Tag: MARTA
North Fulton residents voice support for MARTA expansion
Last night North Fulton residents convened at Alpharetta city hall to learn about and discuss a proposed MARTA extension from the North Springs station to Windward Parkway. Miscommunication about the start time required MARTA project manager Janide Sidifall to give two back-to-back presentations, in which she emphasized that the initiative was in the "early scoping" phase—the first step in a six-to-twelve-year process—and nothing is set in stone, including federal funding.
Behold the awesomeness of Atlanta in the 1980s
Well, one thing you conclude watching the PR extravaganza that is "Atlanta: A Visual Postcard," is that everyone had really long attention spans back in the day. Who'd sit through fifteen minutes of chamber of commerce fluff today? Yeah, I thought so.
June 2013
I am part of the problem. I’ve suspected as much for a long time, but reading Rachael Maddux’s essay on riding MARTA forced me to face the truth head-on. The facts are simple: I live about 200 paces from a MARTA station, and from there it’s an eleven-minute ride—precisely—to Five Points station, from which it’s a ten-minute walk to my office.
Communal Commuting
When a subway train first begins to whine and shimmy as it pulls away from a station, for an instant everything inside is suspended. The g-forces have just begun to exert their will on the bodies inside the train cars, but the bodies haven’t yet had a chance to respond.
Riding to work with MARTA’s CEO
Standing on the platform of the Dunwoody station one late January morning, Keith Parker looks every bit the high-ranking executive—camel overcoat, dapper gray suit, trim goatee—except for one small detail: a broken-in leather briefcase that appears to have seen the floors of a few train cars.
Privatization mandate likely to be dropped from MARTA bill
State Rep. Mike Jacobs, R-Brookhaven, says he's still trying to get his controversial MARTA legislation passed this year, but he isn't counting on any help from the state Senate, where his bill has languished for a solid month.
MARTA privatization bill looking deader by the day
State Rep. Mike Jacobs' bill to privatize a host of MARTA functions passed the state House on Feb. 21, despite concerns by public-transit advocates that the move could end up costing the agency money and federal grants.
MARTA privatization bill to get Senate airing
A state House bill to force MARTA to hire private contractors to run many of its functions is scheduled to be considered by the state Senate on Wednesday and at least one member of the committee taking up the measure is hopeful the upper chamber will put the brakes on the privatization-at-all-costs train.
Um, about that streetcar…?
A century ago, streetcars were Atlanta’s proverbial lifeblood, connecting Downtown to “suburbs” like Inman Park, Druid Hills, and the West End. Even as cars became common in the 1920s and 1930s, Atlantans continued commuting by trolley, streetcar, and intercity train.
MARTA says it won’t ask for state money until “house is in order”
On Friday afternoon, MARTA unveiled a draft of a five-year plan for how the transit authority can cope with a $30 million operating deficit. Authored by auditing firm KPMG, the "transformation road map" provides guidelines for implementing measures recommended in an audit last year. These include restructuring employee benefits and outsourcing certain business functions—savings that could amount to more than $100 million over five years.
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