAR MORE THAN 63 ROUTES HAVE RECEIVED IMPROVED HEADWAY AND EXPANDED SERVICE PERIODS; FIVE NEW RADIAL ROUTES HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED; THE FARE HAS BEEN REDUCED FROM 40found TO 15found THROUGHOUT THE TWO COUNTY AREA; INFORMATIONAL SERVICES HAVE BEEN IMPROVED AND THE ANNUAL VEHICLE MILES OPERATED PER YEAR HAS BEEN INCREASED FROM 19,108,000 TO 22,025,700. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE RAIL SYSTEM IS TO GET UNDERWAY THE BEGINNING OF 1974 AND IS DUE TO BE COMPLETED IN MID-1979. INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM ARE 37 RAIL STATIONS AND 4 RAPID BUSWAY STATIONS WITH PARK-AND-RIDE FACILITIES PROVIDED AT THE MAJORITY OF THE STATIONS WITH PARKING FOR OVER 32,000 VEHICLES.

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• Publication Date: 1973-1-19

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 4-5
• Serial:
  • Passenger Transport
  • Volume: 31
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: American Public Transportation Association
  • ISSN: 0364-345X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transportation; Costs; Public transit; Railroad transportation; Transportation; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation systems
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226674
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 24 1981 12:00AM