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#SolarEclipse
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With very heavy hearts, we share the news of GM/CEO Jeff Parkerβs tragic passing on Friday evening, January 14, 2022. Please keep his family in your prayers and meditations. Jeff cared deeply about MARTA and his leadership gave us a strong foundation from which to carry forward.
"This exterior design showcases the iconic MARTA colors alongside the railcar, carrying your eye down the length of the train, capturing the speed of the train while highlighting its modern sleek design. The first one will pull into metro Atlanta in 2023!" --Jeffrey Parker
πππ The first of the brand new MARTA rail car bodies have arrived in Georgia at the Port of Brunswick after crossing the Atlantic Ocean from Hungary. They're on the way to Atlanta before continuing to Stadler's facility in Salt Lake City for final assembly. πππ
Hi everyone. Collie Greenwood here. Interim General Manager & CEO of MARTA. I'm riding the train down to West End Station for
#TransitEquityDay
. Come join us!
#TakeTransitATL
HEADS UP RIDERS!
We'll be replacing tracks on the Red Line in the center of GA-400. Red Line service will be suspended south of Medical Center from 9pm Feb. 17 through the end of service on Feb. 22.
Learn more:
#MARTA2040
#MARTAbackontrack
If you missed Friday's new rail car event - hereβs your taste of the VR experience. Our new trains come in 4-car sets with open gangways for more ease of movement β plus digital displays and more room for bikes, strollers, luggage, & people in wheelchairs. Coming to you in 2025!
Thank you to
@ATLUTD
for inviting retired MARTA bus operator Coy Dumas, Jr. to hit the Golden Spike tonight.
Mr. Dumas served Atlanta as a MARTA bus operator for more than 50 years. (Thatβs almost 3 times as long as Dax McCarty has played in MLS.)
Congrats, Mr. Dumas!
Today, June 30, MARTA celebrates the 40th Anniversary of combined bus and rail service. The first MARTA train ride traveled from Avondale Station to Georgia State Station.
#MARTAturns40
Thank you to all those who made MARTA your choice of transportation this past weekend and a special thank you to our staff who kept Atlanta moving!ππ
#HowDoYouMARTA
MARTA celebrates the career of our longest-serving bus operator, Coy Dumas, Jr. as he retires from driving after 51 years and looks forward to his continued mentorship of operator cadets. Thank you, sir.
π Big News Alert! π MARTA is happy to share a major milestone in our Five Points Station Transformation project! The Federal Transit Administration has granted us a Finding of No Significant Impact, a crucial step forward in our journey to revamp the Five Points station. This
In our efforts to create a more connected and sustainable Atlanta, MARTA will no longer validate parking at our headquarters at Lindbergh Station beginning Sept. 1. We want to encourage all our guests to take MARTA.
Weβre exploring how other cities use bus rapid transit to improve transit service & reliability, while also improving corridor pedestrian safety and driving transit oriented development. Check out the new Van Ness BRT corridor at the SFMTA in San Francisco, which opened April 1.
Weβre exploring how other cities use bus rapid transit to provide reliable service while also enhancing pedestrian safety and driving transit oriented development. Check out the new Van Ness BRT corridor at the
@SFMTA_Muni
in San Francisco.
Learn more:
"Our new rail cars have state-of-the-art features, with added functionality and reliability. The inside and outside designs were chosen by our riders β we heard from thousands of you on what you wanted in the train of the future." --Jeffrey Parker
#StateofMARTA2022
After decades of service in our fleet, two MARTA railcars were deployed into the Atlantic Ocean by
@CoastalGADNR
today where they will develop into reef habitats, supporting our ongoing sustainability efforts & enriching the coastal ecological system.
See the transformation of surface parking lots at Edgewood-Candler Park Station in this Google Earth time lapse. Join us to celebrate the completion of this transit-oriented development on Thursday, Sept. 29!
MARTA Airport Station reopened today after a six-week closure to renovate the concourse and platform levels. The following work was completed during a temporary station closure from April 8 through May 19.
Learn more:
Thanks to the efforts of Senator Warnock, MARTAβs transit expansion efforts in Clayton County and the City of Atlanta will be among the first to benefit from this bill.
Over the past 36 hours, construction crews at MARTAβs Airport Station have made significant progress, including relocating Breeze machines, protecting escalators, demolishing concourse tiles, and removing elevator walls.
πCongrats & thank you to
@SenOssoff
,
@ReverendWarnock
, &
@RepNikema
for their incredible efforts in securing a federal $25M grant! This funding will make way for a 2.2-mile path connecting the Beltline to the Lindbergh area & linking the Beltline trail to a MARTA station. π
Just in: Sens.
@ossoff
and
@ReverendWarnock
and
@RepNikema
announce a federal $25M grant to build a 2.2 mile path to link the Beltline with the Lindbergh area β connecting the Beltline trail directly to a MARTA station.
#gapol
Thank you to all our dedicated employees for going above and beyond to ensure a very successful experience during this extremely eventful Super Bowl weekend.
MARTA is also in the process of replacing its entire railcar fleet β a nearly one-billion-dollar investment β thatβs already in the works. We are scheduled to award a contract this year.
#MoreMARTA
π Happy
#PrideMonth
to our incredible LGBTQA+ community and allies!
Join MARTA in celebrating
#RideWithPride
and visit to explore Pride Month events happening all month.
Let's come together to celebrate diversity and equality! π³οΈβπ
During the weekend of
@atlsuperbowl53
, MARTA will expand rail service hours to run continuously, 24-hours a day and we will provide enhanced bus service on key routes to move you safely to where you want to go.
#ATLSB53
Our new CQ400 rail cars are being designed and constructed by Stadler in Salt Lake City. Get a behind-the-scenes look at the physical and virtual reality mockups of our future trains β and see how weβve engaged both the public and our staff in the design process.
I recently told the
@ajc
autonomous vehicles are not the silver bullet to fix our traffic woes. Public transit is key to moving our region forward and providing affordable options to get around. This article explains why.
#gapol
MARTA Board of Directors unanimously approves contract to extend transit service to Gwinnett County; voters will decide in March 2019 countywide ballot referendum
MARTA now has free Wi-Fi on all buses. In addition, cellular service is available for customers at Five Points, GWCC/Philips Arena and Peachtree Center Stations.
#MoreMARTA
MARTA balances budget for 12th straight year without increasing fares while also investing in employees & the customer experience, restoring service to pre-COVID levels, adding bus shelters, & getting ready for new rail cars. See MARTAβs FY24 budget here:
In a unanimous vote, the MARTA Board of Directors has named Collie Greenwood as interim General Manager and CEO of MARTA at a specially called board meeting on Saturday, January 15, 2022, held after the sudden death of Jeffrey Parker.
MARTA Interim GM/CEO Collie Greenwood greets
@SenOssoff
just before giving testimony at the Senate Banking Hearing - Advancing Public Transportation through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
#gapol
#BIL
The second of two stripped and cleaned MARTA railcars left South Yard today headed for Savannah where it will be deployed to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean as part of
@CoastalGADNR
Reef Project.
How about that for a station parking lot transformation?
Check out the new StationSoccer location at Kensington Station. It opened this weekend with
@soccerstreets
@ATLUTD
@ItsInDeKalb
Learn more:
MARTA will close its Airport Station for six weeks from Monday, April 8 through Sunday, May 19 to renovate the concourse and platform levels. MARTA service will continue to and from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport via a bus shuttle between College Park Station
40 years ago
@MARTASERVICE
began its journey in Atlanta. To remember this moment in time, weβre doing something BIG β something to show our appreciation to YOU! I'd like to personally invite you to our family-friendly 40th Anniversary Festival & Concert.
MARTA is honored to celebrate life & legacy of Mrs. Juanita Abernathy. From her work on the Montgomery Bus Boycott to her decades of MARTA Board service, she made sure public transportation worked for all. Bus 253 ran from 1954-74; parked at W. Hunter Street Baptist Church today.
More MARTA has been shaped by public input from the very beginning. Come to the first of four community forums this Thursday to talk to us, give your feedback, and be part of improving Atlanta's mobility
We have expanded and diversified our bus fleet. We now have ten, 30-foot buses that weβre using as community circulators to streamline service on major alternatives. We call this new service, Local Motion.
#MoreMARTA
MARTA is currently preparing a larger, comprehensive program to add 1,000 bus shelters and benches, plus additional amenities, over the next 5 years.
#MoreMARTA
MARTA and
@CityofAtlanta
announce the construction of the regionβs first bus rapid transit (BRT) line, newly named MARTA Rapid. Construction on the line will begin immediately with service scheduled for 2025.
Learn more:
MARTA moved millions this year, and as we near the end of the line for 2023, a few things stood out!
Inspired by our friends at
@wmata
π
#MARTAWrapped
β23
Special delivery! Watch the first of the brand new CQ400 rail car bodies arrive to meet their older siblings (CQ311s and CQ312s) in the rail yard. Stay tuned on Friday for more about our new rail car fleet as the future begins to roll in!
We're in the final stretch of Airport Station's renovation! Crews have been busy putting the finishing touches on doors, tiles, and walls, removing debris, and cleaning up. The big reveal is Monday! Reminder that shuttle service between College Park Station and the airport
We are continuing our study of
#BusRapidTransit
lines in other cities. Take a look at the
@IndyGoBus
Red Line BRT, which features the same amenities of light rail while also improving pedestrian safety & driving transit-oriented development.
Learn more:
Thank you to
@ATLUTD
for featuring Coy Dumas, Jr., who recently retired from MARTA after 51 years as a bus operator, in the release video for their new Resurgens Kit. Mr. Dumas truly represents what's best about our city.
MARTA, like Atlanta United and the City of Atlanta, is on
MARTA mourns the loss of our colleague and friend Heather Alhadeff. As Assistant General Manager of Planning, Heather was instrumental in advancing transit projects that will define this region for decades. We extend our deepest condolences to her family.
π Happy
#404Day
, Atlanta! Let's celebrate the city's awesome vibe where creativity and culture collide! Don't sweat the trafficβhop on MARTA and breeze your way to all the local 404 Day events!