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Atlanta, Georgia
Joined January 2013
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MARTA
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If we won the lottery, we wouldn’t tell anyone. But there would be signs.
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Happy #SolarEclipse Day!! #SolarEclipse2024 An eclipse occurs when a much smaller object travels between the viewer and something much larger. For example:
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MARTA
3 years
Thrilled to welcome @SecretaryPete to Atlanta today to talk #jobs #infrastructure and #transit . At the Airport #MARTA station this morning on our way to East Point station.
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MARTA
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🎧 Listening to Cowboy Carter all weekend
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MARTA
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This weekend we helped move close to 140k people to @taylorswift13 & @JanetJackson concerts & events in Atlanta. In comparison, we moved 155k people on Super Bowl Sunday 2019! We're proud to have contributed to such an eventful weekend! #MARTAMovesAtlanta πŸ“·: @where_youre_planted
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I’m sick
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MARTA
3 years
With very heavy hearts, we share the news of GM/CEO Jeff Parker’s 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.
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MARTA
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Of Atlanta traffic too. Take MARTA! πŸš‡
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MARTA
3 years
"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
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MARTA
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Trains.
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MARTA
2 years
😍😍😍 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. πŸš‡πŸš‡πŸš‡
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MARTA
3 years
Talking #transit investment ROI with @SecretaryPete Buttigieg and Senator @ossoff . 49,700 jobs per $1 billion invested. Investment brings productivity gains long after the short-term stimulative effect. @APTA_Transit @FTA_DOT #gapol
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MARTA
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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
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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
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MARTA
2 years
Take MARTA. Save money. #DumpThePump
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MARTA
3 years
Statement from MARTA Board of Directors Chairwoman Rita Scott on the passing of MARTA General Manager & CEO Jeffrey Parker.
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MARTA
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If you missed Friday's new rail car event - here’s your taste of the VR experience. Our new trains come in 4-car sets with open gangways for more ease of movement – plus digital displays and more room for bikes, strollers, luggage, & people in wheelchairs. Coming to you in 2025!
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MARTA
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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. (That’s almost 3 times as long as Dax McCarty has played in MLS.) Congrats, Mr. Dumas!
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Atlanta United FC
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An Atlanta legend 🚌 Today we honor @MARTAtransit ’s longest-serving bus operator Coy Dumas Jr. as our Golden Spike Hitter πŸ”¨
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MARTA
2 years
Take MARTA. Save money. #DumpThePump
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MARTA
7 years
Thank you for all your support and best wishes. It has truly been an honor to serve you and our community these past five years.
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MARTA
7 years
Today, @MARTASERVICE is seeing a 25% increase in ridership and 80% increase Breeze Card in sales
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MARTA
5 years
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
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MARTA
7 years
I'm on the red line heading south. Trains are on time and moving briskly. Lots of new customers on board. Thanks to MARTA team
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MARTA
1 year
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!πŸ‘πŸ‘ #HowDoYouMARTA
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Olivia McGuirt
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Shout out to the people who were working the Marta in ATL. You deserve a raise or at least several days PTO!
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MARTA
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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.
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πŸŽ‰ Big News Alert! πŸŽ‰ 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
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MARTA
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Or you could just ride our trains directly into the @ATLairport terminal and never walk outside at all... πŸš‡βž‘οΈβœˆοΈ
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11Alive News
2 years
How long does it take to park at Hartsfield-Jackson?
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MARTA
6 years
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.
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MARTA
7 years
@MARTASERVICE will be offering​ extended service at least through the weekend
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MARTA
2 years
We’re 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.
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MARTA
2 years
Five Points Transformation Project gets huge boost from $25M federal RAISE grant! Thanks @FTA_DOT @SecretaryPete @SenatorWarnock @ossoff for your unwavering support for transit.
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MARTA
2 years
We’re 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:
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MARTA
3 years
MARTA is proud of our partnership with @soccerstreets . Station Soccer connects us to the communities we serve. Sanjay Patel showing the League of Stations at East Point soccer field w/ @SecretaryPete Mayor @DeanaIngraham Sen. @ossoff @SenatorWarnock & Rep. @NikemaWilliams
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"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 – we heard from thousands of you on what you wanted in the train of the future." --Jeffrey Parker #StateofMARTA2022
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MARTA
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@atlurbanist We are in the process of having this ad removed as soon as possible. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
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MARTA
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@gloomymorse @chevrolet We are in the process of having this ad removed as soon as possible. Thank you again for bringing this to our attention.
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Trains! πŸš‡ πŸŽ₯: @dronemediaatl
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Elon Musk
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Would be lovely to see more accounts on 𝕏 simply posting beautiful content
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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.
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MARTA
2 years
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!
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MARTA
7 years
It's been a full day at MARTA. Headed home on the Red Line. Clean & on-time, with a good crowd. Thanks MARTA family for keeping ATL moving.
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MARTA
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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:
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MARTA
3 years
Ended day w/ @SecretaryPete at the @AtlantaBeltLine offices with a roundtable discussion on #transit #equity . Thank you for prioritizing this discussion & for transit investments @SenatorWarnock @ossoff @NikemaWilliams @RepLucyMcBath And I got to sit next to @OdettaMacLeishW
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MARTA
8 years
We recently completed the mobile ticketing pilot & soon you’ll be able to reload your fare & enter using your smart phone #MARTAstrides
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MARTA
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MARTA honors and celebrates bus operator Coy Dumas, Jr. for his 50 years of service. Find out more here:
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MARTA
3 years
Thanks to the efforts of Senator Warnock, MARTA’s transit expansion efforts in Clayton County and the City of Atlanta will be among the first to benefit from this bill.
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MARTA
5 years
Special thanks to our hard working employees who move this city every single day. Come ride with us!
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MARTA
4 months
Over the past 36 hours, construction crews at MARTA’s Airport Station have made significant progress, including relocating Breeze machines, protecting escalators, demolishing concourse tiles, and removing elevator walls.
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MARTA
6 years
Thank you to the staff @MARTASERVICE for working hard to clean our stations last night.
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MARTA
5 years
Today we began the important process of replacing our rail car fleet to improve service reliability and the customer experience.
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MARTA
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πŸ‘Congrats & 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. πŸ‘
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Greg Bluestein
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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
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MARTA
7 years
Have you seen our @ATLUTD trains yet?
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Hey soccer fans, MARTA's got you for this Thursday's Copa America match between U.S. and Panama at @MBStadium !
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MARTA
6 years
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.
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MARTA
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MARTA is also in the process of replacing its entire railcar fleet – a nearly one-billion-dollar investment – that’s already in the works. We are scheduled to award a contract this year. #MoreMARTA
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🌈 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! πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
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MARTA
6 years
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
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MARTA
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By next year, MARTA will have a mobile ticketing app for your fare payment. #MARTAstrides
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MARTA
7 years
MARTA is working with malls, churches & other locations near their busiest stations so people can park, then take a bus to a nearby station
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MARTA
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2016 in Review - MARTA had another clean audit, added more service and did all of this without increasing fares #MARTAstrides
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MARTA
2 years
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 – and see how we’ve engaged both the public and our staff in the design process.
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MARTA
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MARTA Board of Directors unanimously approves contract to extend transit service to Gwinnett County; voters will decide in March 2019 countywide ballot referendum
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MARTA
7 years
β€œFor every $1 invested in public transportation, $4 is returned in economic returns.” #TakeMARTA #DumpthePump
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MARTA
6 years
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
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MARTA
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MARTA is now something the House and Senate can agree on! Thanks @SpeakerRalston , @GAHouseDems Dean Calvin Smyre, @GovKemp and @GASenateDems @GASenateGOP for $6M to @MARTAservice for major improvements at Bankhead Station to support @MicrosoftATL expansion in Atlanta! #gapol
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MARTA
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πŸŽ„ Season’s Greetings from MARTA! May your holiday be filled with joy, peace, and safe travels.
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MARTA
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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 MARTA’s FY24 budget here:
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MARTA
3 years
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.
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MARTA
7 years
Improving & expanding the system for a transit-focused generation will take more investment #MoreMARTA
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MARTA
2 years
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
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MARTA is thrilled to welcome @SecretaryPete back to Georgia today to discuss #Bipartisan #InfrastructureBill with Rep. @LucyMcBath , Mayor @geierman and Dr. Kim @CPACS . Ped safety along Buford Hwy, New Peachtree Rd and improved transit connections all possible with this bill.
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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.
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MARTA
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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:
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MARTA
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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
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MARTA
5 years
40 years ago @MARTASERVICE began its journey in Atlanta. To remember this moment in time, we’re doing something BIG – something to show our appreciation to YOU! I'd like to personally invite you to our family-friendly 40th Anniversary Festival & Concert.
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MARTA
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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.
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MARTA
6 years
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
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MARTA
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We have expanded and diversified our bus fleet. We now have ten, 30-foot buses that we’re using as community circulators to streamline service on major alternatives. We call this new service, Local Motion. #MoreMARTA
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MARTA
1 year
Trains. (Wait for it)
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Lindsay Hauler
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A special Sunday sunset for my fellow fans of trains and transit. If I haven’t said it lately, forever I love you, ATL.
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MARTA
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We’ve started construction on Wi-Fi antennas at our underground stations like Five Points, Dome & Peachtree Center Station #MARTAstrides
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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
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MARTA and @CityofAtlanta announce the construction of the region’s first bus rapid transit (BRT) line, newly named MARTA Rapid. Construction on the line will begin immediately with service scheduled for 2025. Learn more:
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MARTA
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πŸ”‰ Hear the asphalt being paved for Atlanta’s first Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) lane! Go toΒ Β to learn more about the project. #SEEMARTA #MARTARapid #BusRapidTransit
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MARTA
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MARTA has a preferred design concept for transforming Five Points as you know it. Learn more at #MARTA2040 #FivePointsTransformation
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MARTA
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The Atlanta MARTA referendum will also bring more types of rail & in more places, including light rail on the Beltline #MoreMARTA
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MARTA
7 years
MARTA Rail On-Time-Performance for Saturday, April 1: 97.7%.
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MARTA
5 years
You never know who you’ll meet on #MARTA . Enjoy @DragonCon and ride MARTA. #DragonCon
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MARTA
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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 πŸš‡ #MARTAWrapped ’23
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MARTA
2 years
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!
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MARTA
8 years
2016 in Review - More companies relocated to Atlanta to be near public transit including @StateFarm #MARTAstrides
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MARTA
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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
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MARTA
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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:
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MARTA
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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
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Atlanta United FC
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Atlanta’s story. Your story. π˜–π˜Άπ˜³ story. Introducing the Resurgens Kit.
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MARTA
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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.
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MARTA
1 year
Happy Independence Day! Thank you all for riding with us again to this year's Peachtree Road Race.
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MARTA
4 months
πŸŽ‰ Happy #404Day , Atlanta! Let's celebrate the city's awesome vibe where creativity and culture collide! Don't sweat the trafficβ€”hop on MARTA and breeze your way to all the local 404 Day events!
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MARTA
5 years
Need a ride today? Get active! Take @MARTASERVICE then bike to your final destination, like me!
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