Tag: MARTA
Friday is Ride MARTA Day!
A group of local activists is working to help raise awareness about MARTA and speak out against the threatened service cuts. They hope folks will pull together this Friday to boost ridership, introduce new riders to the system, and get folks thinking about the MARTA crisis. Get the deets at my post over on [...]
Posted: April 15th, 2009 under activism.
Tags: MARTA
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MARTA Facing Service Cuts
This is going to affect thousands of people in Atlanta, many of whom don’t have an alternative way to get around town.
The General Assembly voted down Senate Bill 120, which would have allowed MARTA to tap into $65 million in capital reserve funds. Since the system receives absolutely no state funding, it relies heavily on [...]
Posted: April 6th, 2009 under News.
Tags: Atlanta, MARTA, public transportation, transit
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